Keith J. Berets is a partner in the Technology Transactions practice group, and a member of the Cooley Business department. He joined the Firm in 2000 and is resident in the Colorado office, where he focuses on transactions involving the acquisition, development and commercialization of technology.
Mr. Berets focuses on the legal and business needs of his clients in connection with their technology and intellectual property transactions. His clients include multinational public companies and start-ups financed by venture capital firms in the renewable energy, wireless communications, software, services and hardware industries. He has counseled clients on, and crafted and negotiated agreements involving, their renewable and clean energy products, systems and solutions; outsourcing, consulting, licensing, distribution, development and technology transfer; electronic commerce, Web and Internet transactions; and other strategic relationships. He has significant experience with both domestic and international matters.
Mr. Berets represents leading clean technology and alternative energy companies, IT firms and Internet companies, software developers and distributors, service providers, information systems, network systems, hardware and communications companies, and other technology companies in connection with the commercialization of their technology products and services. He also counsels clients on the intellectual property aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and financings.
Prior to joining Cooley's Colorado office, Mr. Berets was an associate at Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal in Chicago.
He received a JD, cum laude, in 1997 from the University of Wisconsin Law School where he was elected to Order of the Coif, was a teaching assistant for the Legal Research and Writing Program and the Senior Articles Editor of the Law Review. He also worked as an extern for Judge Barbara Crabb in the United States District Court in the Western District of Wisconsin. He received a BA in Psychology from Pomona College in 1990.
Mr. Berets is admitted to practice in the state of Colorado and is a member of the American Bar Association.
