Michael Caine is a partner and co-chair of the firm’s Tech Trans, Privacy, & Cybersecurity group. Michael focuses his practice on complex technology transactions, commercial contracting, and privacy considerations involved in the development, deployment, and scaling of technology solutions. He advises clients across industries on structuring and negotiating SaaS, cloud, licensing, outsourcing, infrastructure, and collaboration agreements, including transactions supporting large-scale cloud and data center environments and relationships with hyperscale technology customers.
Michael counsels on issues involving data use, security, artificial intelligence, and operational risk management. He helps clients navigate privacy and security obligations within commercial transactions, address cross-border data considerations, and build contracting frameworks that align with business objectives. His work often involves partnering with product, engineering, procurement, and legal to develop practical solutions that align legal requirements with commercial objectives.
Michael also supports clients in transactions involving data center and digital infrastructure deployments, including agreements tied to hardware procurement, infrastructure buildouts, and technology integration for large-scale cloud and high-performance computing environments. His background leading enterprise data center consolidation initiatives provides him with practical insight into how infrastructure projects are evaluated and executed by sophisticated enterprise and hyperscale technology customers.
Michael leverages his prior experience as in-house counsel for an international semiconductor company, where he advised on various commercial agreements, including supply, distribution, and joint development agreements. He regularly partnered with business teams across multiple regions to evaluate technical and operational requirements to support product development and business operations.
Before entering legal practice, Michael served as a Project Manager in the Global Data Center Strategy group of a global financial institution, leading enterprise infrastructure initiatives focused on data center consolidation. He worked closely with cross-functional teams to manage the migration of enterprise and customer-facing applications across multiple U.S. data centers, resulting in multi-million-dollar cost savings.