Technology Transactions

Overview

Gibson Dunn’s Technology Transactions practice represents clients in connection with complex and strategic technology, intellectual property and data-driven transactions, and plays a key role in providing IP-related support on M&A, investment, financing and related transactions involving businesses that heavily rely on intellectual property.

Our global team assists clients in the development, acquisition, licensing and commercialization of technology, data and intellectual property, and advise clients regarding these assets and associated issues relating to the ownership and use of intellectual property. Our role ranges from full-service support with all aspects of structuring, negotiating, documenting and implementing such transactions to advice on discrete technology, data usage and intellectual property issues.

We work closely with our M&A, capital markets, strategic sourcing and commercial transactions, life sciences and finance practices to guide clients on the IP aspects of M&A, investment, outsourcing and financing transactions, including IP due diligence, negotiation of key IP representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities, counseling regarding IP-related risks and mitigation strategies, and the structuring and negotiation of ancillary licensing and transition services agreements. We also work closely with our Privacy, Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection Practice Groups on data privacy issues arising from transactions on which we work.

Our areas of focus include:

• e-commerce/online businesses
• commercial transactions involving technology/services procurement
• cloud-based services
• digital media/content
• data acquisition and transfer
• software licensing and development
• patent licensing and acquisition
• trademark acquisition, licensing and prosecution.

Our clients include established and emerging companies across the entire spectrum of industries and technologies, including software, computer hardware, semiconductor, telecommunications, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, digital and social media, fintech and life sciences. We have substantial experience representing leading technology companies in cross-border transactions, including joint ventures involving domestic and foreign joint venture partners. Recognized by numerous publications including Chambers, Legal 500, Law Dragon and The Best Lawyers in America, our global team has decades of experience assisting clients achieve their strategic objectives with respect to the protection, development and commercialization of intellectual property and data.