Ingrid Rechtin

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About
Ingrid Rechtin provides strategic legal advice to public and private companies in the life sciences, technology, energy, consumer goods and manufacturing sectors, ranging from start-ups to global corporations.

Her experience includes:
- joint ventures
- mergers and acquisitions, including product divestitures
- venture capital investments (including corporate venture capital)
- financings, including development funding transactions
- licensing and complex commercial transactions
- general corporate matters.
In addition, Ingrid has advised on numerous strategic investments in IP, including acquisitions and divestitures of patent portfolios and complex patent monetization transactions.
Areas of Expertise

Corporate

Mergers and Acquisitions

Venture Capital and Emerging Companies

Technology and IP Transactions

Digital Health

Energy

Other Renewables

Life Sciences

Artificial Intelligence

Internet of Things

Technology

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
Practices and Industries
Representative Matters
- Advising Merck & Co., Inc. on its global reorganisation in connection with the spin-off of its women’s health, trusted legacy brands and biosimilars businesses.
- Sanofi in the negotiation and drafting of a collaboration agreement and joint venture with Google Life Sciences (now Verily) for the development of digital technology and tools for diabetes.
- Multiple global pharmaceutical companies in their product divestitures, including sales of manufacturing facilities.
- Multiple global life sciences, technology, manufacturing and consumer goods companies in their corporate venture capital investments into start-ups, including related strategic and commercial rights agreements.
- Microsoft in various strategic transactions, including:
  
  its $7.2 billion acquisition of Nokia’s Devices and Services Business;
  
  its $1.1 billion acquisition of 800 patents from AOL, and its $550 million sale to Facebook of the right to acquire a portion of the AOL portfolio;
  
  its patent monetization transaction with Nokia and Core Wireless involving 2000+ wireless patents; and
  
  its $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype.
- A transportation network company, in matters relating to IP strategy.
Areas of Expertise

Corporate

Mergers and Acquisitions

Venture Capital and Emerging Companies

Technology and IP Transactions

Digital Health

Energy

Other Renewables

Life Sciences

Artificial Intelligence

Internet of Things

Technology

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

Credentials

Education	Harvard Law School, J.D., 2003 Stanford University, B.A., 2000
Bar Admissions	California New York
Pro Bono	A victim of human trafficking, in her successful application for a T Visa. An Iraq war veteran, in his application for Combat Related Special Compensation. Four national spinal cord injury organizations, in connection with their merger. Member of Model Power Purchase Agreement working group for Solar Energy Industry Association.
Accolades	Legal 500 US, Patents: M&A: Venture Capital & Emerging Companies (2014, 2016-2017); Media, Technology, & Telecoms: Technology (2015, 2017); Portfolio Management and Licensing (2016); M&A: Corporate & Commercial (2015); M&A: Large Deals, and Technology: Transactions (2014) The Recorder, “2017 Women Leaders in Tech Law" Women in Law Hackathon (sponsored by Stanford Law School and Bloomberg Law), Crowd Favorite Award for development and recommendation of adoption of the Mansfield Rule by Ingrid and her team (2016) Northern California Super Lawyers, M&A, Business/Corporate (2013-2019) and “Rising Star” (2012) The Recorder, “50 Lawyers on the Fast Track” (2012) Legal Aid Society Pro Bono Award (2004)
Memberships and Affiliations	California State Bar, Corporations Committee, Vice-Chair (2010-2012); Member (2008-2012)

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