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Erika is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese and has worked with and represented businesses across the U.S. and abroad, including Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. She has managed contracts for a global leader in consumer electronics and worked in both large and boutique law firms in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Texas, as well as Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, Brazil. Her vast experience includes serving as outside counsel for software companies, negotiating technology agreements for major international businesses, and handling mergers and acquisitions across key industries, including multibillion-dollar deals.

Erika also serves on the Board of Directors for the Data Management Association (DAMA) of Houston, the local chapter of DAMA International. In addition, she is a member of Women in Big Data, the Hispanic National Bar Association, the Houston Asia Society Texas Center and the American Bar Association’s International Law Section. Her community involvement has further established her as a trusted advisor and advocate in the legal profession.

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J.D., The Pennsylvania State University School of Law, 2013, 

B.A., Rutgers University, 2007, 

Houston

Erika Vela, Pierce Cox Present Privacy and Cybersecurity CLE for Houston Leadership Council on Legal Diversity

Erika Vela Speaks at Ascend Houston’s Inspiring Across Generations Annual Conference

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Erika Vela Presents to Analytics Class at The University of Texas at Austin Graduate School

Weekly Blockchain Blog – April 29, 2024

Erika Vela Participates in Panel Hosted by Data Management Association of Houston

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs): Overview

DSIR Deeper Dive: Data Processing Addendums: Indemnities, Limitations of Liability and the Cost of a Data Breach

Erika Vela offers data privacy law update, highlights key risks for companies

DADM Attorneys Take Part in Webinar on Cybersecurity Risks in Commercial Transactions

Privacy ‘Deep in the Heart of Texas’: An Overview of the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act

Introduction to Non-Fungible Tokens

Navigating Contractual Relationships in the NFT Market

The Impact of Data Security Incident Trends on Commercial Transactions:  Part III – Vendor Agreement Resolutions for 2022

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Technology Transactions
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<li>Outside counsel for a software company operating across seven countries with customers and vendors in more than 15 countries.</li>
<li>Attorney for master services agreements, licensing agreements, services agreements, royalty agreements and supply agreements for software and managed IT services businesses.</li>
<li>Represented several IT companies in their end-user license agreements, intercompany license agreements and website terms of use and privacy policies.</li>
</ul>
Commercial Transactions
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<li>Attorney for sales agreements, general terms and conditions, nondisclosure agreements, license agreements, staffing agreements, leasing agreements, collaboration agreements, etc., for various clients, including a multimillion-dollar leading chemical manufacturing company.</li>
<li>Attorney for general contractor agreements, subcontractor agreements, manufacturing and supply agreements, teaming agreements, etc., for various clients, including a multimillion-dollar leading global consulting and advisory services firm in the emergency management industry.</li>
<li>Attorney for consulting agreements, partnership agreements, risk management agreements, intercompany administrative services agreements, sales representative agreements (exclusive and non-exclusive), employee agreements, etc., for the human resources and marketing industries.</li>
</ul>
Mergers and Acquisitions
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<li>Lead attorney retained directly by client to represent them on a multimillion-dollar asset sale in the online food delivery market serving customers across the U.S.</li>
<li>Part of U.S. and international counsel legal team in the representation of a multibillion-dollar acquisition of a manufacturing company.</li>
<li>Co-counsel in the representation a multimillion-dollar asset sale of a technology platform/solution company, an industrial company, a privately held retirement plan administrator, a healthcare services provider, a private equity firm, a supplier of natural stone and masonry supplies, and others.</li>
<li>Co-counsel in the representation of stock purchase acquisitions of a medical industry software platform, a livestreaming platform hosting company, a national private insurance aerial company, a therapy and pathology continuing education business, a national distributor of safety apparel, a professional network service provider, an oilfield service and products provider, a leading global manufacturing automation company, a wood products company, a premium boat company, a metals recycling business, an insurance and risk management company, and others.</li>
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