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Lily Katharine Hines

Special Counsel

New York +1 212 841 1077

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  • About

    Lily Hines focuses on licensing, collaborations and other commercial transactions in which intellectual property, data and technology are central. She works with clients across industries, including automotive, sports, digital health and fintech.

    Prior to law school, Lily earned an engineering degree in Operations Research from Princeton, which is an area of applied math that encompasses machine learning, probabilistic modeling and data science. Core to her approach to client service is her focus on understanding the technology driving the transaction. She enjoys collaborating across business, technical and legal teams.

    Lily is a member of the Automotive Women's Alliance Foundation, the Society of Women Engineers, and was recently selected as a member of the drafting team for the Sedona Conference's (a legal industry thought leader) study on the contours of trade secret protection. Lily was recognized for intellectual property law in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch for 2024.

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    • Advised the NHL on its 10-year global partnership with Sportradar to distribute NHL data and game footage to media companies and sportsbooks in the U.S. and abroad.
    • Represented Graham Holdings in its $235 million sale to Spotify of Megaphone, a podcast technology company.
    • Represented Stats Perform in an agreement to become the Women's Tennis Association's official data supplier and to power a new range of broadcast, second screen, and betting experiences.
    • The Golden State Warriors in technology transactions.
    • The NHL in connection with technology development and services agreements.
    • Representation of Amazon on its collaboration agreement with Stellantis (one of the largest automakers worldwide) to deliver software solutions for its new digital cabin platform announced in January 2022 at CESA.
    • Representation of Amazon on development agreements related to in-vehicle and cloud automotive service offerings.
    • Multiple transactions on behalf of technology providers to develop and/or manufacture technology for connected vehicles, including collaboration agreements and joint ventures.
    • Multiple transactions on behalf of pharmaceutical companies and technology companies to develop and/or commercialize machine learning software, including software that is regulated as a medical device.
    • The Democratic Data Exchange in data licensing transactions.

    • Coinbase, Inc., in technology and data transactions.
    • A large software company in the formation of a data consortium to in-license de-identified health information and develop machine learning technology with potential healthcare applications.
    • A large pharmaceutical company in a strategic marketing partnership, including associated trademark and data licensing agreements.

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  • Credentials
    Education
    • Stanford Law School, J.D., 2014
        • Stanford Law Review, Senior Online Editor and Board Member
    • Princeton University, B.S.E., 2009
        • magna cum laude
        • Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
        • Certificate in Engineering & Management Systems
    Bar Admissions
    • New York
    Judicial Clerkship
    • Hon. Milton I. Shadur, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois, 2014 - 2015
    Pro Bono
    • Represented The Jackie Robinson Foundation in connection with the development of the Jackie Robinson Museum. 
    • Prepared template copyright license agreement for filmmaker and advised on related moral rights matters.
    Accolades
    • Best Lawyers in America, Intellectual Property Law "One to Watch" (2023-2024)
    Memberships and Affiliations
    • Automotive Women's Alliance Foundation
    • Selected Member, The Sedona Conference, Drafting Team for "What Is/What Is Not a Trade Secret?"
    • Society of Women Engineers

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