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Lionel Bochurberg

Specialties / Areas of Practice

• Business Law
• Intellectual Property

Bio

Lionel Bochurberg is an attorney admitted to the California and Paris Bars, with an international in-house experience, in the telecom, internet, software and biotech fields. He has over 19 years of experience assisting clients with complex business transactions and international matters:  

- International Corporate Governance and Compliance, international data protection policy, cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions, setting-up of foreign entities;

- Intellectual property and commercial transactions (Copyright, trademarks & patents assignments and licenses, distribution agreements, transfer of technology, etc.).  

Having started his legal career in Paris, France, he subsequently moved to the United States under the category of "Alien of Extraordinary Ability" and is licensed under both the Paris and California bars. In France, he was the founder of Mandel & Bochurberg, an international law firm with offices in Paris and London. He then built and managed the legal department at Wavecom SA (now Sierra Wireless), a publicly listed international telecommunication company. Subsequently, he became the vice president of human resources and general counsel at InfoVista SA, an international publicly listed software company. He then joined NextWave Broadband Inc as vice president of international legal operations, served as the primary counsel for IPWireless, one of NextWave's UK-based subsidiaries responsible for all of the company's legal matters, and ultimately was responsible for all legal efforts associated with several divestitures (including NextWave semiconductor patent portfolio) and M&A initiatives (in Latin America and in Europe) on behalf of NextWave. He is now “Of Counsel” to Walraven Lehman LLP, a Southern California based law firm.

Education & Admissions

• Paris I Pantheon- Sorbonne, PhD Business Law
• California Bar
• Paris Bar

Awards and Recognition

• Recognized by the Daily Transcript and the San Diego Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel as one of San Diego's top in-house Corporate Counsel for 2010.

Professional Affiliations

• San Diego French American Chamber of Commerce, Director since 2010
• Legal Counsel to the Consulate General of France in Los Angeles (Avocat-conseil auprès du Consulat Général de France à Los Angeles) since 2011

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