Edward G. Black

Ed Black most recently served as senior counsel and Technology Strategy Leader for the firm from 2023 through 2025, where he focused on developing and managing the strategy for the use of AI and other technologies in the delivery of legal services. Prior to taking on that role, Ed was a partner of Ropes & Gray for 25 years. He founded and led the firm’s intellectual property group, IP transactions specialty group, data privacy & cybersecurity group and firmwide technology, media and telecom industry group. Over his career Ed, among other things, helped clients of the firm successfully develop and manage technology strategies across a number of industries and technology formats, and he was widely recognized as a thought leader in the area of the business strategy for content, data, and information technology, and related propriety rights.