Josh Slovin
Associate Attorney
Certified Information Privacy Professional – Europe (CIPP/E)
Direct Line: +1 404-891-5167 | Email: josh.slovin@founderslegal.com
About Josh
Josh is a business transactional attorney in the firm’s business & corporate law practice group, providing a multi-disciplinary approach to business and corporate legal counsel, believing that clients are best served by a legal expert with high-level skills in inter-related legal practice areas.
For starters, Josh provides general corporate counsel to startups and emerging growth companies, assisting clients with corporate and transactional matters, including initial formation, corporate governance, capital raising, and mergers and acquisitions.
This is furthered by Josh’s skill in contract drafting and negotiation, where among other industries served, Josh specializes in reviewing, negotiating, and closing brand deals, sponsorships, and partnerships for social media influencers, content creators, entertainers, and personalities. He regularly assists influencer clients with monetizing their large followings through maximizing the value of an influencer’s brand deals and other business ventures and has experience with negotiating contracts against steaming platforms for the production of television series. Josh is the dedicated to ensuring that his influencer clients are compensated fairly and earn more than just a flat fee for their services.
Furthering to contract drafting and negotiation support, Josh also specializes in commercial and enterprise contracting, including technology transactions related to the licensing of various SAAS and AI products, as well as in assisting technology companies with building out their partner programs to leverage referral, partnership, and reseller relationships.
In fulfilling Josh’s multi-disciplinary approach, Josh is a CIPP/E certified in privacy/data protection (Certified Information Privacy Professional – Europe) and is able to provide additional value and support to technology companies through the development of data privacy and security compliance programs, advising on existing and emerging privacy and data protection laws and regulations, including the GDPR and U.S. federal and state laws, and drafting, reviewing and negotiating various privacy/data protection agreements, such as data processing agreements.
By way of back group, Josh is originally from Johns Creek, GA, where he grew up as an avid tennis player and graduated from the University of Georgia with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He later earned his J.D., cum laude, from Mercer University School of Law, where he finished in the top 15% of his class and was a member of the Mercer Law Review.
Specialized Areas:
- Business & Corporate Law
- General Corporate Counsel
- Securities & Capital Raising
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Law
- Influencer Brand Deals & Sponsorships
- Entertainment, Television, and Streaming
Education
- Mercer University – School of Law – Juris Doctorate
- University of Georgia – Terry College of Business – Bachelor of Business
Bar Admission
- State of Georgia