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Maggie K. King

Phone: 574-261-1223

mking@southbank.legal

About Maggie

Maggie is a corporate attorney who focuses on technology, artificial intelligence and intellectual property aspects of business transactions and corporate matters. She has routinely served as specialized counsel and co-counsel in AI, IP, data privacy and cybersecurity matters, representing buyers and sellers in M&A deals and lenders and borrowers in financing transactions. Her experience includes negotiating licenses, sales, collaborations, joint ventures, and other strategic commercial arrangements across a range of industries including software, healthcare, manufacturing, media and entertainment, music, retail, luxury fashion, finance, and national security. She also counsels clients on governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance related to the development and use of complex and emerging technologies including generative AI, cryptocurrency, and sensitive data.

Maggie’s practice is informed by a decade of experience as a data scientist, which enhances her proficiency in the evolving legal and regulatory frameworks surrounding AI and data. She previously conducted research as an engineer at Google specializing in applied analytics and machine learning and led the founding engineering team for two AI-based venture-backed startups in security and open source intelligence. Maggie also worked on data policy at the U.S. Department of Treasury in the Office of Consumer Policy and served as director of the University of Chicago’s Computational Analysis and Public Policy program.

Before joining SouthBank, Maggie practiced in a Tier 1 Technology Law group at a top ranked Am Law 10 firm. She also served as a clerk for Judge Thomas L. Kirsch II on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Experience

Prior to joining SouthBank, Maggie was involved in matters including the following representative selection:

  • A publicly traded pharmaceutical company in its agreement with OpenAI to use generative AI to develop new treatments for antimicrobial resistance
  • An AI-powered healthcare SaaS technology company in a majority growth investment from a private equity firm
  • A private equity firm in financing an early-stage medical device startup in the wearables market
  • Numerous companies and private equity firms on use and integration of AI, including negotiating licensing agreements with third-party generative AI applications, developing custom AI governance and compliance policies and procedures, and providing training on AI considerations in the legal due diligence process
  • A cloud-based customer engagement software provider, on the acquisition of a customer service chatbot powered by generative AI
  • A global security intelligence software company on its merger with a global cybersecurity leader in AI-driven security operations
  • A startup developing an algorithm in the healthcare space on data sharing agreements with institutional partners
  • A private equity firm in its acquisition of a software company that sells donor information and proprietary analytics to non-profits
  • A private equity firm in its $200 million investment in an Indiana-based CRM software company servicing small to mid-sized non-profits in the US and Canada
  • A private equity firm specializing in founder-led, technology-enabled services firms, on its acquisition of a majority recapitalization in the leading global company in reputation intelligence
  • A manufacturing company in a series of stock and asset-based acquisitions expanding its portfolio of custom manufacturing companies in bulk storage and transfer solutions
  • A renewable infrastructure fund in branding and trademark aspects of its sale of a 220 MW portfolio of distributed solar assets to a clean electrification company
  • A private equity firm in connection with a definitive agreement to acquire a leading direct-to-consumer insurance services company, in a corporate carve-out from a leading global advisory, broking and solutions company
  • A leading immersive technology media and entertainment company in its multi-year partnerships with various multinational media and sports content providers to produce and present select live premium sports and media programming in immersive 8K+ at its venues
  • A music label in its $240 million investment in a portfolio comprising music rights assets
  • A private equity firm in its $1.6 billion acquisition of a catalog of more than 45,000 songs by artists such as the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Journey, and Shakira
  • A cryptocurrency-based finance platform on data privacy and payments aspects of its Chapter 11 cases filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York
  • Shareholders of a provider of digital asset custody and tokenization technology in their sale to a blockchain-based digital payment company
  • A financial services firm in its acquisition of a large-scale bitcoin mining facility
  • A pharmaceutical company in its research and development collaboration agreements and patent licensing with a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company for the development of mRNA-enabled oncology therapeutics
  • A pharmaceutical company in a strategic collaboration with a clinical-stage radiopharmaceutical company, to leverage proprietary technology and develop new radiotherapeutic drugs for hard-to-treat cancers

Education

  • Notre Dame Law School, J.D., summa cum laude
    • Award for Outstanding Achievement, IP & Technology Law
  • University of Chicago, Harris School of Public Policy, M.P.P., with Honors
  • University of Wisconsin – Madison, B.A., Comprehensive Honors

Admissions

  • Illinois
  • Indiana (pending)