Mat Trachok's practice focuses on advising clients on technology-centered transactions. Mr. Trachok's clients are primarily in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device industries, and span the range from established to emerging companies. Mr. Trachok advises clients on developing term sheets and negotiating and drafting complex commercial and intellectual property transactions, including licensing, research collaboration, co-development and co-commercialization agreements.

From 2012 to 2015, Mr. Trachok litigated intellectual property and breach of contract disputes, at the state and federal trial and appellate levels, involving a broad range of technologies, including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, optical networks, near field communication, network interfaces and crop planters. Mr. Trachok's litigation practice encompassed all stages of litigation—from pre- suit investigations through discovery, summary judgment, trial, settlement, alternative dispute resolution and appeal. His appellate experience included the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and the Supreme Court of the State of Vermont.

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Credentials

  • Education

    • Harvard Business School Online

      Credential of Readiness (CORe), Business Analytics, Financial Accounting, Economics for Managers, with High Honors, 2016
    • JD, Harvard Law School, 2012

      cum laude Co-Editor-in-Chief, National Security Journal
    • BA, International Studies and English, Yale University, 2009

      cum laude
  • Admissions

    • California

    • Massachusetts

    • Nevada

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