Nick Mehler is a member of the firm’s Tech Group. Nick’s practice focuses on licensing and commercial contracts for pharma, IT and other technology-oriented businesses. Nick has broad experience handling a wide variety of transactions for clients ranging from start-up ventures to Fortune 100 companies. Nick’s areas of expertise include development and licensing deals, strategic alliances, pharma product divestitures, IT procurement matters, manufacturing agreements and distribution agreements, as well as intellectual property advice for M&A transactions and venture capital investments. Nick’s clients value his can-do attitude and practical approach. Prior to joining Lowenstein Sandler, Nick spent six years as an associate in the New York office of Latham & Watkins LLP.
Following is a sampling of some of the matters that Nick has handled recently:
Life Sciences
- Represented specialty pharmaceuticals company in product acquisitions from Merck and BMS.
- Represented diagnostics development company in negotiating agreements with a global pharmaceuticals company, a leading diagnostic products company and various universities, for the development and commercialization of a companion diagnostics assay.
- Represented pharmaceuticals company in the out-licensing of its vaccine product candidates.
- Represented pharmaceuticals company in negotiating agreements with its CRO and other service providers for Phase IIb trials of the client’s lead drug candidate, and in developing a template contract for use with the clinical trial sites.
- Represented technology development company in out-licensing its coating technology to a leading tissue bank.
- Represented pharmaceuticals company in out-licensing Canadian rights to its drug product.
Information Technology
- Represented global credit card company in negotiating a strategic alliance with a leading procurement technology company for the creation of an online marketplace for the client’s business cardholders.
- Ongoing representation of financial services company in more than 100 IT procurement transactions, including the negotiation of agreements for the client’s business-critical loan origination system and mortgage servicing platform.
- Represented fast-growing online advertising company in negotiating agreements with multiple leading search engine and business directory companies for participation in the client’s new advertising product.
- Ongoing representation of a national retail chain in IT procurement matters.
- Represented leading provider of electronic trading solutions in developing a template agreement for its managed IT infrastructure service offering.
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