Lavonne Burke Hopkins

Sr. Legal Director, Cybersecurity, Product & App Security, Dell Technologies

Houston

Lavonne is an award-winning attorney that represents clients in intellectual property and technology matters, with an emphasis on IP monetization, technology transactions, cybersecurity and data privacy. Her practice focuses on advising companies of all sizes on the creation, development and implementation of global privacy and cybersecurity policies, risk management strategies and incident response plans; negotiation of intellectual property and software licenses and technology/IP acquistions and strategic investments. Lavonne also supports clients in global commercial and business transactions in the context of buy and sell-side mergers & acquisitions, IPOs, financing transactions, licensing, sourcing and procurement and strategic capital investments. Her experience includes evaluating, acquiring, licensing, and enforcing intellectual property rights in numerous industries, including IT, software, digital media, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, biotechnology, health care and energy. She has experience in negotiating a varied array of transactional agreements, including: license agreements, non-disclosure agreements, commercial purchase agreements, software/IT, cloud services and SaaS agreements, master service agreements, outsourcing agreements, franchising agreements, distribution and supply agreements, joint development and commercialization agreements. To date, Lavonne has negotiated IP and Technology rights in connection with more than 500+ transactions valued at greater than $75B.