Supporting a wide range of clients in the automotive, healthcare, telecommunications, finance and media industries, the technology transactions department at Venable LLP is capable of handling licensing, data protection, and joint ventures. The group is under the joint leadership of San Francisco based, James E Nelson, who has significant experience in end-user agreements and M&A and Washington DC based, William Russell, who focuses on cross-border technology collaborations. Christopher Kim has experience in development projects for emerging technologies, including quantum computing and artificial intelligence. Other notable members of the team include San Francisco based Cameron Cole and Washington DC based Ryan Sweigard.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Client satisfaction: NPS ®
Key clients
- GE HealthCare
- Vanguard Renewables
- Bode Technology
- Shoshin Works, LLC
- The Monitoring Association
- M2 Ingredients, Inc.
- The Carnegie Hall Corporation
- Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
- Bridgecare Finance, LLC
Work highlights
Regularly advised GE HealthCare on structuring and negotiating sophisticated technology-driven deals in support of its core businesses.
Represent Vanguard Renewables, a leading renewable natural gas producer that is focused on developing food and dairy waste-to-renewable energy projects in the United States and advancing decarbonization by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from farms and food waste and supporting regenerative agriculture on partner farms.
Advised Bode Technology (“Bode”), a U.S.-based private forensics laboratory company, on the negotiation of a multi-year agreement with Verogen, a subsidiary of Netherlands-based QIAGEN, a multinational provider of sample and assay technologies for molecular diagnostics, applied testing, academic research, and pharmaceutical research.
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Practice head
James E Nelson; William Russell
Other key lawyers
Christopher Kim; Cameron Cole; Ryan Sweigard