Timothy Reis
Partner | Corporate
timothy.reis@pierferd.com
+1.404.271.9757 cell
+1.470.514.1807 office
Atlanta
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About
Tim provides general counsel and transaction-specific legal services to emerging and established companies in various technology and other commercial products industries. With his broad experience as general counsel and in-house counsel for public and private companies (as well as with AmLaw 100 and 200 law firms, including as chair of an AmLaw 200 Corporate practice group), Tim takes a C-suite team-member approach to advising clients with business practicalities in mind. His practice areas include technology, intellectual property protection and licensing, data use, entertainment, communications and media, healthcare, banking transactions, defense security and contracting compliance, and cybersecurity.
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Tim’s client engagements frequently involve: drafting and negotiating contracts for technology and commercial products transactions, including technology services agreements and technology development, manufacturing and distribution agreements; intellectual property protection; M&A transactions, and supply chain management.
Tim joined Pierson Ferdinand from an Atlanta-based AmLaw 200 law firm and has held General Counsel and other in-house positions as well as serving as outside general counsel for emerging companies on a fractional basis.
Tim has also provided pro bono legal services to various individuals and organizations, including Georgia Lawyers for the Arts.
Practices
Banking and Financial Services
Commercial Transactions
Global Media, Entertainment & Sports
Healthcare
Information Security
Mergers and Acquisitions
Privacy and Data Protection
Technology
Admissions
Georgia
New York
Education
Vermont Law School, J.D. cum laude, 1982
Fordham University, B.A. Political Economy, 1979
Memberships and Awards
Tim was a member of the Vermont Law Review and received awards from West Publishing Company for Outstanding Academic Achievement (highest class rank) and from Lawyer’s Cooperative Publishing Company for highest academic achievement in Constitutional Law. He was a long-time member of the Association of Corporate Counsel.
Corporate Experience
In-house counsel with Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, United Parcel Service, EMS Technologies, Inmar Intelligence, and Nox Health.
Law Firm Experience
King & Spalding
Morris, Manning & Martin
Taylor English Duma