Samuel Kramer

Practice Areas

Sam Kramer is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Chicago office in the Intellectual Property and Technology practice. He represents customers in managed services, IT procurement, complex licensing, and supply chain agreements, with a focus on the financial services industry. He is a frequent speaker on outsourcing, cloud services and blockchain.

Mr. Kramer is Chair of the Firm's North American FinTech practice and is a member of the Firm's Global FinTech Steering Committee. He is recognized in Chambers Global, Chambers USA, the Legal 500 USA and Who's Who Legal.

Mr. Kramer focuses on multi-jurisdictional outsourcing, complex IT licensing and commercial contracting, supply chain integration and FinTech.

Professional Memberships

American Bar Association

Chicago Bar Association

Publications

• Author,“FinTech United States” in Getting the Deal Through Law Business Research (2019) (with Matthew Kluchenek)

• Author, “Technology U.S.” in In-House Lawyer The Legal 500 (2019)

• Author, "The Challenge of Authenticity: Blockchain in the Supply Chain" Journal of Supply Chain Management, Logistics and Procurement. Vol. 1, No. 3, 1–7 Winter 2018–19

• Author, "Collateral Damage: Cryptocurrency and Security Interests." Best Lawyers October 1, 2018

• Author, "Cryptocurrency Regulation in the Crosshairs." Bloomberg Law: Tech & Telecom News June

22, 2018 (with Matthew Kluchenek and Patrick Dennien)

• Author, “Blockchains and Data Protection" Bloomberg Law: Big Law Business Report May 21, 2018

• Author, "Emerging Regulatory Framework Of FinTech In The U.S." B:Inform Magazine May 2016

• Author, "Outsourcing to the Cloud for Financial Institutions", B:Inform Magazine February 2016

• Author, “Going Global Online: Basic E-Commerce and Data Privacy Considerations. Baker &

McKenzie's Going Global Field Guide” 2016

• Author, "Take That Back: Drivers and Considerations for Insourcing" Inside Sourcing in January 2013

• Author, "Crowdsourcing: Will On-Demand Labor Shake Up The Outsourcing Business?" LegalBytes December 2012

• Author, "Communications Outsourcing", Practical Law Company 2010. (with Ross McKean)

• Author, "Taking an Interest in Carbon: Secured Financing and the Legal Nature of Carbon Credits"

Energy and Environmental Project Finance Law and Taxation (Kramer and Fusaro eds.), The Oxford

University Press in 2010 (with Richard Saines).

• Author, "Outsourcing under the Obama Administration" Global Services Magazine December 2, 2008

• Author, "Online Privacy in the United States: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act Reviewed", BNA

International World Data Protection Report