King & Fisher

What King & Fisher does

King & Fisher is a boutique technology transactions law firm (legally King & Fisher Law Group, PLLC) headquartered in Dallas, Texas, with approximately 14 staff including four equity partners — Todd A. Fisher, Chad W. King, Eric G. Begun, and Dawn C. Perotti. The firm specializes exclusively in technology and outsourcing law, with five defined practice areas: cloud services (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, hosting, business continuity), software (licensing, sublicensing, distribution, open source), technology and business agreements (consulting, advertising, copyright/trademark licensing, manufacturing), outsourcing (ITO, BPO, services agreements, service-level agreements, transition plans), and privacy and data security (compliance, contract negotiation, breach response).

The firm's core "technology" is senior legal expertise with prior in-house experience at major technology buyers — Intel, Hewlett-Packard, McAfee, DuPont, and MCI — and prior partnerships at K&L Gates, Jones Day, Blank Rome, Hughes & Luce, and Haynes & Boone. This is sold as a differentiated perspective on "both sides" of transactions (service providers and customers). There is no proprietary software, no API, no SDK, and no patent portfolio; revenue is generated entirely through professional service fees (hourly billing or fixed fees for specific matters).

Go-to-market is sales-led and relationship-driven, anchored by thought leadership (firm blog, ATLP newsletters covering data security, ransomware, blockchain, cyber insurance), individual attorney recognition in Chambers Global, Chambers USA, Best Lawyers in America, Texas Super Lawyers, D Magazine, and U.S. News Best Law Firms, plus the founders' Association of Technology Law Professionals (ATLP) community of in-house counsel. Client base spans Fortune 10 enterprises (Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Walmart, AT&T, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Samsung, Salesforce, Verizon, eBay, HP, Xerox, American Airlines, DuPont) down to startups and SMBs, with cross-border work touching Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the UK, and EMEA.

Name

King & Fisher

Legal name

King & Fisher Law Group, PLLC

Website

https://king-fisher.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2000

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

King & Fisher is a Dallas-based boutique law firm of approximately 14 staff, with four equity partners, that provides technology-transaction, outsourcing, cloud, software, and data-privacy legal counsel to a client base spanning Fortune 10 enterprises to startups.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Technology Law Services

NAICS

Legal Services (5411)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Vendor & Contract Management (Software/Cloud) (BPAEAOAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Enterprise Application License Advisory, Vendor Management & Optimization (BPAEAGAO)

Keywords

• Technology law services
• Outsourcing legal counsel
• Cloud computing legal
• Data privacy counsel
• Intellectual property licensing

Headquarters

HQ city

Dallas, Texas

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services - Technology Transactions: King & Fisher provides legal services specializing in technology law, including outsourcing agreements, IT services agreements, cloud computing agreements, technology licensing agreements, telecom agreements, and data privacy/security counsel. Revenue is generated through professional service fees, typically hourly billing or fixed-fee arrangements for specific matters.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

King & Fisher provides specialized legal counsel for technology transactions, including cloud computing agreements (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS), IT and business process outsourcing agreements, software licensing and development agreements, and privacy/data security matters. The firm drafts, negotiates, and structures commercial technology contracts for clients ranging from startups to Fortune 10 companies. Revenue is generated through professional service fees, typically via hourly billing or fixed-fee arrangements for specific engagements.

Product overview

King & Fisher is a technology law firm providing legal services rather than a technology product company. The firm offers a unified suite of legal practice areas focused on technology transactions, outsourcing, and business contracts. The core offerings include Cloud Services Legal Counsel, Software Legal Counsel, Technology & Business Agreements Legal Counsel, Outsourcing Legal Counsel, and Privacy & Data Security Legal Counsel. These practice areas work together to provide comprehensive legal support for technology companies and their customers dealing with outsourcing, software, cloud computing, intellectual property, and data privacy matters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cloud Services Legal Counsel

Quantifiable outcome

• 20+ years of experience handling technology transactions for Fortune 10 companies

Named customers21 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Association of Technology Law Professionals (ATLP)coreOthersTodd Fisher and Chad King founded the Association of Technology Law Professionals, a member-based organization of in-house lawyers responsible for technology, outsourcing, procurement, and similar commercial transactions. The group allows in-house lawyers to share best practices and discuss trends and issues in technology, outsourcing, and commercial transactions. The firm publishes newsletters through ATLP covering topics like data destruction clauses, cyber insurance, non-competes, COVID-19 contract issues, and blockchain.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Loeb & Loeb: Full-service firm with a notable technology, media, and outsourcing transactions practice serving enterprise clients. The technology transactions bench and practice area scope are highly comparable to King & Fisher's offering.
• Fenwick & West: Silicon Valley-based firm with one of the leading technology transactions and commercial practices in the U.S. They serve enterprise technology companies on cloud, SaaS, and licensing matters - closely overlapping with King & Fisher's outsourcing and software licensing practice.
• Cooley LLP: Technology-focused firm with deep commercial, technology transactions, outsourcing, and licensing practices. Cooley's deal volume with high-growth and Fortune 500 technology clients overlaps the buyer side of King & Fisher's engagements and the company-side representations the firm handles.
• Gunderson Dettmer: Premier boutique law firm focused exclusively on technology transactions, venture capital, and emerging companies. Like King & Fisher, Gunderson Dettmer provides outsourced GC-level counsel for technology clients negotiating complex commercial agreements, though with a venture-financing lens rather than a Fortune 10 outsourcing lens.
• Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati: Premier technology law firm with a substantial technology transactions and commercial contracts practice anchored in Silicon Valley. Comparable to King & Fisher in handling cloud, software licensing, and IP-driven transactions for enterprise clients.
• Goodwin Procter: Has a dedicated technology transactions and outsourcing practice serving technology and life-sciences clients. The structure and service offerings - including data privacy, SaaS, and complex commercial deals - directly parallel King & Fisher's core practice areas.
• Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe: Maintains a strong technology transactions, outsourcing, and data privacy practice serving enterprise clients. Comparable to King & Fisher in handling cloud, SaaS, and complex commercial agreements for technology buyers and providers.

Broad incumbents

• K&L Gates: Global firm that previously employed both Todd Fisher and Chad King in its technology transactions practice. K&L Gates offers an enterprise-wide portfolio of legal services and competes directly with King & Fisher on outsourcing and technology transactions for large enterprise clients.
• Haynes and Boone: Texas-headquartered full-service firm where partner Dawn Perotti spent eleven years in the Technology Transactions and Outsourcing Practice Group. Maintains a regional incumbent position in the Dallas market on technology and outsourcing matters relevant to King & Fisher.
• Jones Day: Global firm where Todd Fisher previously practiced and that maintains a substantial technology transactions and outsourcing practice. Functions as a broad incumbent competitor across enterprise technology matters that King & Fisher also targets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/kingfisherlaw
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/king-fisher

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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