Caroline P. Geiger is a Partner in the Intellectual Property Practice and Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice, based in the New York office. She advises on all intellectual property and technology aspects of complex corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, investments, carve-outs and financings. She regularly structures and negotiates standalone intellectual property transactions and commercial arrangements, including software licensing and commercial agreements for services, supply and distribution, and collaboration and development agreements.
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Work Highlights
Notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes advising the companies and private equity firms below as intellectual property and privacy counsel in acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, licensing and strategic and commercial arrangements:
- Companies: American Greetings, Ascent Global Logistics, Brookfield Reinsurance, Cornerstone Building Brands, Electrical Components International, Exide Holdings, GE Aviation, GE Capital, GE Company, GE Ventures, Gentiva, GlobalFoundries, J Crew, L'Oréal, MGM Resorts, Pactiv Evergreen, Pernod Ricard, Prudential Financial, Resolution Life, Sanofi, Schneider Electric, Shiseido, StanCorp Financial Group, Total SA, Warner Music Group
- Private Equity: Advent International, American Securities, Carlyle, CD&R, Cohen Private Ventures, Kelso, Providence Equity Partners, TPG, Stone Point, Summit Partners
Education
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University of Virginia School of Law, 2006 J.D.
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Stanford University, 2003 B.A.
Admissions
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New York
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U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
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U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
Caroline Geiger is a Partner in the Intellectual Property Practice and Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice, based in the New York office. She advises on all intellectual property and technology aspects of complex corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, investments, carve-outs and financings. She regularly structures and negotiates standalone intellectual property transactions and commercial arrangements, including software licensing and commercial agreements for services, supply and distribution, and collaboration and development agreements.
Notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes advising the companies and private equity firms below as intellectual property and privacy counsel in acquisitions, divestitures, restructurings, licensing and strategic and commercial arrangements:
- Companies: American Greetings, Ascent Global Logistics, Brookfield Reinsurance, Cornerstone Building Brands, Electrical Components International, Exide Holdings, GE Aviation, GE Capital, GE Company, GE Ventures, Gentiva,GlobalFoundries, J Crew, L'Oréal, MGM Resorts, Pactiv Evergreen, Pernod Ricard, Prudential Financial, Resolution Life, Sanofi, Schneider Electric, Shiseido, StanCorp Financial Group, Total SA, Warner Music Group
- Private Equity: Advent International, American Securities, Carlyle, CD&R, Cohen Private Ventures, Kelso, Providence Equity Partners, TPG, Stone Point, Summit Partners
Prior to joining Simpson Thacher, Caroline was co-head of the intellectual property and technology transactions practice group at another international law firm. She previously served as in-house intellectual property and technology counsel at a Fortune 100 company, where she focused on business unit and asset divestitures and new business ventures.
Caroline received her J.D. from University of Virginia School of Law in 2006, where she was managing editor of the Virginia Sports & Entertainment Law Journal and was on the senior editorial board of the Virginia Journal of Law & Technology. She received her B.A. in English Literature from Stanford University in 2003.