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A superb negotiator of impact deals with profound commercial understanding, Andrew Filler is “an IP thought leader who consistently brings innovative approaches to licensing and transactions”.
Andrew Filler is partner and general counsel at Sherpa Technology Group (STG) (formerly 3LP Advisors) based in San Francisco and Boston. He works with world-class business and IP strategists on business matters pertaining to STG’s IP, technology and M&A advisory business, with a focus and emphasis on business strategy, licensing and monetising intellectual property and technology assets.
Mr Filler has more than 20 years’ experience managing intellectual property and legal and business matters across an array of technology companies, including creating the industry’s dominant patent portfolio for two scientific fields: microfluidics lab-on-a-chip technology and nanotechnology. Before joining STG, he was general counsel and vice president of intellectual property at nanotechnology leader Nanosys, where he helped to create and manage a portfolio of nanotechnology patents made up of more than 800 patents and applications. In this position, he also negotiated hundreds of licensing and collaborative agreements with leading universities such as Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Columbia, the California Institute of Technology, Cornell, University of California, Berkeley and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Yissum (Israel), as well as companies including Samsung, LG Chem, Intel, Medtronic, 3M, Hitachi, Exciton, Sharp and SanDisk. He is also a former senior associate at international law firm Weil Gotshal & Manges. He is a business and legal adviser to several other advanced materials companies in Silicon Valley.
In recognition of his extensive experience and dedication to the field, he was named as one of the top two corporate IP attorneys in Silicon Valley by the San Jose/Silicon Valley Business Journal in 2011. Mr Filler received a JD magna cum laude from the University of San Francisco Law School and a BSME with honours from Cornell University.