Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Media and Entertainment: Transactional; Patents: Licensing

Shellie Freedman is a partner in Kirkland’s Technology & IP Transactions practice. She focuses her practice on complex transactions involving technology and intellectual property, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, collaboration agreements, IP licenses, outsourcing arrangements, cybersecurity and data privacy, and other strategic commercial contracts. Building on her scientific degrees in molecular and cell biology, Shellie also has extensive experience in life sciences transactions including M&A support, joint ventures, collaborations, and licenses. In addition, Shellie has experience counseling clients in a broad range of other industries, including healthcare, consumer products, technology, financial services, insurance and media.

Co-Chair, the IAOP Legal & Compliance Chapter

New York University School of Law, J.D., 2012

University of California, Berkeley, M.S., Molecular and Cell Biology, 2007

Yale University, B.S., Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry, 2005