Joanna Schlingbaum

Associate Technology & IP Transactions

New York +1 212 909 3246

Joanna Schlingbaum

Overview

Joanna Schlingbaum is an associate in the Technology & IP Transactions Practice Group in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Joanna’s practice focuses on advising clients on a variety of commercial transactions involving intellectual property and technology, including transactions involving software and open source issues, consumer goods, life sciences and pharmaceuticals, medical devices, industrial and electronics manufacturing, privacy and data security, intellectual property protection, and franchises. Her experience includes advising clients on the intellectual property and technology issues that arise in general corporate transactions such as mergers and acquisitions, private equity and debt financing transactions.

Huntsman Corporation in its pending $300 million acquisition of CVC Thermoset Specialties

Huntsman Corporation in its $350 million acquisition of Icynene-Lapolla

Bristol-Myers Squibb in its approximately $74 billion acquisition of Celgene Corporation

Danaher Corporation in its $21.4 billion acquisition of the biopharma business of General Electric

Nordic Capital Fund IX in its acquisition of a majority holding in Orchid Orthopedic Solutions

Windjammer Capital Investors on its acquisition of Hermetic Solutions Group, manufacturer of advanced hermetic packaging and components

TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P. in its minority investment in KeHE Distributors, a nationwide food distributor

The Jordan Company, L.P. in its acquisition of Vyne, a provider of software solutions for secure health information exchange and electronic healthcare communication management

The Jordan Company in its majority investment in Gladson, which provides a software platform for brands, retailers, and food distributors

Counsel companies in connection with the intellectual property issues related to refinancing

Abry Partners in its strategic investment in U.S. Legal Support, Inc., a provider of litigation support services

Abry Partners in its strategic investment in Millennium Trust Company, a provider of technology-enabled retirement services and investment solutions

Associate, Patent Litigation, Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, 2015–2018

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Credentials

Admissions & Qualifications

  • 2016, New York
  • Registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office

Education

  • Columbia Law SchoolJ.D.2015

    James Kent Scholar

    Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar

    Bluebook Editor, Science and Technology Law Review

  • University of VirginiaB.A., Political Philosophy, Policy and Lawwith High Distinction2012
    Dean’s List