In many M&A deals, the acquiring company will want to assign or license the target company’s IP to affiliates in different jurisdictions, in order to utilize the IP to make and sell new products or conduct new lines of R&D.
However, in doing so, the acquirer will often encounter both tax and IP risks, particularly in cases involving cross-border licenses or assignments. For example, in one recent case, the Israeli tax authority found that an acquirer’s post-closing IP licensing structure effectively transferred to a US affiliate the IP of the target Israeli company, triggering a costly capital gains tax. In another case, a poorly drafted post-closing IP licensing structure compromised the acquirer’s ability to protect and enforce the new IP in the United States and elsewhere.
In this webinar, James Ferguson, Jason Osborn, and John Boelter will examine the nature of the IP and tax risks arising from IP acquired through M&A deals, and identify the pre-closing steps that an acquirer can take to mitigate those risks.
CLE credit is pending.
United States
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. EDT
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. CDT
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. MDT
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. PDT
Europe
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. BST
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. CEST
For additional information, please contact Kaela Milewski at kmilewski@mayerbrown.com or Jeremy Fegley at jfegley@mayerbrown.com.
