Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP assists a large roster of blue-chip clients with technology and IP transactional matters, including patent acquisitions and divestitures, license arrangements, and technology and IP joint ventures. The department is jointly led by Charan Sandhu and Jeffrey Osterman from the firm’s New York office. While Sandhu has vast experience in complex technology and IP transactions as well as licensing agreements, Osterman’s practice focuses on technology outsourcing and integration as well as on patent and content licensing. Other notable members of the team are Karen Ballack in Silicon Valley, who advises on the development, commercialization and other exploitation of technology and IP, and New York’s Dennis Adams, whose practice spans across the technology and life science industries. Also in New York, Olivia Greer focuses on assisting clients with privacy and data security issues. Michael Epstein retired from the partnership in late 2022.
Key clients
- Advent International Corporation
- AltC Acquisition Corp.
- Avista Public Acquisition Corp. II
- British Columbia Investment Management Corporation
- Brookfield Business Partners L.P.
- Cedar Fair, L.P.
- CIIG Capital Partners II, Inc.
- CPP Investments
- Eli Lilly and Company
- Glencore plc
- Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.
- Greater Sum Ventures
- Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.
- ICG Strategic Equity
- Iron Mountain Incorporated
- Jack Creek Investment Corp.
- Keter Environmental Services, LLC
- The Kroger Co.
- Mudrick Capital Management
- Sanofi S.A.
Work highlights
- Advised The Kroger Co on the technology, data privacy and IP aspects of its merger with Albertsons Companies, Inc. in a transaction that implies an Albertson enterprise value of approximately $24.6bn.
- Advising Glencore PLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, as the shareholders of Viterra Ltd. on the technology, data privacy and IP aspects of its approximately $18bn business combination with Bunge Ltd.
- Advised CPP Investments, together with Silver Lake, on the technology, data privacy and IP aspects of its acquisition of Qualtrics in a transaction that implies a Qualtrics enterprise value of approximately $12.5bn from SAP SE.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Charan Sandhu, Jeffrey Osterman