Paul Armitage

MEDIA COVERAGE

Paul’s commentary and insights on technology law are frequently sought by the media. His recent coverage includes:

• "Balancing Act," Lexpert magazine, April 2014, by Brian Burton
• "Canada's Tough Anti-Spam Law Catches U.S. Cos. Off Guard," Law360, June 27, 2014, by Allison Grande
• "Clickable agreements have consequences - they're about to get worse," National Post, September 16, 2014, by Drew Hasselback

Representative Work

• Counsel to a global financial institution on its contracting for employee benefits for its Canadian operations
• Counsel to a credit union institution on its anti-spam (CASL) compliance and policy
• Counsel to a biotechnology company in a collaborative partnership for the manufacture of RNA medicines
• Counsel to a crown corporation in the negotiation of a master e-games and services agreement to provide an e-gaming platform for a Canadian province
• Counsel to a financial institution in the renegotiation of an existing services agreement for an up to $200-million data centre outsourcing; the procurement process was done in parallel with three proponents
• Counsel to a telecommunications supplier in the negotiation of an up to $200-million contract for the build and deployment of fiber-to-the-premises for a Canadian province
• Counsel to a life sciences licensee in the negotiation of a long-term, intellectual property-intensive clinical trial and option agreement with a U.K. cancer research facility, with payments of up to $80 million in milestones plus royalties

• Counsel to a life sciences licensee in the negotiation of a long-term, intellectual property-intensive license agreement with a U.K. cancer research facility, with payments of up to approximately $280 million in milestones plus royalties
• Co-counsel to a life sciences buyer in the negotiation of an up to $18 million asset purchase agreement to acquire and develop the biotechnology assets of a Danish company
• Counsel to a developer in the negotiation of a license and development agreement for the supply of software cores for silicon chips
• Counsel to a crown corporation in the negotiation of agreements for approximately $8.5 million in hardware, software, and wide-area secured network services for digital signage
• Counsel to a life sciences licensee in the negotiation of a long-term, intellectual property-intensive license agreement for biotechnology, with payments of up to $3.8 million in milestones plus royalties
• Counsel to a bank with respect to a country-wide e-commerce project for online banking services
• Counsel to a credit union in the negotiation of an up to $18-million software license and services procurement for the acquisition of a core banking system
• Co-counsel to a life sciences company in the negotiation of a $4-million asset purchase agreement for the sale of its nutraceutical business to a U.S. buyer, including a competitive bidding process among prospective buyers
• Counsel to a credit union in the negotiation of a $2-million contact center systems agreement
• Counsel to a bank in the negotiation of a master agreement to acquire mobile wireless voice and data services and devices for 4000 users
• Counsel to a financial institution in the negotiation of an approximately $7-million master services agreement and statement of work for the acquisition of an electronic records management system
• Counsel to a financial institution in the negotiation of a $6-million business process outsourcing agreement, including application hosting and facility management services
• Counsel to a financial institution in the negotiation of a master services agreement for offshore software development services