Partner Peter Kinsella focuses his practice on advising startup, emerging and large companies on intellectual property, technology, licensing and transaction matters. Pete also has extensive experience working with those in the sports industry on naming rights, licensing and sponsorship agreements. Prior to joining the firm in 2010, Pete was a partner with Faegre & Benson LLP. Prior to that, he worked in various legal capacities with Qwest Communications International Inc. (formerly US WEST Inc.) in Denver, Colorado and Honeywell Inc. in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Pete offers extensive experience structuring and negotiating domestic and international agreements in the areas of cloud & SaaS services, Internet of Things (IoT), outsourcing, product development, software development, technology transfer, consulting services, telecommunications, data sharing, complex procurement arrangements, product distribution and sales, contract manufacturing, OEM and ODM arrangements, marketing and advertising services, content creation and distribution, corporate sponsorships, and various types of patent, trademark and copyright licenses. Pete regularly handles intellectual property issues in public and private company mergers and acquisitions. The value of several of these transactions has exceeded one billion dollars. He also has significant international experience, including in holding company, transfer pricing, export control and international distribution issues.

Pete also has significant experience working in the sports industry. He represented Liberty Media Corporation in connection with its purchase of the Atlanta Braves from Time Warner Inc. and represented US WEST in connection with its sponsorship of various sports teams and facilities as well as its association with the United States Olympic Committee and the Salt Lake City Organizing Committee for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City. Pete has drafted and negotiated a wide variety of sponsorship, promotional, sweepstakes, ticketing, event, and television broadcast arrangements on behalf of teams, sponsors and vendors in the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA and MLS as well as cycling and motor sports teams.