Strategic Transactions & Licensing
We help venture-backed companies to develop, acquire, and monetize technologies — and to navigate the strategic transactions that help them grow.
With the largest team in the world focused on licensing, strategic partnering, commercial transactions, and data privacy for emerging company/venture capital (EC/VC) companies and funds, we come to the negotiating table with serious firepower.
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Strategic Transactions & Licensing
We help venture-backed companies to develop, acquire, and monetize technologies — and to navigate the strategic transactions that help them grow.
With the largest team in the world focused on licensing, strategic partnering, commercial transactions, and data privacy for emerging company/venture capital (EC/VC) companies and funds, we come to the negotiating table with serious firepower.
Transactions and commercialization counsel for businesses in the innovation economy.
We understand the changing risks and opportunities that come with rapid growth, and we help clients to chart a pathway for growth that steers clear of the legal and business obstacles that investors and acquirers care about most.
We know your situation. We know what it takes to transact with the major players and investors in a wide range of technology sectors, and we help clients avoid pitfalls that can become barriers to future deals or block off exit strategies.
Reducing friction and delivering results. We understand the structures and strategies that produce win-win deals and have extensive experience representing high-growth companies in negotiations with most of the Fortune 500 and dozens of other well-known companies.
We close deals. We negotiate thousands of deals each year, and we scale our services to each client’s needs — from developing form agreements for bread-and-butter software license and SaaS agreements, to identifying and negotiating the high-level, strategic, and bet-the-company issues involved in complex, bespoke, partnership and collaboration deals.
We have unparalleled industry knowledge. We have advised on transactions across a range of sectors, including AI, software, SaaS, cybersecurity, consumer products, fintech, healthtech, foodtech, insurtech, media, adtech, and hardware, as well as disruptive technologies and business models including open source, blockchain, crypto, and web3.
Webinar
Bias and Hallucinations in AI Policy Development, Training and Risk Mitigation
Partners Natalie Pierce and Aaron Rubin hosted the webinar, “Bias and Hallucinations in AI Policy Development, Training and Risk Mitigation” to explore the challenges posed by bias and hallucinations in generative AI.
Webinar
Coding with Generative AI: Latest Developments and Practical Risk Management
As part of Gunderson Dettmer's Generative AI Webinar Series, Strategic Transactions and Licensing partner Aaron Fiske and senior associate Shu Hu host a webinar on the latest in generative AI coding tools and their impact on software development. Aaron and Shu discuss legal diligence and representations and warranties tailored for generative AI in venture financing and M&A deals, as well as provide practical steps to manage legal, business, and security risks when using AI coding tools.