Victoria Fanous

Victoria Fanous

Associate
Baker & McKenzie LLP

Biography

Victoria Fanous is an associate in the Intellectual Property Technology Practice Group in Baker McKenzie's New York Office. Victoria leverages her previous experience working in-house at a fintech start-up, as well as her time in private practice at a law firm in the Middle East, guiding clients from a practical and international perspective with respect to their intellectual property strategy and transactional legal objectives.

Practice Focus

Victoria's practice focuses on intellectual property, data and technology, and artificial intelligence. She counsels domestic and multinational companies at all stages of their lifecycle in navigating complex issues involving intellectual property and technology matters including licensing, development, and collaboration agreements, commercial contracts, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate restructuring (with a particular focus on strategy and policy).

Victoria works with public and private clients across a wide range of industries including consumer goods & retail, energy, mining & infrastructure, healthcare & life sciences, hotels, resorts & tourism, and technology, media & telecommunications.

Representative Legal Matters

  • Drafted development and license agreements for a major medical device company in connection with the enhancement of its healthcare digital platform solutions.

  • Advised a global hotel chain on the licensing, technology, data privacy, and security aspects of a partnership with a multinational hotel chain and related agreements.

  • Advised a public software company in connection with the intellectual property aspects of the outsourcing of a portion of its workforce to a global information technology services and consulting company.

  • Provided consultation to the AURELIUS Group on the US intellectual property aspects of its acquisition of LSG Group from Lufthansa.

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • New York State Bar Association
  • Israel Bar Association

Admissions

  • New York~United States (2020)
  • Israel (2011)

Education

  • University of California, Berkeley School of Law (LL.M.) (2018)
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem (LL.M.) (2014)
  • The College of Management (LL.B.) (2011)

Languages

  • Arabic
  • English
  • Hebrew