Andrew Caplan, Erin Choo Honored with Award of Merit by the Bar Association of San Francisco

The event, held on December 11 at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero in San Francisco, brought together BASF members, legal professionals and community leaders for an afternoon of reflection, recognition and forward-thinking conversations.

Caplan and Choo earned the award for providing pro bono counsel to BASF and the Justice and Diversity Center of the Bar Association of San Francisco during complex contract negotiations for their new Association Management System—an essential platform that supports and streamlines operations across both organizations. Their strategic guidance was instrumental in navigating these negotiations, ensuring that the agreement’s terms safeguard the organizations’ interests and support their evolving needs.

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Caplan represents Fortune 500 and emerging growth companies in structuring and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements, particularly involving software licensing and development, deployment of AI solutions, information technology and business process outsourcing, hardware manufacturing and distribution, intellectual property licensing, financial technology (fintech) partnership and banking-as-a-service agreements, and other strategic commercial relationships.

Choo focuses on general corporate and securities matters, along with technology-related commercial agreements.