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Provided by Frank J Azzopardi
Frank is head of Davis Polk's IP & Commercial Transactions practice. He has extensive experience structuring and negotiating complex commercial transactions and counseling clients on IP and tech-related issues arising from those transactions.
Frank leads commercially significant transactions involving the exploitation of intangibles including bespoke licenses, IP-asset backed financings and royalty securitizations, media rights, sponsorships, IP sales, joint ventures and collaborations. He consults in connection with IP-related disputes, tax restructures and insolvency and distress management matters.
He has deep industry experience in telecom, sports, media, entertainment, transportation, infrastructure, energy, consumer products and fashion, among others. His clients include Baker Hughes, Emerson, BDT, Comcast, Related, Ferrero, NBCUniversal, VF, Natura, Reckitt, FSU and University of Michigan.
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Frank Azzopardi centers his practice on the technology and intellectual property aspects of corporate transactions such as joint ventures and collaborations, licensing arrangements and asset sales.
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"Frank Azzopardi is an exceptional negotiator."
"Frank Azzopardi is an exceptional negotiator."
