Dallas
Technology transactions and outsourcing
Artificial intelligence and generative AI
Blockchain, crypto, and digital assets
Digital health and data strategy
Technology and IP diligence for deals
Shawn C. Helms is a Dallas-based partner who co-heads McDermott’s Technology Transactions & Outsourcing Practice, co-founded the firm’s AI Cross-Practice Group, and serves on the firm’s Management Committee.
He advises on complex technology, outsourcing and intellectual property transactions, including licensing, cloud arrangements, strategic sourcing, data licensing and other commercial and technology matters.
Ranked in
Chambers FinTech, 2026
Ranked in
The Best Lawyers in America, 2026
Ranked in
Chambers USA, 2025
- Represented Amadeus in its agreement with Marriott International to deploy the Amadeus Central Reservations System and modernize Marriott’s reservations infrastructure
- Represented MedStar Health in a five-year IT outsourcing deal with Kyndryl covering mission-critical healthcare technology services and digital transformation support
- Represented Ava Labs in the creation of a blockchain subnet platform to be offered by Deloitte to its customers
- Chambers FinTech, USA Nationwide: FinTech Legal: Blockchain & Cryptocurrencies, 2026
- The Best Lawyers in America, Information Technology Law, IT Outsourcing Law and Artificial Intelligence Law, 2026
- Thomson Reuters, Stand-out Lawyer, 2025-2026
- Chambers USA, Band 1 in Technology: Outsourcing (Texas) and Outsourcing (Nationwide), 2010-2026
- Legal 500 US, Leading Lawyer in Outsourcing and Recommended in FinTech, 2025
- Co-head, Technology Transactions & Outsourcing Practice
- Co-founder, AI Cross-Practice Group
- Member, Management Committee
- Georgetown University Law Center, JD, cum laude
- William Jewell College, BS, magna cum laude
- California
- Texas
- Englisch
