Melissa Koch is a business and technology lawyer with more than 25 years of experience advising tech and tech-enabled companies across industries. As a former in-house counsel, she brings exceptional depth and breadth of strategic legal expertise.

In her transactional practice, Melissa structures, drafts, and negotiates strategic transactions, collaboration agreements, licenses and technology agreements, distribution and supply arrangements, vendor and sales agreements, products and services agreements, SaaS and PaaS agreements, research and development collaborations, internet and e-commerce transactions, and other corporate operational transactions.

Melissa works extensively with general and staff counsel providing coordination and support for data protection and cybersecurity matters, machine learning (ML)/artificial intelligence (AI), communications, M&A activity, outsourcing, corporate and major financing transactions, procurement, general compliance and reporting, and crisis management.

Beyond her legal practice, Melissa is deeply engaged in exploring how AI is transforming the legal profession. She advises legal organizations on AI strategy and implementation, drawing on her unique combination of legal expertise and technical background as a TechStars graduate with experience architecting software solutions.

Melissa pioneered innovations in the regtech/legaltech arena designed to drive risk reduction and substantial cost savings for procurement, compliance, and legal teams.

Melissa is a frequent speaker on emerging topics at the intersection of law and technology, including AI and cybersecurity. Her curiosity about how technology can enhance legal practice while preserving core professional values has defined her 25-year career and continues to drive her work with clients navigating technological transformation.