Rhona E. Schmidt

Development and Collaboration Agreements:

•  Buy-side:
  • General representation of client in their Sponsored Research Agreements with universities in the US and around the globe.
  • General representation of client in agreements for the development of new technologies in the consumer device space and subsequent commercialization.
  • Represented clients in development and services agreement for the development of various mission critical technologies for their use in different industries, including platform technology, applications and websites.
• Sell-side:
  • General representation of a design and manufacturing company in drafting and negotiating development and manufacturing agreements for medical device clients.
• Joint:
  • Represented a public company in a joint development agreement and license arrangement for the joint development of crop nutrient products.
  • Represented a multi-specialty health care company, in a strategic collaboration to develop and commercialize a new skin care line. 

IT and Outsourcing Agreements:

• Buy-side:
  • Represented multiple clients with licensing in ERP solutions, HR and payroll solutions, wealth management solutions, IaaS, PaaS, application management, and other mission critical solutions, and in transforming their on premises models to cloud models and vice versa.
  • Represented multiple hospital clients in licensing in ERM solutions and other mission critical tools used in hospital operations.
  • Represented multiple clients engaging with cloud vendors for use of their cloud environments.
• Sell-side:
  • Representation of multiple software-as-a-service (SaaS) vendors, including tools for ecommerce CRM, trading, school integration and exchange, higher education fundraising, human capital management, hotel and car park reservations, expertise certifications, and coding for healthcare.
  • Representation of multiple clients with platform technologies, including software, AI, SaaS, hardware and/or services for various industries.
  • Represented integrator of third party software solutions.
  • Represented multiple clients in the creation of their template agreements for selling both on premises and SaaS solutions, including ancillary maintenance and hosting terms.
  • Represented Optum360 in the provision of end-to-end revenue cycle management services to key coastal hospital systems. 
  • Represent agricultural technology client in platform technology agreement.

Other Commercial/ License Transactions: 

• Buy-Side:
  • Represented multiple clients licensing in technology and/or intellectual property rights including patents, know-how and copyright, including for medical device technology and drugs and other technologies.
  • Represented multiple clients in purchasing under supply agreements for various types of products, including consumer goods, medical devices and capital equipment.
  • Represented clients who are distributors or sales reps in their distribution/sales rep agreements.
  • Represented multiple clients in the creation of their template agreements for purchasing various products and services.
• Sell-side:
  • Represented multiple clients who are licensors of technology and/or intellectual property rights including patents, know-how and copyright, including for food products, concentration of water and other liquids, medical device and drug technologies, indices and other financial services, toys, and other technologies.
  • Represented clients in selling under supply agreements for various types of products including consumer goods, medical devices, and capital equipment.
  • Represented clients who are contracting with distributors and sales representatives to sell their products/services.