Tom is an IP lawyer who works on technology-based transactions, such as strategic alliances, licensing, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, where information, knowledge, intangibles, and intellectual property constitute significant part of the subject matter for the transaction. Tom also negotiates and drafts agreements that involve the transfer or sharing of intellectual property or new products and services resulting from new inventions. These include agreements for software and services, joint development and sponsored research agreements, licenses from universities and between companies, clinical trial agreements, employee IP and noncompetition agreements, and consulting, supply, manufacturing and distribution agreements. Tom represents clients in transactions that involve many jurisdictions but has deep experience in transactions involving clients or rights globally or in the USA, Japan and China. Tom takes advantage of his engineering career and scientific training by focusing on transactions that involve pharmaceuticals, biotech, medical devices, food and agriculture, semiconductors, software, polymers, fermentation, industrial chemicals, steel, oil and gas, and big data. He also regularly gives educational seminars on various intellectual property and transaction subjects in public and private settings.Specialties: LicensingJoint VenturesStrategic Alliances
Listed skills include Intellectual Property, Licensing, Joint Ventures, Mergers And Acquisitions, and 1 others.