Return to Practices Return to Corporate

Technology and IP Transactions

Kramer Levin helps IP-driven and technology enterprises, investors and users procure, protect, develop and monetize their assets worldwide.

  • We advise on all IP aspects of mergers, acquisitions, investments, restructurings, consolidations, public offerings, spinoffs, bankruptcies and divestitures, and we help clients leverage IP in financings, litigation, public offerings and securitizations.

    We represent private equity firms, investors and knowledge-based businesses of all sizes, from emerging growth companies to multinational corporations, in a broad range of industries, including technology, life sciences, medical devices, media, financial services and fintech, travel and hospitality, fashion, branded products, and luxury goods. We also help users of technology secure all pertinent rights in their licensing and procurement deals.

    We have extensive experience advising on international IP and technology commercialization and transfers throughout Europe and Asia, especially in Germany, France, Israel and India.

    We are especially experienced with:

    • Joint ventures, strategic alliances, licensing, collaborations, development, distribution, VAR and OEM arrangements
    • Transactions involving complex or hybrid technologies
    • IP transfers in mergers, acquisitions and divestitures
    • IP strategy and portfolio development
    • IP royalty securitizations
    • Outsourcing
    • Patents, trademarks, trade secrets, and copyright protection and enforcement strategies
    • Monetization of IP and technology rights in bankruptcies and restructurings
    • IP litigation finance transactions
    • Technology procurement and in-licensing

    The firm’s Technology and IP Transactions lawyers work seamlessly with our prominent Corporate, Private Equity, Banking and Finance, Intellectual Property, and Bankruptcy and Restructuring teams to provide comprehensive and customized IP-centric services.

    Defining Matters

    Practice Contacts

  • Perspectives

    • Speaking Engagement
      March 14, 2024
      IBA’s 7th Mergers and Acquisitions in the Technology Sector Conference
      Read More
    • Articles
      February 2024 Edition
      President Biden Signs Executive Order on 'Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy' Artificial Intelligence
      Read More
    • Speaking Engagement
      Nov. 20, 2023
      IP Service World 2023, Munich
      Read More
    • Announcements
      Sept. 22, 2023
      2023 New York Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists Include Over 90 Kramer Levin Attorneys
      Read More
    • Articles
      June 26, 2023
      Artificial Intelligence: A Transactional Guide to the Perplexed
      Read More
    • Speaking Engagement
      June 08, 2023
      American Council on Germany’s AI: Transatlantic Business and Policy Implications
      Read More
    • Speaking Engagement
      June 01, 2023
      International Bar Association’s 9th Annual IBA World Life Sciences Conference
      Read More
    • Speaking Engagement
      Nov. 21, 2022
      IP Service World 2022, Munich
      Read More
    • Speaking Engagement
      Nov. 15, 2022
      International Expert Briefing, Munich
      Read More
    • Announcements
      Sept. 30, 2022
      2022 New York Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists Include Over 80 Kramer Levin Attorneys
      Read More
    • Speaking Engagement
      June 04, 2022
      8th Annual World Life Sciences Conference
      Read More
    • Speaking Engagement
      Nov. 22, 2021
      IP Service World 2021, Munich
      Read More
    • Speaking Engagement
      Oct. 25, 2021
      International Bar Association’s Global Showcase COVID-19 Legal Policy Assessment
      Read More
    • Defining Matters
      Oct. 14, 2021
      Kramer Levin Assists BlackRock in Strategic Collaboration with Rhodium on Climate Analytics
      Read More
    • Announcements
      Sept. 30, 2021
      2021 New York Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists Include Over 80 Kramer Levin Attorneys
      Read More
    • Defining Matters
      Dec. 16, 2020
      Kramer Levin Advises Pontifax in $50 million Convertible Note Purchase and Security Agreement for Opiant Pharmaceuticals
      Read More
    • Defining Matters
      Nov. 24, 2020
      Kramer Levin Represents Stanhope Capital Group in Merger With FWM Holdings
      Read More
    • Announcements
      Oct. 28, 2020
      2020 New York Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists Include Over 90 Kramer Levin Attorneys
      Read More
    • COVID-19 Legal Resource Guide
      April 09, 2020
      COVID-19’s Impact on Contractual Obligations and Force Majeure
      Read More
    • Speaking Engagement
      Nov. 25, 2019
      IP Service World 2019, Munich
      Read More
    • Sponsorship
      Nov. 04, 2019
      AUTM ASIA 2019
      Read More
    • Speaking Engagement
      Oct. 30, 2019
      Positioning and Preparing for an Exit, Tel Aviv
      Read More
    • Speaking Engagement
      Oct. 23, 2019
      New York City Bar’s Fashion Law Committee: In-House Counsel Discussion
      Read More
    • Articles
      Oct. 21, 2019
      INSIGHT: Guilt-Free Web Scraping? Not So Fast
      Read More
    • Announcements
      Sept. 13, 2019
      2019 New York Super Lawyers and Rising Stars Lists Include Over 95 Kramer Levin Attorneys
      Read More
    • Speaking Engagement
      March 28, 2019
      Mergers and Acquisitions in the Technology Sector Conference, Barcelona
      Read More

  • Recognition

    2022
    U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers’ Best Law Firms
    Information Technology Law

Connect with us.

Contact us

Related Practices

We use cookies on this website to optimize user experience and site functionality and to give you the best possible experience. We do so with your approval. The choice is up to you. Learn more.