Kobi Barkan

Kobi leads the Intellectual Property Practice and is a member of the firm’s Corporate, M&A and Hi-Tech Departments.

Kobi represents and provides general counsel to public and private companies, private equity firms and venture capital funds in a variety of cross-border corporate transactions, including mergers & acquisitions, investment rounds and capital markets transactions, with a special emphasis on intellectual property, cyber and information technology matters. He also provides ongoing legal advice to companies at all stages of development on a variety of corporate and commercial issues, including with respect to corporate governance matters.

In addition, Kobi regularly advises on all aspects of intellectual property and technology law, including licensing of intellectual property rights, namely the commercialization and monetization of patents (including utility and design), trademarks, trade dress, copyrights, design rights and domain names as well as commercial agreements throughout the entire product lifecycle, agreements involving the protection of trade secrets and other strategic engagements, such as joint ventures and complex collaborations. He has particular experience in the fields of internet law, AI, IoT, Big Data, Open-source software, Fintech, media and entertainment law, life sciences, and research & development activities.

Before joining the firm, Kobi was an Associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, where he represented leading investment management corporations such as BlackRock and some of the largest private equity firms in the world, including Blackstone, KKR and Apax Partners, as well as their portfolio companies, in a variety of M&A, equity and debt capital markets offerings and transactional intellectual property matters.