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Food tech and agri tech lawyers
Technology drives the global economy. From lab-grown meat and urban-farming to SaaS, blockchain and machine learning, technology is shaping how companies do business today and in the future.
We advise software, hardware and biotech providers (and all the hybrid companies in between) on how to protect, commercialise and enforce their technology and IP assets.
Our team has a particular strength advising VC-backed tech businesses with in meat substitute technologies, SaaS offerings, AI, and blockchain.
Track record
Blockchain technology
Advising an innovative foodtech start-up on the implementation of blockchain technology in the supply chain.
E-commerce platform
Assisting several top-tier Italian winemakers in the creation of multi-jurisdictional e-commerce platforms.
Meatable - Lab-grown meat and gene-expression technology
Advised a cutting-edge lab-grown meat provider on its licensing arrangements with third parties based in the UK, Germany and Japan to scale up their production. We also assisted the company with their research and development program and branding.
Microbiomes technology
Assisted a disruptive food and agritech business establish a laboratory to utilise microbiomes to maintain animal and plant health.
Moving Mountains - plant based eco-friendly meat technology
Withers Tech advised a leading foodtech business on the restructuring of intellectual property rights used in the development of the Moving Mountains® Burger and assisted in the establishment of the manufacturing process.
SaaS platform, cloud hosted technology
Assisting a multinational robotics operator in the tech and privacy related aspects of a food-tech platform for the benefit of its employees.
Urban farming, and aqua-organic technology
Advising an urban farming provider in connection with the protection and commercialization of a proprietary aqua-organic system.
Meatable - Lab-grown meat and gene-expression technology
Advised a cutting-edge lab-grown meat provider on its licensing arrangements with third parties based in the UK, Germany and Japan to scale up their production. We also assisted the company with their research and development program and branding.
Urban farming, and aqua-organic technology
Advising an urban farming provider in connection with the protection and commercialization of a proprietary aqua-organic system.
Blockchain technology
Advising an innovative foodtech start-up on the implementation of blockchain technology in the supply chain.
E-commerce platform
Assisting several top-tier Italian winemakers in the creation of multi-jurisdictional e-commerce platforms.
Meatable - Lab-grown meat and gene-expression technology
Advised a cutting-edge lab-grown meat provider on its licensing arrangements with third parties based in the UK, Germany and Japan to scale up their production. We also assisted the company with their research and development program and branding.
Microbiomes technology
Assisted a disruptive food and agritech business establish a laboratory to utilise microbiomes to maintain animal and plant health.
Moving Mountains - plant based eco-friendly meat technology
Withers Tech advised a leading foodtech business on the restructuring of intellectual property rights used in the development of the Moving Mountains® Burger and assisted in the establishment of the manufacturing process.
SaaS platform, cloud hosted technology
Assisting a multinational robotics operator in the tech and privacy related aspects of a food-tech platform for the benefit of its employees.
Our team
James Shaw
Partner | London
Susanna Stanfield
Partner | Cambridge
John Serio
Partner | Boston
Christopher Cowles, Ph.D.
Partner | Boston
Richard B. Emmons, Ph.D.
Partner | Boston
Richard Penfold
Partner | London
Jacopo Liguori
Partner | Milan
Joel Shen
Partner | Singapore
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