ANALYSIS: Who Are ‘Tech Lawyers’? We Asked Them Directly.

The results are in: “Tech lawyers” are very much a thing, and they juggle a wider variety of legal issues than one might imagine. Responses to Bloomberg Law’s 2021 Technology Transactions Survey, provided by attorneys who draft, negotiate, or advise on technology-related contracts or legal matters, reveal some surprising insights into this rapidly growing field of practice.

We wondered about the phrase “tech lawyer” itself: In response, roughly three-quarters of survey respondents said they would describe themselves as such. With about half of respondents working in-house at a corporation and 43% practicing at law firms of varying sizes, the ...