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Ralph M. Pais

Partner Emeritus (retired)
Technology Transactions

Ralph counsels clients at all stages of their growth in the commercialization of their intellectual property and associated business transactions. He has developed model agreements and negotiated complex licensing, distribution and other commercial agreements for software, software as a service (SaaS), media, semiconductor, life sciences and medical device companies. Ralph is also deeply involved in the IP and commercial contract aspects of Fenwick's mergers and acquisitions practice.

Ralph is an “efficient communicator… business-minded, results-oriented attorney who can boil down the most complex problems.”
IAM Patent 1000
  • ThousandEyes' pending acquisition by Cisco Systems
  • AppLovin’s strategic investment in Redemption Games
  • Reaction Commerce’s acquisition by Mailchimp
  • Nylas’ acquisition of June.ai
  • Big Switch Network’s acquisition by Arista
  • Phoenix Labs acquisition by Garena
  • Brava’s acquisition by Middleby
  • eSilicon’s acquisition by Inphi and Synopsys
  • Scout RFP’s $540M acquisition by Workday
  • Panoramic’s $35M financing
  • Airship’s acquisitions of Apptimize and Accengage
  • Cray’s $1.3B acquisition by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
  • Trusignal’s acquisition by TransUnion
  • Eloquent Labs’ acquisition by Square
  • DataFox’s acquisition by Oracle
  • Corium’s $504M acquisition by Gurnet Point Capital
  • Orbital Insight’s acquisition of FeatureX
  • Tuft & Needle's merger with Serta Simmons Bedding
  • Imperva’s acquisition of Prevoty
  • Katerra's merger with KEF Infra
  • Jet.com’s $3B acquisition by Walmart
  • Quip’s acquisition by Salesforce.com
  • Facebook in more than 50 acquisitions
  • Airship
  • Alegion
  • AppLovin
  • Corium
  • Cray
  • Facebook
  • Illumio
  • Luxtera
  • Mitsubishi
  • Outreach
  • Reaction Commerce
  • Relativity Space
  • Scout RFP
  • Tanium