Aimee Pickett Sanders

Of Counsel

asanders@wfslaw.com

404-853-1540

999 Peachtree Street, NE
Suite 1120
Atlanta, GA 30309

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Practice Areas:

Commercial Transactions and Business Services

Technology and Intellectual Property Transactions

Data Privacy and Security

Corporate and Business Transactions

Financial Restructuring

Commercial Finance and Lending

Intellectual Property and Trade Secrets

First Name:

Aimee Pickett

Last Name:

Sanders

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Overview

Education and Background:

University of Georgia School of Law. Athens, Georgia

J.D., 2008
Southern Bankruptcy Leadership Institute Distinguished Law Student
F. Douglas Moot Court "Best Brief" & Coach of Regional Champions

Elon University, Elon, North Carolina

B.S., International Business Administration, 2001
Elon Honors Fellow
Student Body President
Graduation Commencement Speaker

Professional Activities:

Board of Directors, Atlanta Bar Association, Bankruptcy Section (2019-2022)
Disciplinary Board Review Panel Member at State Bar of Georgia (2014-2022)
Board of Governors at State Bar of Georgia (2015-2017)
Board of Directors at Alliance Française d'Atlanta (2018-Present)
Board of Directors at Dream Builders of America's Youth (2011-Present)
W. Homer Drake, Jr. Georgia Bankruptcy American Inn of Court (2017-2020)
Augusta Richmond County, General Aviation Commission - Daniel Field, Vice Chair (2015-2017)

Bar and Court Admissions:

State Bar of Georgia

Representative Matters

Representative Matters:

Represents clients in broad array of sophisticated commercial transactions and disputes, both domestic and international, including acquisitions, product development, technology, communications, licensing, privacy, data security and intellectual property matters.
Advises technology clients on strategic enterprise initiatives, collaborations, and new product development, including advising on operations-critical security, privacy, and data issues, such as developing the privacy architecture surrounding new products, services, or campaigns, and addressing issues involving scalability, and monetization.
Advises clients on marketing insights and analytics matters and assists with product integration transactions including negotiating, reviewing and preparing data-sharing agreements involving measurement API, server to server transfer, mobile app conversion tracking API, and other emerging measurement and marketing transactions.
Advises clients across industries on all aspects of data- and privacy-related transactions, including product development, data collection, data management, use of customer data, software, retention, transfer, deletion, formulating an enterprise data rights strategy, and training personnel.
Advises clients on the execution of enterprise-wide data protection compliance and governance programs, including enterprise programs to comply with the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), U.S. government privacy and cybersecurity requirements, and other state-specific laws and regulations.
Represents debtors, creditors, and other parties in complex Chapter 11 cases and in all aspects of bankruptcy proceedings, including secured and unsecured claims, preferences, fraudulent transfers, 363 sales and other litigation matters.
Represents banks, funds, and other financial institutions and private lenders in structuring, managing, and negotiating contract terms, distressed acquisitions and dispositions, workouts, financing, and other transactions.
Advises clients (both licensors and licensees) on a variety of intellectual property issues, including means of protecting intellectual property assets, acquiring and selling intellectual property assets and licensing of intellectual property assets. Representation includes both protecting IP rights and acquiring IP rights within bankruptcy.

Speaking Engagements

Speaking Engagements:

Panelist, “Ethics, Pro Bono, and Professionalism,” Chief Justice's Commission on Professionalism, CLE. (May 2021)
Panelist, “Trends and Developments in Distrissed Debt, Restructurings, and Workouts: Best Practices to Avoid Risk Issues,” The Knowledge Group Webcast. (September 2021)
Presenter, “Buying & Selling Real Estate in Chapter 11,” Real Estate Finance & Investment Group Training. (May 2020)
Panelist, “BYOD in eDiscovery: Managing Risks and Ensuring Best Practices in 2017,” The Knowledge Group Webcast. (2017)
Speaker, “FLSA Overtime Rule Changes Presentation,” Richmond and Columbia County, Shamber of Commerce. (2016)
Speaker, “CARE Program (Credit Abuse Resistance Education),” in conjunction with the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Georgia, Paine College and Richmond Academy High School.

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