Jay Landrum’s corporate practice emphasizes business transactions, including entity formation, mergers and acquisitions, and financing transactions (venture, private and debt), as well as day-to-day legal representation. He frequently serves clients as counsel in mergers and acquisitions, including asset purchases and sales, stock purchases and sales, mergers and joint ventures, and also in technology transactions, such as development agreements (website, software development), manufacturing agreements (OEM, VAR), and technology oriented purchase and sale agreements.
Contracts and licensing are also primary practice areas, including intellectual property (i.e. copyright, patent) licensing agreements, non-disclosure agreements, distribution agreements (such as dealer, distributor and manufacturer representative agreements), and licensor/agent/licensee representation.
Jay Landrum has deep experience in intellectual property, and represents clients in areas of trademark, copyright, publishing, distribution, and licensing. With more than 30 years of experience representing art-based clients, including painters, photographers sculptors, song writers, authors, and art publishers and art agents. Jay Landrum is a recognized expert in the field of art law, both as a frequent speaker on art law at large trade show events, and as an expert witness in the area of art licensing.
While serving as General Counsel for a NYSE company, Jay Landrum developed creative, business oriented solutions for an industry leader with thousands of dealers in its network. As a founder and former CEO of a health products company, he has first-hand experience in developing a business from inception, including organizational matters, technology licensing, manufacturing agreements, fundraising, and merger transactions. As a former 20 year business litigator, he has experience in dealing with the landmines, as well as avoiding them in the first place.
