Top Intellectual Property Lawyers in ZIP 94901 | 2 available

Firm: Ragghianti Freitas LLP

1101 Fifth Avenue, Suite 100 , San Rafael , California 94901

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property, Business

Alison Malsbury is an attorney with Ragghianti Freitas LLP in San Francisco. She focuses her practice on corporate and intellectual property transactions, as well as regulatory compliance in emerging industries including technology, cannabis, new drug therapies, and health and wellness. She assists clients with brand strategy and intellectual property protection, contracts, entity structuring and formation, and cannabis regulatory compliance in California and Washington. Alison has a strong and growing practice representing celebrities on their cannabis endorsement and investment deals and helping cosmetic and skincare companies navigate the complicated laws involving hemp and CBD.. Alison speaks regularly on the nuances of intellectual property in the cannabis industry and teaches Cannabis Law and Policy at Santa Clara University School of Law. She has been interviewed by major media outlets including the BBC, LA Times, International Business Times, Huffington Post, ABC News, and Rolling Stone. Alison has appeared on San Francisco’s KQED to discuss the state of cannabis legalization in California and has spoken at law schools and industry events about legal issues in the cannabis industry.

Lerman Law Building , San Rafael , California 94901

Practice Areas: Intellectual Property

Sean's law practice is focused primarily on technology ventures, such as software, wireless telecommunications, and Internet-related companies, as well as firms in the visual effects, concept art and emerging media space. Sean's sixteen years of diverse legal experience make him well-suited to act as a "virtual general counsel" to his venture clients, guiding such enterprises through the complex legal and regulatory environment of the United States and abroad--and in all stages of growth, from founding to IPO.. Having closed countless complex technology transactions with numerous Fortune 100 companies worldwide, Sean has become the consummate deal lawyer, bringing to the table an ability to negotiate business-critical deals with efficiency and skill. During extensive international assignments in Tokyo and Munich, Sean earned invaluable experience in overseas entity formation, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances and international licensing. Because of his experience in managing US and European operations for a global software company, Sean is uniquely qualified to understand the practical challenges of running a business.. Sean began his legal career with a large law firm in Denver, Colorado, where he represented numerous high technology enterprises in mergers and acquisitions, business planning, technology licensing, and intellectual property management, counseling and enforcement. Sean additionally enjoyed an extensive state and federal litigation and arbitration practice.. Eventually, Sean moved in-house with Sun Microsystems, Inc., where he ultimately became Assistant General Counsel. In this role, Sean was responsible for software and technology licensing and alliances for Japan and the Asia-Pacific region, as an expatriate in Tokyo.. In 2001, Sean joined the wireless and consumer software venture Aplix Corporation, also based in Tokyo, as General Counsel and Vice President of Legal and Business Affairs. Sean facilitated the company's international growth and eventual IPO on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in 2003. In addition to his General Counsel role, Sean managed, as President and Chief Operating Officer, the company's United States and European subsidiaries in San Francisco and Munich, from 2004 to 2006.. Sean is based in the firm's San Rafael, California office, in the San Francisco Bay Area.