Anthony Klein, a leader of the firm’s Digital Health initiative, counsels emerging growth and established technology and service companies, negotiating their strategic alliances and technology/IP-related transactions.

Anthony provides clients with practical legal advice to facilitate their strategic business transactions. He leverages a sophisticated understanding of the intricacies of dynamic technologies, drawing on more than 30 years of experience in Silicon Valley and around the world. He regularly advises clients active in the following industries:

  • Digital health
  • Semiconductor design and manufacture, including Internet of Things (IoT) applications
  • Transportation, including aviation and autonomous and electric vehicles
  • E-commerce, internet services, and retail and commercial products

Anthony routinely structures, prepares, and negotiates US and cross-border agreements for:

  • Strategic alliances and joint ventures
  • Commercial development, manufacturing, and distribution arrangements
  • Technology and intellectual property licensing and transfers
  • IP aspects of M&A transactions 

Anthony has been consistently recognized as a leading technology transactions attorney in Chambers Global, The Legal 500 US, and IAM Patent 1000

He previously served as Global Co-Chair of the Data & Technology Transactions Practice, Chair of the Firm’s Security Committee, and Chair of the Firm’s Technology Committee.

Anthony’s experience includes advising:

  • Lucasfilm regarding intellectual property matters in its sale to The Walt Disney Company
  • American Airlines regarding its strategic alliances with British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus, FinnAir, Qantas, JAL, China Southern, Citi, and Alaska

Digital Health

  • Johnson & Johnson on the implementation of digital solutions relating to its medical device products
  • Intuity Medical, a diabetes testing device company, on developing an online customer therapeutic platform
  • Children’s Mercy Hospital on launching an e-commerce service
  • Pear Therapeutics: 
    • On commercializing its digital therapeutics applications 
    • In a collaboration agreement with Sandoz, a division of Novartis, to commercialize reSET, a digital therapeutic for the treatment of substance abuse, and re-SET-O, a digital therapeutic for the treatment of opioid use disorder
  • Prolink on its corporate structure and IP licensing and protection

Semiconductors

  • AMD in the purchase of Xilinx and other companies, as used as the commercial and intellectual property aspects of establishing GLOBALFOUNDRIES
  • Avago Technologies Limited in its acquisitions of Broadcom Corporation, Emulex Corporation, and LSI Corporation
  • Cadence Design Systems on the acquisition of the SerDes and memory interface PHY IP business of Rambus, a chip and silicon IP provider
  • The Government of Abu Dhabi regarding the revision of its intellectual property laws to facilitate the establishment of the semiconductor industry in Abu Dhabi
  • NVIDIA on IP and IT post-closing matters related to its terminated acquisition of Arm Limited

Autonomous & Electric Vehicles

  • Cruise, a leading developer of autonomous vehicle technology, on various acquisitions and commercial transactions
  • Hyundai Motor Company in a US$4 billion dollar joint venture with Aptiv to develop and commercialize autonomous vehicle technology
  • Joby Aviation, a transportation company developing an all-electric, vertical take-off and landing passenger aircraft, in a variety of commercial matters, including the IP and commercial aspects of its acquisition of UberElevate
  • Rivian, an American electric vehicle automaker and automotive tech company, on its IPO and various IP and commercial issues
  • John Deere, an innovative manufacturer, in its acquisition of Bear Flag Robotics, a start-up which develops autonomous driving technology, as well as on other transactions involving autonomous and connected vehicle technology
  • Tower Semiconductor in its US$5.9 billion acquisition by Intel

Bar Qualification

  • California
  • Massachusetts

Education

  • JD, University of California, Los Angeles School of Law, 1990
  • AB, Harvard College, 1986