Leslie F. Spasser partners with her clients to provide strategic and tactical guidance on complex business transactions involving technology and related matters. Leveraging eight years of in-house experience as well as her work as outside counsel, Leslie works closely with her clients’ business and legal teams to understand and help them achieve their key objectives. Leslie’s extensive work supporting technology organizations has positioned her to handle cutting-edge transactions involving artificial intelligence, edge computing, new iterations of cloud-based services and adaptive software.
Leslie currently serves as Polsinelli Atlanta's Office Managing Partner. Her experience spans industries as diverse as media and entertainment, telecommunications, financial services, education, health care and automotive/mobility. She works with companies at all phases of their lifecycles – from founder and venture-funded start-ups to private equity portfolio companies to large publicly traded and privately held enterprises. For these clients, Leslie handles transactions involving Cloud computing/hosted services; technology and media licensing; video programming distribution; outsourcing; advertising and new technology development and deployment. As the technology and legal landscapes evolve, Leslie pairs her practical experience with an innovative and creative approach to help clients assess and address the resulting risks and opportunities.
Education
- New York University School of Law (J.D., 1990)
- Duke University (A.B., magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa, 1987)
Bar Admission
- Georgia, 2015
- New York, 1991
- Virginia, 2005
