Overview
Julia Stelljes focuses her practice on complex technology and marketing transactions. She is deeply experienced in the negotiation of technology-driven agreements on behalf of her clients, including for software licensing, cloud platform services, and information technology infrastructure. Julia’s capabilities also include negotiation of IP commercialization and media partnerships, frequently counseling leading global companies on content production, data licensing, music, video, and artwork licensing, and other strategic partnership and sponsorship contracts. Additionally, she frequently drafts terms of use for consumer-facing proprietary and white-labeled applications.
Julia operates with a business-focused perspective, developing creative solutions that streamline existing processes and assist client teams in accomplishing their goals. She has a depth of knowledge in the media and advertising industry and provides strategic guidance on brand protection, data privacy and security issues, and data flow optimization.
- Represented a global advertising conglomerate in its investments for scripted and non-scripted content production with multiple diverse-owned production companies.
- Represented advertising agencies in negotiations for multiple client services agreements for global brands.
- Represented nonprofit organization in negotiations for communications vendors, including email marketing and text messaging platforms.
- Represented automotive brand in its platform agreements for marketing on major social media platforms.
- Represented a newly established professional sports team in data and licensing agreements.
- Represented a major financial institution in its adoption of a new customer data management platform.
- Represented a Fortune 100 food consumer product company in connection with its benefits administration outsourcing agreement.
- Represented a multi-billion dollar global property and casualty insurance firm in connection with its information technology infrastructure agreement.
- Represented a leading health care company in its facilities management outsourcing agreement impacting over one hundred locations globally.
- Represented a global disability insurance company in its information technology infrastructure, finance and accounting, and commercial real estate outsourcing agreements.
- Represented a Fortune 50 retailer in its global telecommunications outsourcing agreement.
Education
- University of Michigan Law School, J.D., cum laude, Associate Editor, Michigan Business and Entrepreneurial Law Review
- Tulane University, B.A., cum laude
Bar Admissions
- Illinois