Derek Ventling

Partner Technology & IP Transactions

Austin +1 512 678 9161

Derek Ventling

Overview

Derek Ventling is a partner in the Technology and IP Transactions Practice in the Austin, Texas office. Derek advises clients on the intellectual property and technology aspects of complex corporate transactions, including carve-outs, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, private capital investments, restructurings and debt financing transactions. In addition to his transactional experience, Derek also advises clients on commercial matters, such as licensing and joint venture arrangements, as well as counseling clients on issues relating to information security, data privacy and artificial intelligence.

Derek is also a guest-lecturer at University of Texas Law School and supports a course on negotiating corporate transactions. He was recognized by Super Lawyers among its 2024 and 2025 “Rising Stars.”

Acrisure in its $1.1 billion carve-out acquisition of Heartland Payroll Solutions, a provider of payroll and HR services to over 50,000 clients, from Global Payments, as part of its expansion into a diversified fintech platform

Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

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Thought Leadership

Speaking Engagements

Speaker, “AI Issues in Cross-Border M&A Transactions,” World Intellectual Property Review’s AI & IP Summit USA, October 2025

Speaker, “IP Due Diligence in M&A: Leveraging Diligence Results When Negotiating Price and Other Deal Terms,” Strafford Webinars, May 2025

Speaker, “Artificial Intelligence For Our Clients,” 38th Annual UT Tech Law Conference Austin, May 2025

Guest Lecturer, “M&A Class,” The University of Texas at Austin, 2023–2025

Speaker, “AI Issues in Cross-Border Transactions,” Intellectual Property Summit NYC, November 2024

Speaker, “Intellectual Property Due Diligence in M&A: Verifying Ownership and Transferability of Assets; Mitigating Risks,” Strafford Webinars, August 2024

Speaker, “Responsible AI: Maintaining your Standards with Emerging Technology,” 37th Annual UT Tech Law Conference Austin, May 2024

Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • Texas
  • California

Education

  • Indiana University Maurer School of LawJ.D.cum laude

    Editor-In-Chief, IP Theory

    President, Business and Law Society

    Civil Justice Design Fellow

  • University of OregonB.S., Business Administration