Chris Natkanski Bio

Chris Natkanski is focused on helping companies across industries grow their businesses. Chris advises a broad range of clients, including those in high-tech, investment management, consumer products, and life sciences sectors, in intellectual property and technology transactions. This includes licenses, joint ventures, collaborations, and other strategic transactions, as well as key research, development, technology transfer, data access, distribution, marketing, supply, service, and outsourcing relationships. Chris also advises clients regarding the creation, acquisition, management, and commercialization of technology and intellectual property assets, and provides IP-related support in the context of M&A and company formations, financings, and day-to-day commercial inquiries. Chris spent two years during his career in-house at a leading Boston university’s technology development office, advising on technology out-licensing and corporate sponsored research relationships and acting as a resource for general intellectual property-related inquiries for the university. He is also a patent attorney registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, with experience prosecuting patent applications in areas of software, business methods, and mechanical inventions.