Partnering, Licensing, and Other Commercial Transactions

The best idea, the most original brand, the strongest patent, or the most powerful software only achieves its true value once commercialised.

BCF’s team, consisting of intellectual property, marketing, tax and finance experts, transforms our clients’ intellectual capital into financial capital and builds the alliances they need to maximise that value.

Our legal expertise, business experience, and technological and scientific knowledge enable us to tailor strategies to our clients’ commercial goals and to support them through each step of implementation. We combine our creativity with theirs to maximise the potential of their ideas, be it in designing a commercialisation strategy, implementing licensing, research and development, drafting distribution, supply, acquisition or joint venture agreements, or negotiating terms and analysing the applicable regulatory requirements.

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