Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has a robust technology transactions practice, representing clients in the crypto, cleantech, healthcare and insurance industries in M&A, strategic alliances, cloud services and AI services. The practice is jointly steered by New York based Matthew Makover and Palo Alto based Matthew Berger. Makover advises on a range of intellectual property matters including the sale and licensing of patents, trademarks, and software, while Berger handles various complex technology transactions. Tiffany Lee is a key port of call for advising on cutting-edge developments in AI and quantum computing and in New York, Eugene Chang assists clients with outsourcing and licensing matters.
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- 'This firm pushes the edge and often finds projects requiring novel solutions to complex problems, and the Willkie team always delivers.’
‘Tiffany Lee and Matt Berger are hands down the best lawyers I've ever worked with. Their attention to detail without losing track of the broader strategic imperatives of the company is unparalleled.'
‘Superior market knowledge and near photographic memory from lead counsel Matthew Berger. The firm has been involved with so many key deals in the overall market that they understand how to approach every situation to ensure the best outcome possible.’
‘Matthew Berger is a fantastic lawyer and business partner, who is very strategic and does not miss the big picture.’
Key clients
- Aquiline Capital Partners and its portfolio companies
- Bending Spoons
- Churchill Capital Corp IX
- City of Hope
- CTH Invest SA, a Ferrero-related company
- Deribit
- Dong-A Pharmaceutical
- FM
- Grid Dynamics, Inc.
- LG Display
- LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
- Lyndra Therapeutics, Inc.
- Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC (formerly Oculus; d/b/a Reality Labs)
- Meta Platforms, Inc. (formerly Facebook)
- Metropolis Technologies, Inc.
- NEOGOV
- Neuralink
- NeuroBo Pharmaceutical, Inc.
- NXMH
- Orion Advisor Technology
Work highlights
Represented Meta since its initial Open Compute Project in 2010 and Willkie continues to represent Meta in the design, development, manufacture, supply, support and maintenance of its servers and other data centers, and integration of AI tools and training models.
Represented QuEra Computing in negotiating an API license and hardware access agreement with Amazon whereby QuEra Computing’s technology was made available through Amazon Bracket, a service that helps researchers and developers use quantum computers and simulators to build quantum algorithms on AWS.
Transaction counsel to Churchill Capital Corp IX (Nasdaq: CCIX), a special purpose acquisition company, on its business combination with Plus Automation Inc., a Physical AI company commercializing AI-based virtual driver software for autonomous trucks.
Lawyers
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Practice head
Matthew Makover; Matthew Berger
Other key lawyers
Tiffany Lee; Eugene Chang