Peter Burns

What I do:
I help clients big and small draft and negotiate the commercial contracts needed to grow their business and protect their intellectual property. I work with a lot of startups to develop both their basic forms of agreement (privacy policies, terms of use, customer agreements, distribution agreements, etc.) and more complex agreements (strategic alliance agreements, key technology in-licenses, outsourcing agreements, etc.). I also help with the intellectual property aspects of financings and M&A deals.

What my clients value:
My clients value high quality work product that is catered to their situation and provided efficiently, responsively, and succinctly.

Why Cooley?
Providing exceptional and practical legal support to emerging growth companies is in our DNA. We thrive on helping our clients roll out cutting edge products and services under newly developed business models.

Likes:
Running, skiing and hiking with my dog

Great reads:
Tao Te Ching by Lao-tzu; The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman

I root for:
Buffalo Bills; Buffalo Sabres