Erez Talmone

About Erez Talmone

Licensed New York attorney with 13+ years of experience at the intersection of law, technology, and commercial negotiations. Currently leading a negotiations team at Bloomberg, structuring and negotiating thousands of enterprise licensing agreements annually. Previously practiced as a licensed attorney in litigation and commercial matters at a New York law firm (2014–2018), and managed content licensing at Amazon.Deep expertise in- Commercial licensing & software transactions- Content licensing & IP rights management- SaaS contracting & enterprise agreements- Cross-functional partnership (Sales, Product, Finance, Legal)- Building scalable contract processes & playbooksProven ability to balance legal risk with business velocity — identifying issues that require counsel escalation while enabling deals to close efficiently. Passionate about bringing legal training and operational depth together, where a strong understanding of how businesses actually work makes for sharper, more practical legal frameworks.I\'ve applied AI directly to my commercial work — building a custom AI tool that streamlines complex regulatory clause review in enterprise licensing negotiations. Separately, in my personal time, I designed and deployed a production AI application from scratch using the Anthropic API (Claude), Next.js, Supabase, Gmail, and Google APIs — a full-stack system with multimodal document parsing, agentic intake pipelines, and retrieval-augmented generation, built with no prior software development experience. The architecture maps directly to legal ops automation: structured extraction of obligations from unstructured documents, agentic intake workflows, and context-aware AI assistants grounded in real data.Focused on bringing this combination of legal training and operational depth into a Commercial Counsel role in SaaS, fintech, or AI.JD from Suffolk Law (IP focus)| Admitted to NY Bar

Experience

1. Negotiations Team Lead

   Bloomberg

   Jan 2023 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Lead a team of 7 responsible for structuring and negotiating thousands of commercial agreements annually across Bloomberg\'s global financial technology portfolio. Drawing on a background as a licensed NY litigator, I apply legal analysis and risk frameworks directly to high-stakes commercial deals — partnering closely with in-house counsel while coordinating between Sales, Product, and Finance to align legal frameworks with commercial objectives- Structure, draft, and negotiate high-value enterprise agreements — including SaaS, data licensing, and fintech licensing agreements — from term sheet through execution, identifying and escalating complex legal issues to counsel at each stage- Lead negotiations with senior procurement, legal, and business stakeholders, driving to resolution on complex commercial, IP, liability, and regulatory issues in close coordination with in-house counsel- Work cross-functionally with Sales and Product stakeholders on contract terms, deal structure, and risk thresholds, ensuring business teams operate within established legal guardrails- Spearhead AI integration into the contracting workflow — deploying AI-enabled contract review and drafting tools that reduced average deal cycle time and improved consistency across the agreements portfolio- Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of commercial contract templates and negotiation playbooks in partnership with in-house counsel, incorporating evolving legal standards and business strategy across SaaS, fintech, and data licensing- Invest heavily in team development through mentorship, live deal coaching, and career growth conversations — contributing to a high-performing team culture and consistent recognition as a trusted resource across the organization

Education

• Northeastern University

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Music Industry

  2004 — 2009

• Suffolk University Law School

  Juris Doctor (J.D.), Intellectual Property Law

  2010 — 2014

Skills

• Legal Contract Review
• Commercial Transactions
• Legal Research
• Lexis
• Public Relations
• Social Networking
• Commercial Contracts
• Social Media
• Copyright Law
• Westlaw
• Licensing Negotiations
• Legal Issues
• Digital Copyright
• Editing
• Contract Negotiation
• Management of Outside Counsel
• Mediation
• Microsoft Office
• Public Speaking
• Licensing
• Intellectual Property
• Entertainment Law
• Music Industry
• Motions
• Trials
• Premises Liability Litigation
• Legal Advice
• New Media
• Juvenile Court
• Music Licensing
• Licensing Agreements
• Lexisnexis
• Stakeholder Management
• Trademark Infringement
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Personal Injury Litigation
• Management
• Research
• Music