Jessica Greenwald > Baker McKenzie LLP > Dallas, United States > Lawyer Profile
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1900 N. Pearl St.
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Jessica Greenwald
Work Department
Intellectual Property and Technology Law
Position
Jessie’s practice includes intellectual property (IP) support in business transactions, coordination of global patent assignments and recordals, global patent portfolio strategy and management, and patent prosecution. Prior to entering law school, she earned her doctorate in Plant Pathology and Microbiology focusing on iron regulatory networks of bacterial pathogens. This technical background has lent nicely to her focus on patent matters, especially those pertaining to life sciences and biotechnology.
Career
- Developed and managed the global filing and prosecution strategy for a technology start-up company focused on the sustainable production and extraction of plant based protein, including providing strategic filing advice based on their key markets, competitors, and enforcement limitations.
- Developed and managed global prosecution strategy for a major Texas University in the genetically modified crop space.
- Manage the global plant variety rights and patent filings and prosecution thereof for the global leader in kiwi production and distribution.
- Advised international pharmaceutical company regarding the IP aspects of a $1.95 billion public company acquisition of a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of migraine therapies. Jessie’s contributions to the deal focused heavily on the analysis of the target company’s patent portfolio and IP related agreements.
- Advised a Japanese technology company regarding IP aspects of a $1 billion acquisition of a genetic diagnostics company, and thus contributing to their goal of developing a precision medicine platform.
- Advised an Australian-based regenerative medicine company in connection with a proposed US public share offering.
- Provided patentability and non-infringement advice to a blood products manufacturer relating to IVIG and fibrinogen related technologies.
Languages
English
Memberships
- Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
- Dallas Bar Association
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
(Next Generation Partners)Baker McKenzie LLP works with a host of clients—from software and tech, to entertainment—on the full range of patent matters. Its workload includes obtaining the grant of patents to establish a portfolio, providing pre-litigation advice to well-known names, and preparing and prosecuting patent applications in national and international contexts. John Flaim, who handles patent litigation and portfolio management in particular, leads the Dallas-based team. Mackenzie Martin is equipped to litigate in patent infringement cases and proceedings before the USPTO and the ITC. Vas Vedantam is praised for an ‘analytical approach’, while Jessica Greenwald is also noteworthy. Richard Wells left in November 2024.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners United States > Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings) United States > Intellectual property
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Finance > Project finance
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Tax > International tax
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- International trade and national security > National Security
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: middle-market (Up to $500m)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- International trade and national security > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense