Kevin Lam is a partner in Goodwin’s Strategic Technology Transactions and Licensing practice and a member of the firm’s Technology and Life Sciences groups. Kevin advises clients on a broad range of intellectual property, technology and commercial matters, including: the acquisition, management, licensing and commercialization of intellectual property; partnering transactions (such as joint research and development collaborations, strategic alliances, JVs and reseller and OEM arrangements); commercial and research and development relationships (such as supply, distribution, manufacturing, clinical trial, services and consulting arrangements); and intellectual property support for mergers and acquisitions, spinouts, venture capital and private equity transactions, and public offerings.
Kevin also serves as the National Hiring Partner for the firm's US offices.
Experience
Kevin’s expertise spans a broad array of industries, including SaaS and cloud computing, computer software and hardware, artificial intelligence, blockchain technologies, cannabis, open source, integrated circuits, gaming, advertising, e-commerce, music/entertainment, life sciences and medical devices.
Kevin has advised notable emerging growth technology and life sciences companies throughout his career, including Amplitude, Applied Intuition, Atlassian, BEFORE Brands, BlueWillow Biologics, BrightSign, Conviva, DNAnexus, GOAT Fuel, Grammarly, Harness, Hortonworks, HumanAPI, Innovium, Kno2, LimeBike, Lyft, Moveworks, Okta, Playco, Premint, PROOF Collective, Qventus, Rippling, Semmle, Shape Security, Signal Sciences, Slack, Taplytics, Twilio, Upside, The Washington Post, Westfield Labs, Workfront, Zapier and Zendesk, among many others.
Professional Activities
Kevin is a member of the California and Massachusetts Bar Associations.
Credentials
Education
JD2003
Harvard Law School
BA2000
University of California, Berkeley
(distinction in general scholarship)
Admissions
Bars
- California
- Massachusetts
Recognition & Awards
Legal 500 US has named Kevin a Recommended Lawyer for his work in Technology Transactions in 2024.