Andrew Updegrove

About Andrew Updegrove

For over 40 years, I have represented emerging and established high tech companies in all aspects of their legal affairs, including corporate, M&A, financings, licensing, etc. I have also represented, and usually formed, more than 200 high tech standard-setting and promotional consortia, open source foundations and open science projects.Outside the office I\'ve served on multiple boards of directors, spent more than a year in the back country of the southwest, and written cybersecurity thrillers (five so far, and one on the way). A full bio appears at my standards resource site is at and my author site is at http://andrew-updegrove.com/Specialties: Corporate, M&A, Financings, Start-ups, Licensing, Standard Setting Consortium and Open Source Foundation Formation and Representation

Experience

1. Founding Partner

   Gesmer Updegrove Llp

   Sep 1987 — Present

Education

• Cornell University Law School

  JD

• Yale University

  BA, History

• Richmond College (Richmond, U.K.)

  History, International Relations

Skills

• Standards
• Software Licensing
• Intellectual Property
• Venture Financing
• Corporate Law
• Patents
• Licensing
• Angel Investing
• Growth Capital
• Privacy Law
• Commercial Litigation
• Trademarks
• Copyright Law
• IT Law
• Securities Regulation
• Venture Capital
• Data Privacy
• Private Equity
• Mergers
• Start-Ups
• Patent Litigation
• Cyberlaw
• Corporate Governance
• Patent Prosecution
• Strategic Partnerships
• Trade Secrets
• Consortium
• Llc
• Strategy
• Private Placements
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Open Source Software
• Entrepreneurship
• Due Diligence