Edward Lopez

Background

About Edward Lopez

I am a strategic adviser and counselor to technology and other companies across the gamut of substantive legal and business matters impacting their businesses on a daily basis. An attorney by training, I have worked in Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area for over 30 years, first as a corporate attorney with the international law firm of Morrison and Foerster and then as a senior executive and general counsel of several publicly-held, NASDAQ listed technology and medical device companies. I have spearheaded business development, joint venture and strategic transactions activities around the world and have developed and managed legal, corporate governance and compliance, IT and HR teams domestically and internationally. I have expertise in intellectual property protection and strategy, licensing, IP monetization and standards setting activities and have negotiated and consummated in and out-bound M&A, joint venture, sales and distribution and licensing transactions in and outside the U.S, including China, Japan, South Korea and Latin America. Just as important, I have developed unique skills in assessing the profiles and challenges of my clients and developing and framing legal and business solutions while mindful of the state of development of their organizations, capabilities and resources, culture and employees. I have learned that in between the bright lines of what’s permissible, there is a lot of opportunity for creativity in helping an organization think through and act upon its challenges. I look forward to growing LopezAdela, working to change the landscape of Silicon Valley and the Bay Area and addressing the needs of that changing landscape going forward.