Steve Charkoudian is a partner and chair of Goodwin Procter’s Technology Transactions Practice and a member of the firm’s Technology Companies Group. Mr. Charkoudian concentrates on technology and intellectual property transactions, including technology transfers and licensing; collaboration, strategic alliance and joint development agreements; open source issues; and due diligence and other intellectual property issues in mergers, acquisitions and venture capital and private equity transactions. He is a regular contributor to Founder's Workbench and frequently speaks to start-ups and early-stage companies about IP issues.