Heather Karell

Heather Karell advises clients on a range of complex transactions involving technology and IP rights, including structuring and negotiating strategic development, licensing, collaboration, distribution, and procurement deals. Her clients range from emerging companies to public corporations in the technology, energy, life sciences, utility, software, retail, and communication sectors. 

Heather often serves as an extension of her clients’ legal teams, collaborating closely with their business, research, and engineering departments. Her clients depend on her experience with IP rights, privacy and data protection matters, and emerging technologies, including with respect to generative AI technologies. Heather approaches these cases with a practical perspective and works with her clients to create effective solutions. 

Heather advises clients on matters related to renewable energy projects, including structuring and negotiating asset purchase and sale agreements, operation and maintenance agreements, wholesale power supply and interconnection agreements, and procurement agreements. She has additional experience pertaining to utility franchise agreements and pole attachments.