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Technology Transactions


Our Technology Transactions lawyers draft, negotiate and counsel our clients on complex strategic and business agreements relating to the creation, use and transfer of technology and other intellectual property, including:
  • outsourcing deals;
  • licenses;
  • research and development collaborations;
  • joint ventures;
  • distribution agreements; and
  • contract manufacturing and contract research agreements.

We have particular depth in IT Procurement and Outsourcing, Digital Media and Entertainment, and Life Sciences Transactions (including Agricultural Technology), and we have accumulated years of experience serving clients in the financial services, life sciences, telecommunications, electronics, semiconductor, entertainment, media and online commerce industries. Our clients range from individuals and startups to companies in the top ranks of the Fortune 500, and we serve them in the United States, the European Union, China and Japan.

Chambers USA 2009: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business ranked two of our practice leaders, Mark L. Kaufmann and Jeffrey S. Rothstein, in the category of Technology & IT Outsourcing and praised our team for its “willingness to tackle novel issues, devise creative structures, while never losing sight of the big picture.”
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