Stefan Geirhofer
Adjunct Associate Professor
WCL Adjunct Faculty
Bio
Stefan Geirhofer is a senior associate in the technology transactions group of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Stefan’s practice focuses on transactions involving complex technology and intellectual property issues, including mergers and acquisitions, carve-out transactions, transfers and licenses of intellectual property, collaborations, research and development agreements, and joint ventures. He advises clients in a wide array of technologies with concentration on the high-tech and software fields.
Before focusing on transactions, Stefan worked as an intellectual property litigator and represented clients in patent and trade secret disputes through all stages of litigation, including managing fact discovery, taking and defending fact and expert depositions, and dispositive motion practice, trial, and appeal. Stefan has appeared before federal district courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Stefan has also helped clients navigate and resolve intellectual property disputes prior to litigation, including commercial disputes and license negotiations related to standards-essential patents (SEPs) involving fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing obligations.
