Pete serves as a co-head of the Eversheds Sutherland Global Intellectual Property Group.
He counsels clients in a variety of global industries—including energy, chemical, manufacturing and fashion brand companies—on all aspects of product development and intellectual property protection, transactions, and controversies. With a degree in chemical engineering, Pete focuses on chemical and mechanical patent prosecution and disputes such as Inter Partes Reviews (IPRs), as well as federal trademark prosecution, cancellation and opposition proceedings, trade secrets, copyrights, transaction diligence, negotiation and drafting of IP terms in agreements, licensing, validity and infringement opinions, and litigation support.
Pete has substantial experience in intellectual property matters concerning packaged beverage manufacturing, colloids, food chemistry, petroleum products, renewable energy, polymeric nonwoven products and manufacturing equipment, paper technology, water treatment, flexible packaging, textiles, apparel and fashion brands, agricultural chemicals, printing, carbon black, polymer extrusion equipment, latex gloves, xerography, electro-chemistry, electro-luminescence, ceramics, and other aspects of polymer technology. Pete is registered to practice before the US Patent and Trademark Office.
- Represented Securian Financial Group, Inc. in the auctioned sale of its retirement plan recordkeeping business to Standard Insurance Company.
- Represented IGM Financial, one of Canada's largest diversified wealth and asset management companies, in its purchase of an approximately 20.5 percent equity interest in Rockefeller Capital Management, for consideration of approximately $622 million.
- Represented India-based supplier of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products and services in its acquisition of a capsule manufacturing business from a subsidiary of Nestle Health Sciences.
- Represented FTSE 250 manufacturer in connection with its acquisition of all of the outstanding stock of a US-based manufacturer of knobs, handles, spring-loaded pins and other components and all of the outstanding stock of its Costa Rican affiliate.
- Represented a leading, UK-based operator of filling stations, convenience stores and food service providers in acquisition of the convenience store portfolio from the leading US truck stop and travel center operator.
- US-China decoupling: foreign investment, M&A and supply chain considerations for your business, November 11, 2020
- COVID-19 impact on doing business in the US, April 24, 2020
- Recognized by The Legal 500 United States in the area of patent: patent prosecution (2017-2023) and patents: litigation (2023)
- Named to The Best Lawyers in America in the areas of patent law (2012-2024) and trade secrets law (2023-2024)
- Recognized by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of intellectual property (2010-2023)
- Selected for inclusion in Georgia Super Lawyers® (2004, 2006-2024)
- Honored with BTI Consulting Group’s Client Service Award for delivering unsurpassed client service (2014, 2016)
- Named among the “Georgia Legal Elite” by Georgia Trend magazine (2008, 2009)
- Recipient of the Fellows Award from the University of Alabama Department of Chemical and Bioengineering (2007)
- Member, Amicus Brief Committee, Intellectual Property Owners Association
- Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
- Member, Intellectual Property Law Section, State Bar of Georgia
- Former Executive Committee President, Lawyers Club of Atlanta
- Member, Atlanta Bar Association
- Former Board Member, Atlanta Council of Younger Lawyers
- Georgia
- J.D., The University of Alabama School of Law
- B.S.Ch.E., University of Alabama,
Fellow, Chemical and Bioengineering Department
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