Marcela Robledo’s practice focuses on the intellectual property, data, and technology aspects involved in a wide range of corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, licensing, collaboration agreements, and joint ventures.
Marcela has practiced law in the United States and Colombia. She is a member of the American and California Bar Associations, as well as the International Trademark Association and the Hispanic National Bar Association.
Marcela joined the firm as a partner in 2022 from a major international law firm.
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Notable Experience
Synopsys in its strategic partnership with Intel that combines Synopsys’ proprietary electronic design automation tools and Intel’s proprietary Intel 3 and Intel 18A nodes to allow Intel’s foundry customers to gain access to industry-leading intellectual property and accelerate the development of chips.
Voya in its acquisition of BenefitFocus.
FullBeauty Brands in its acquisition of Eloquii from Walmart.
Atlassian in its acquisition of Orderly from K15t.
Advent and Warburg Pincus in their $4.25 billion acquisition of BioPharma Solutions from its parent company Baxter.
Sixth Street in its $272.5 million Series F investment in shares issued by Content Square and in its strategic growth equity investment in Milan Laser.
Lowe’s in the $400 million sale of its Canadian retail business to Sycamore Partners.
Palantir in its joint venture with HD Hyundai for commercializing Palantir’s proprietary software platforms in Korea.
Solesis in its acquisition of Polyzen.
Suzano in its acquisition of Kimberly-Clark’s tissue products business in Brazil.
Prior to joining Cleary, Marcela’s notable experience included:
Embracer Group in the acquisition of Gearbox Entertainment and in the acquisition of several other game developers.
Zynga on its acquisition of Echtra Games.
Devolver in connection with its licensing agreement with Mediatonic and Epic Games.
Brunswick Corporation in the acquisition of the Navico Group.
Microsoft in the acquisition of Github.
Syncsort in the acquisition of Pitney Bowes’ Software Solutions Business.
Dell in the acquisition of EMC and the sale of Dell’s software business.
Verisure in a commercial agreement with Arlo Technologies.
Microsoft in the acquisition of LinkedIn.
Microsoft in the acquisition of Skype Global Sarl.
Alibaba in its investment in Weibo Corporation and strategic alliance with SINA Corporation.
Selected Activities
- International Trademark Association (INTA)
- Leadership Council for Legal Diversity
- American Bar Association Intellectual Property Section
- Leading Women in Technology
- ChIPs Women in IP
- Hispanic National Bar Association
- International Association of Privacy Professionals
Publications
White House Unveils Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence
Determining Applicability of Newly Enacted Comprehensive U.S. Privacy Laws
Iowa Becomes the Sixth State to Enact a Comprehensive Privacy Law
Privacy and Data Protection Compliance Will Remain a Top Priority in 2023
Regulators Impose Epic Consequences for Children’s Privacy Rights Violations
President Biden Signs Executive Order on New EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework
Events
February 7, 2024
September 28, 2023
Operationalizing Generative AI: Legal Considerations for Platforms, Developers, and Users
September 26, 2023
Operationalizing Generative AI: Legal Considerations for Platforms, Developers, and Users
July 13, 2023
July 11, 2023
April 6, 2023
Should You Arbitrate Cross-Border IP Disputes? Problems It Solves and Pitfalls to Avoid
April 4, 2023
Governance Watch Webcast: Data Privacy & Cybersecurity: Even More Risk and Regulation in 2023
February 8, 2023
January 31, 2023
October 28, 2022