About Wally
Wally Van Valkenburg is a partner in the firm’s Technology and Intellectual Property Group and co-leads the firm’s privacy initiative and the firm’s education law industry group. He has extensive transactional experience, including M&A, technology licensing, SaaS agreements, and other IP related contracts. He also advises clients on a wide range of regulatory and compliance matters, including privacy and data security, antitrust and competition law, and consumer protection laws. He has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America© in Antitrust Law, Copyright Law, Litigation - Intellectual Property, Patent Law, Technology Law, and Trademark Law. Wally is also certified as an Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US) by the International Association of Privacy Professionals.
Wally’s subject matter expertise includes the following:
- Intellectual property, including patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secret protection
- Antitrust compliance, including issues arising in pricing, competitor collaborations, distribution, health care transactions, trade associations, joint ventures, and Hart-Scott-Rodino merger review
- Privacy and data security, including compliance and risk management
From 2006 through 2016, Wally served as Managing Partner for the Stoel Rives Portland Office. He also previously served as Practice Group Leader for the Technology and Intellectual Property Group and as a member of the firm's Executive Committee.
Wally was an instructor at Columbia University School of Law from 1982 to 1984, where he wrote a dissertation on constitutional theory and the First Amendment. After graduating from law school and before practicing law, he was a law clerk to Justice Edward H. Howell of the Oregon Supreme Court from 1978 to 1979.
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