Lawyers / Professionals

Mr. Kern's transactional practice focuses on representing emerging growth companies and professional investors on finance and corporate matters, including venture capital financings, acquisitions, entity and capital structure, corporate governance and engagement of employees and service providers. He also advises start-up and Fortune 500 clients in connection with their commercial and technology-based matters, including licensing, distribution, marketing, sales and service transactions, and joint ventures.

Mr. Kern represents clients in complex global technology and infrastructure outsourcing transactions. He has experience in numerous facets, phases and structures of services and procurement transactions, including operational, support, development, and transformational service transactions. He also has experience negotiating and re-structuring transactions to address acquisitions, divestitures and other enterprise change.

He has extensive experience in telecommunications, wireless and Wi-Fi; alternative energy and biofuels; enterprise and stand-alone software; software as a service (SaaS); as well as device design, manufacturing, resale and OEM transactions. He also has significant experience with university technology transfer and commercialization, including transactions related to licensing, research, and spin-out entity formation and financing.