Newton G. Quantz III

Partner | Corporate

newton.quantz@pierferd.com
+1.404.374.4074 cell
Atlanta
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About
Credentials
Experience

About

Newton Quantz is a member of the Corporate Department. Newton represents emerging and established companies in a range of legal and business issues with a focus on technology licensing and commercial transactions.

  • Newton’s legal background includes both private practice and in-house representation. As in-house, general counsel, Newton helped position two separate privately-held software companies for acquisition, then guided each through their respective merger transactions. He advises his clients across a range of legal practice areas, including:

    • Commercial contracts

    • Software (on-premise and SaaS) licensing arrangements and related support and professional services contracts

    • Reseller, distributor, and referral arrangements

    • Software, technology, and web development agreements

    • Protection of Intellectual Property Rights

    • Privacy and Data Security

    • Website terms of use and privacy policies

    • Entity formation and governance counseling

    Newton also assists his clients with: (1) the development and implementation of internal procedures that streamline and reduce their contracting cycle and (2) the efficient organization of their material legal files in anticipation of an acquisition due diligence process.

    Newton received his Juris Doctorate degree, cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1991. Newton received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Davidson College in 1987.

Practices

  • Commercial Transactions

  • Privacy and Data Protection

  • Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Private Equity

Admissions

  • Georgia

  • Superior Court of Fulton County, Georgia

  • Georgia Court of Appeals

  • U.S. District Court – Northern District of Georgia

Education

  • The University of Georgia School of Law, JD, cum laude, 1991

  • Davidson College, BA, 1987

Corporate Experience

  • Castellan Solutions, Inc. – General Counsel

  • Nexidia Inc. / NICE Systems, Inc. – General Counsel / Senior Counsel

Law Firm Experience

  • FisherBroyles, LLP

  • Hunton & Williams

  • Kilpatrick Stockton

  • Carr, Tabb & Pope

Litigation Experience

For eight years, Newton served as second chair in three jury trials that resulted in defense verdicts for his clients and served as lead or assistant litigation counsel in the following reported decisions:

  • Upper Chattahoochee Riverkeeper v. The City of Atlanta, 953 F. Supp. 1541 (N.D. Ga. 1996) and 986 F. Supp. 1406 (N.D. Ga. 1997).

  • Chem-Nuclear Systems, Inc. v. Arivec Chem., Inc., 978 F. Supp. 1105 (N.D. Ga. 1997).

  • Thompson v. Taracorp, Inc., 684 So.2d 152 (Ala. App. 1996).

  • PRI v. Amoco, Inc., 856 F. Supp. 761 (N.D. Ga. 1993).