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Ms Meryl Rosen Bernstein
Work Department
Intellectual Property, Media and Technology (IPMT)
Position
Meryl is the co-head of the firm’s global Retail, Consumer Products, and Fashion group and the co-head of the Transactional group within the Intellectual Property, Media, and Technology practice group. She has developed a unique IP transactional practice that cuts across consumer sectors and positions her as an irreplaceable business asset to companies facing pivotal change.
Career
Meryl brings her extensive skills in e-commerce and technology transactions to help internet, fashion, and software firms with a range of technology, trademark, copyright, marketing, and complex commercial matters. Meryl also helps her clients with cutting-edge issues relating to their social media presence and online marketing.
Meryl has significant experience advising companies on IP aspects of corporate transactions. She handles the IP components of M&A and asset deals and other commercial arrangements in the M&A context.
Meryl’s prior role as assistant General Counsel at Gilt Groupe taught her the importance of practical legal advice with a quick turnaround. Meryl oversaw all IP matters and advised on a range of commercial agreements. Previously with another international law firm, Meryl advised on intellectual property issues in the largest, most high-profile mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, and financing transactions in the world.
A recognized leader in her field, she served as guest lecturer on fashion and design protection at American University Washington College of Law. She recently edited the firm’s popular Consumer Horizons publication, and spoke at the Fashion Law Institute’s Annual Symposium on a panel covering “virtual retail.” She is currently editing a treatise on fashion law for Lexology.
Meryl is the immediate past president of the Washington, D.C. chapter of Ellevate Network. She is also active with the firm’s ongoing initiatives for the advancement of women and girls.
Memberships
Member, ChIPs (organization for Women in IP), 2013-Present
Member, Fashion Law Committee, New York Bar Association, 2012-Present
Member, Intellectual Property Law Section, American Bar Association, 2007-Present
Past President of the Board, Ellevate, Washington, D.C. chapter
Member, Internet Committee, International Trademark Association
Member, Women in Technology
Education
J.D., Fordham University School of Law, cum laude, 2006; B.A., Wellesley College, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Trustee Scholar for Outstanding Academic Achievement, 2003
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Government > Government relations
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- International Trade > CFIUS
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Government > Government contracts
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Antitrust > Merger control
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Project finance
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)