Stéphane De Cabarrus

Practice focused on IT law, commercial law, antitrust, corporate and intellectual property

Seconded for several months to an Information Technology services company.

• Drafted and negotiated license agreements, information technology services agreements, outsourcing agreements, distribution and franchise agreements.
• Conducted due diligence (auditing documents and drafting due diligence reports), drafted legal memoranda, drafted corporate documentation.
• Drafted trial and appellate briefs and represented clients in proceedings before the French courts

Specializing in commercial law, contract law, consumer law, regulatory matters with industry focus on Information Technologies.

• Drafted, negotiated and advised on all areas of commercial contracts including businesses working together (joint-ventures, strategic partnerships), typical commercial contracts (research and development, manufacturing, supply for both goods and services, warehousing and logistics, and servicing and maintenance agreements) and channels to market (distribution and franchise agreements, sales agents, terms and conditions of sale and purchase, manufacturer's guarantees).
• Drafted, negotiated and advised on sector specific contracts relating to Information Technologies (licensing, outsourcing, development of software solution, software distribution, migration and integration agreements).
• Adapted foreign law contracts to French law, advised on termination of contracts and regulatory matters relating to commercial practices (promotional practices, labeling, unfair commercial practices) and products (cosmetics, clothes, video-games.

• Drafted and negotiated various IT and technology focused contracts, in particular national infrastructure roll-out contracts for telecoms networks, mobile terminal handsets,
• Drafted and negotiated numerous software licensing and associated support and services agreements under US, UK, and French, including end-user licenses, software development agreements and SaaS.
• Drafted, negotiated and advised on general commercial contracts including NDAs, hardware and/or software supply, support and professional services agreements.
• Liaised between European subsidiaries, European headquarters and Japanese parent company to facilitate communication and ensure legal and commercial understanding between the different stakeholders.
• Developed and conducted internal training on confidentiality agreements and pre-contractual risks.

Assisted Empire Justice Center on matters relating to child care providers in New York State: legal research, drafted legal memoranda.