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Lawyer, Partner
Montreal
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievementHelen Keller
Panagiota (Betty) Koutsogiannis specializes in various areas of business law, including technology transfers, financings, mergers and acquisitions and corporate reorganizations.
Betty is called upon to negotiate and draft commercial agreements of all types, across different industries, including licensing agreements, research, development and collaboration agreements, joint venture agreements as well as financing and shareholder agreements and business acquisition and sale agreements.
Betty has considerable experience in financing transactions acting for both venture capital funds as well as emerging companies in the life sciences and technology-driven sectors. In addition, she advises clients on strategies for the management, protection and commercialization of intellectual property rights, including the management of trademark portfolios and the development of complex licensing structures.
- Member of the Québec Bar (1998)
- Bachelor in Common Law (LL.B.), University of Ottawa (1996)
- Bachelor in Civil Law (LL.L), University of Ottawa (1995)
- Certification: Certified Licensing Professional (CLP)
- Licensing Executives Society USA & Canada (LES) ) – Member of the board of directors from 2011 to 2017
- IAM 250 : « The World’s Leading Patent & Technology Licensing Lawyers (2010)
- Business Law
- Medical Devices
- Due Diligence
- Corporate Reorganizations
- Research and Development Contracts
- Confidentiality and Trade Secrets
- Business Strategies and Negotiations
- Franchising
- Start-ups (Business Law)
- Licensing and Technology Transfers (Business Law)
- Financing (Including Venture Capital)
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Management and Commercialization of Intellectual Property Rights
- Contracts (Negotiation, Drafting and Review)
- Registration of Licence Agreements under the Patent Act: The Saga of a Barbecue
- International Mergers & Acquisitions: the Canadian Perspective
- Most Favoured-Licensee Clauses in Licence Agreements
- Most Favoured-Licensee Clauses in Licence Agreements
- Licensing: How to Avoid Entering into a Badly Drafted Agreement
- Licensing: How to Avoid Entering into a Badly Drafted Agreement (part II)
- The Unauthorized Use of a Computer : A Criminal Offence
- Problematic Clauses in the Drafting of Licensing Agreements








