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About
Provided by Lori E Lesser
Practice Areas
Intellectual Property, Privacy and Litigation Partner. Heads the Firm’s IP Practice and Co-Chairs the Privacy/Cybersecurity Practice. Advises on all aspects of intellectual property, technology and privacy/cybersecurity law, including corporate transactions, licensing, counseling and litigation, in fields including media and entertainment, computer software and technology, financial information, apparel, consumer products, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, online, mobile and social media, and nonprofits. Served as lead IP and privacy lawyer in hundreds of public and private transactions.
Career
Partner since 2003.
Personal
A.B., magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, Harvard University (1988); J.D., cum laude, Harvard Law School (1993).
Chambers Review
USA
Lori Lesser has extensive experience handling M&A, IPOs and investment deals for market leaders in a wide range of technologies. She is well versed in technology-sector IP transactions and litigation.
Lori Lesser of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP typically covers a range of transactional activities, along with licensing, privacy and tech sector disputes such as IP litigation. She acts for an impressive breadth of industry clients.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Lori has an exceptionally smart and insightful nature, she can analyze issues quickly."
"Lori is incredibly smart and practical with clients."
"Lori is a really brilliant lawyer; her drafting is excellent and she is a good negotiator."
"Lori Lesser is a great partner who is very smart, accessible and responsive."
"Lori's drafting is excellent."
"She is unparalleled in relation to client responsiveness."
"Lori Lesser is great in technology transactions."
"Lori has an exceptionally smart and insightful nature, she can analyze issues quickly."
"Lori is incredibly smart and practical with clients."
"Lori is a really brilliant lawyer; her drafting is excellent and she is a good negotiator."
"Lori Lesser is a great partner who is very smart, accessible and responsive."
"Lori's drafting is excellent."
"She is unparalleled in relation to client responsiveness."
"Lori Lesser is great in technology transactions."