Edward G. Black

Ed Black is senior counsel and technology strategy leader for the firm. In this role he focuses on developing and managing the strategy for the use of AI and other technologies in the delivery of legal services. Prior to taking on his current role, Ed served for 25 years as a partner of Ropes & Gray, where he founded and lead the firm’s intellectual property group, IP transactions specialty group, data privacy & cybersecurity group and firmwide technology, media and telecom industry group. Over his career Ed, among other things, helped clients of the firm successfully develop and manage technology strategies across a number of industries and technology formats, and he has been widely recognized as a thought leader in the area of the business strategy for content, data, and information technology, and related propriety rights.