Karen Nellenback Ware
Executive Director, Legal and General Counsel, ISG
- Role
- Executive Director, Legal and General Counsel, Isg at Lenovo
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Karen Nellenback Ware
General Counsel with over 20 years of commercial and intellectual property (IP) law experience. Managed legal teams of more than 10 attorneys tasked, in part, with complex licensing and commercial deals. Proven record in change management and influencing skills. Broad in-house legal experience in leadership roles with Global Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies in the chemical, biotechnology, life science, packaging and electronic industries. Trusted advisor to executive and senior management, providing leadership on complex commercial transactions, strategy development, litigation, dispute resolution, IP and M&A matters; including asset acquisition of greater than $11 Billion. Extensive IP litigation management experience with LL.M in Dispute Resolution.
Experience
Executive Director, Legal and General Counsel, Isg
Jan 2024 — Present · Morrisville, NC, US
Education
Pepperdine University
Master of Laws - LLM, Dispute Resolution
2019 — 2021
UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School
MBA, Business
2004 — 2006
North Carolina Central University School of Law
Juris Doctorate, Law
1999 — 2002
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemical Engineering/Minors in Environmental Engineering and Biology of Behavior
Skills
- Intellectual Property
- Licensing
- Patents
- Patent Prosecution
- Due Diligence
- Lifesciences
- Biotechnology
- Technology Transfer
- Contract Negotiation
- Litigation
- R&D
- Trademarks
- Patent Litigation
- Trade Secrets
- Commercialization
- Patentability
- Life Sciences
- Product Development
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Management
- Chemistry
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Strategic Planning
- Patent Law
- Research and Development (R&D)
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