SaaS and AI Vendor Lock-In: Drafting Exit Rights and Portability Terms

Ms. Belmont brings a diverse and deeply practical legal background spanning Big Law, Fortune 40, high-growth technology, nonprofit advocacy, and political campaign work. Her experience across these environments gives her a uniquely grounded perspective on the evolving needs of modern legal leaders. For the last five years, Ms. Belmont has also been an active member of TechGC, The L Suite’s private community for General Counsels at venture-backed tech companies. She recently co-chaired the 2025 Legal Velocity Summit and participated as a panelist at the Legal AI IPO conferences. Prior to joining The Suite, Ms. Belmont served as General Counsel of Civis Analytics, a data science and AI technology company that boasts Eric Schmidt and Tim O’Reilly as board members. There, she built and led the company’s legal, compliance, privacy, and cybersecurity functions. Ms. Belmont's work included establishing AI governance frameworks, designing enterprise privacy architecture, and co-leading the company’s FedRAMP Moderate authorization.

Mr. Kohel represents clients in commercial litigation, intellectual property matters, and with data privacy issues. Clients in an array of industries rely on Mr. Kohel to protect their interests in courts across the United States and in arbitrations on matters involving allegations of breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, partnership and shareholder disputes, fraud, as well as in employment and franchise litigations. His experience with intellectual property matters includes claims for the misappropriation of trade secrets, trademark infringement, false advertising, the sale of counterfeit goods, and cases involving a variety of patent issues, such as inventorship disputes and claim construction. Mr. Kohel also advises on IP strategy and transactions. In addition, he counsels companies that develop and use artificial intelligence (AI) on AI governance, intellectual property, data privacy, and regulatory and compliance issues. Mr. Kohel serves as outside product counsel for clients that develop AI tools, helping them to navigate the legal landscape and to negotiate technology agreements and licenses for the deployment of their AI. He writes regularly and is a frequent speaker and panelist on AI, especially as related to intellectual property, data privacy, and corporate policies on the use and management of AI in the workplace. Also, Mr. Kohel is IAPP CIPM-certified, and he assists clients with privacy program development and management and with the preparation of privacy notices.