AI M&A CLE: Changing Landscape for Buying and Selling AI Tools

Essence McGill Arzu (she/her/hers) is an Axiom lawyer with over 25 years of experience working primarily in mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, corporate finance, securities, and nonprofit organizational matters. She has been with Axiom for 11+ years working on engagements with clients in multiple industries including financial services, technology, healthcare and life sciences. Prior to joining Axiom & opening her firm, she was a Partner at Foley Hoag LLP.

Essence received her J.D. from Columbia University School of Law, her M.A. from the Harvard Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Davis Center for Russian Studies, and her B.A. from Harvard University. She is admitted to the bar in Massachusetts, Washington DC, and New York. She currently lives in Somerville, MA with her husband and their golf clubs.

To learn more about Essence McGill Arzu, visit: www.linkedin.com/in/essence-mcgill-arzu-4521492

Alina Denis Jarjour is a longtime Axiom lawyer admitted to practice in Florida and in New Jersey. She also has served in C-suite roles as General Counsel and as Chief Compliance Officer at public and private companies.

Alina began focusing on all things tech in the 1990’s when she was Director of Procurement Contracts at Verizon Wireless. Over the last more than two decades, Alina’s expertise as a commercial lawyer and as compliance counsel has been built primarily at the intersection of healthcare and tech in support of mostly life sciences companies. Throughout Alina’s career, she has helped assess legal, cybersecurity, privacy and related risks with new technologies, and has negotiated and closed deals involving digital assets and other IP, including AI.

Alina received her Juris Doctor (JD) from the University of Pennsylvania and, in addition, earned Harvard Kennedy School’s Public Leadership Credential (PLC) focused on policy design and delivery.

To learn more about Alina Denis Jarjour, visit: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alinadenisjarjour