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Summary
For more than 25 years, Tim has structured and negotiated arrangements for the provision (or procurement) and implementation of software, systems, or IT-enabled services across the enterprise, guiding clients through a wide variety of transactions, including:
- Outsourcing transactions of all varieties (ITO, BPO, ADM, HRO, F&A, etc.).
- Cloud services arrangements (Software as a Service, Infrastructure as a Service, Platform as a Service, etc.).
- Payment card, mobile wallet, and other payment arrangements from all sides (issuer, acquirer, merchant, processor), as well as FinTech transactions.
- Enterprise software implementation projects (ERP, CRM, banking/insurance/wealth management platforms, etc.).
Tim has handled these transactions around the globe across a broad swath of industries, notably banking, insurance, wealth management and other financial services, hospitality, retail, consumer products, airline, software, and data analytics. Tim’s deep experience encompasses working both sides of the table, on behalf of or opposite technology providers.
Tim also negotiates commercial transactions for the supply, distribution, purchase or sale of other strategic products, services or resources across a wide range of industries and geographies.
Tim began practicing technology law and working with emerging companies in Boston in 1994. Upon returning to Atlanta, Tim served as technology counsel for The Coca-Cola Company and then general counsel of WebTone Technologies, a banking software provider acquired by Fidelity Information Services. Tim has written extensively about the venture capital and capital-raising process.
With his depth and breadth of experience and his insight into both the customers’ and the service providers’ objectives and constraints, Tim is uniquely qualified to guide clients, however situated, through their strategic sourcing arrangements.
A native of Quincy, Florida, Tim has resided in Atlanta for the better part of his adult life. In his younger years, Tim played intercollegiate golf at Princeton, where he served as Captain, won the Ivy League Championship, was 3-times All-Ivy League, and participated in the NCAA Championships.
Education
- Vanderbilt University Law School (1984)
Editor-in-Chief, Vanderbilt Law Review
- Harvard University (1994)
Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)
Research Fellowship in Entrepreneurship/Venture Capital
- Princeton University (1981)
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
magna cum laude
Admissions
- State - Georgia
Speeches and Publications
- C0-Author, “Venture Capital Investing,” Cambridge Associates (1994).
- Co-Author, “Buy-Out Investing,” Cambridge Associates (1994).
- Co-Author, “Venture Capital Legal Handbook,” Aspatore Books (2004).
News
Tim Dodson Receives Harvard Business School Club of Atlanta Award News
Taft Atlanta to Support Harvard Business School Alumni in Atlanta News
Firm Adds Depth to Highly Regarded Tech Transactions Practice
Professional Affiliations
- Harvard Business School Leadership Breakfast Series
Director and Host (2008-Present)
- Harvard Business School Club of Atlanta
Vice President
Board of Directors
- Princeton University Alumni Schools Committee
Member