Drafting, revising, and closing commercial, partnership, and vendor agreements in the medical space relating to the installation and supply of nuclear technology-based medical imaging and diagnostic equipment and services for medical practices, hospitals, and public healthcare providers.

Providing legal and business counseling assistance to start-ups, venture-backed enterprises and entrepreneurs in the field of company formation, intellectual property management, registration and enforcement, IP licensing, service contracts, partnerships, joint ventures, terms of use and data privacy, as well executive employment and contractor agreements. He also provides assistance with venture financing, corporate compliance and private company mergers and acquisitions. In addition to more traditional legal advice, Kendall also provides many clients with advice in the areas of invention development, brainstorming, business plan development, social media utilization, consumer engagement, go to market strategies, commercialization strategies for IP assets and related business issues arising from new product or services.

Trusted Legal advisor to company’s C-level executives, directors and outside legal and accounting advisors on a variety of matters including comprehensive high value customer contracts (SaaS) from initial negotiations and drafting to execution; drafting and negotiating a variety of partnership, vendor, inbound licensing and outsourcing transactions. Hired and directed in-house paralegal, project manager, contract administrator, and executive assistant(s) on behalf of the legal team. Monitored adversarial legal proceedings, including patent, trademark, and other IP-related disputes and litigation. Liaised on key acquisitions and acquisition negotiations including commercial and IP diligence, schedules, reps and warranties and post—acquisition integration efforts. Supported legal and general advisory needs across multiple departments, including marketing, HR, and investor/SEC reporting materials for accuracy and liability.. ●. Spearheaded intellectual property and compliance department for Healthcare IT such as intellectual property education and privacy awareness programs, hosting 55 presentations across nine offices for more than 1,500 employees. ● Identified issues in the contracting process and piloted new streamlined process through selection and early implementation of contracts database, sales playbook development, contract forms development, and approval mechanisms for inbound and outbound agreements. ● Collaborated across departments to support and prioritize business strategies for promoting new innovations and inventions. Researched and determined key performance indicators and assessed risk factors.

Composed and negotiated various commercial transactions licensing, partnerships, resell, development, employment, and partnership agreements. Advised and guided clients on trademark and patent prosecution and enforcement. Provided patent litigation support including expert witness preparation, depositions and motions drafting. Assisted on corporate mergers and acquisitions including managing diligence teams, schedules and representation and warranties across 14 acquisitions totaling over $2 billion in aggregate.

Prosecution and patent advice in the fields of video compression, communications, encryption, security, healthcare, artificial intelligence and information management. M&A diligence on many high-profile technology acquisitions-many completed over the course of a single week or lessNegotiating and drafting complex licensing agreements relating to software and hardware including international semiconductor design and fabrication agreements.Specialist on several patent enforcement actions focused on expert witness preparation and deposition defense