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.
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
