Baker McKenzie is pleased to announce that Tom Oslovar has joined the Firm as a Partner in the Transactional Practice Group in Palo Alto. Tom brings more than a decade of experience advising clients in Silicon Valley and throughout the United States on transactional IP matters and tech M&A deals.
Recognized for his ability to navigate complex licensing and commercial matters, Tom has led IP work on more than 500 M&A transactions, including high-profile deals in the tech sector. He advises founders, investors, in-house legal teams, and boards of directors on technology development and commercialization across diverse sectors, such as consumer electronics, financial services, aerospace and defense, food and agriculture, and industrials. He also drafts and negotiates various agreements, including patent, trademark, software, joint venture, service and supply contracts.
“We are thrilled to welcome Tom to our team,” said Alan Zoccolillo, Americas Chair of Baker McKenzie’s Transactional Practice. “His deep experience in technology transactions and collaborative mindset make him an ideal fit for our practice. Tom’s arrival strengthens our ability to support clients in the tech space with the high-level transactional expertise they expect from Baker McKenzie.”
Leif King, Head of the California Transactional Practice Group, added, “Tom’s reputation for excellence and his track record of supporting sophisticated M&A and transactional IP matters will be a tremendous asset to our clients and our team. We look forward to the energy and insight he brings to our Palo Alto office and beyond.”
Baker McKenzie offers an unparalleled end-to-end service for technology M&A, covering the entire lifecycle of deals around the globe. The Firm works with 92% of tech companies in the Fortune 500 and 90 of the largest 100 companies by market capitalization, earning a leading reputation in the technology space. Bringing a holistic and commercially pragmatic approach, the team has acted as lead counsel to Intel Corporation in the second and final closing of the sale of its solid-state drive and NAND memory business to SK hynix Inc. in an all-cash transaction valued at an aggregate of approximately USD 9 billion, and advised Walgreens Boots Alliance on the carve-out and reorganization aspects of its approximately USD 23.7 billion acquisition by Sycamore Partners.
“I’m excited to join Baker McKenzie and contribute to a team that’s driving innovation and excellence in transactional law,” said Tom. “The firm’s global platform and collaborative culture are exactly what I am looking for as I take this next step in my career.”
Tom is the most recent addition to Baker McKenzie’s global transactional team. Over the past 12 months, the Firm has continued to strengthen its capabilities on tech-related transactions and has welcomed private equity partner Jenny Liu in Palo Alto/New York; M&A partner Michal Berkner in London; private equity partner Jan Schubert in Frankfurt; fintech and payments partners Todd Beauchamp and Charles Weinstein in Washington, DC; AI and healthcare technology partner Keo McKenzie in Washington, DC, and M&A partners Shirin Tang and Ang Lip Kian in Singapore.