Keith Desjardins
Automatically compiled listing. Details may contain errors.Partner at Gowling WLG
- Called to the bar
- 2000
- Languages
- English
Business & Corporate Law
Technology & StartupsBusiness & Corporate LawTechnology & StartupsAbout Keith Desjardins
Keith Desjardins is a partner in Gowling WLG's Ottawa office, and the work sits right where corporate-commercial law meets intellectual property. Technology deals are the heart of it, from licensing and cloud contracts to research collaborations. Clients also turn to Desjardins with questions about data security and open source software.
The client list takes in for-profit businesses and not-for-profit organizations, across sectors like technology, telecommunications and life sciences. Desjardins has advised from both the client side and the vendor side of a deal, and makes a point of turning complicated issues into practical advice that fits the business.
Called to the Ontario bar in 2000, Desjardins now co-leads the firm's Corporate Commercial, Funds and Private M&A Practice Group. Before taking on that role, the partner headed both the Business Law Department and the Tech Group in Ottawa and sat on the Ottawa Office Management Committee.
Other lawyers learn from Desjardins too. Speaking invitations on technology contracts come often, and the partner lectures regularly as a guest with Osgoode's continuing legal education program, including on the faculty of The Osgoode Certificate in Intellectual Property Licensing in 2022. Desjardins has been recognized in Best Lawyers in Canada since 2015.
Practice areas
Technology and IP transactions
Desjardins structures and negotiates commercial deals involving technology and IP rights: licensing, publishing and sales channel agreements, cloud, SaaS and master services contracts, plus agreements for research collaborations and for development and implementation projects.
Education & credentials
- LLB, University of Windsor (1998)
- BSc (honours), University of Ottawa (1994)
- Called to the Ontario bar (2000)
Awards & recognition
Publications & speaking
- Trademark Grant and Scope, Osgoode Professional Development, Structuring, Negotiating and Drafting Intellectual Property Licensing Agreements (2012)
- Faculty, The Osgoode Certificate in Intellectual Property Licensing, Osgoode Professional Development (2022)
Memberships & affiliations
- Canadian Bar Association: Desjardins is a member.
- Computer Law Association: Desjardins is a member.
- County of Carleton Law Association: Desjardins is a member.
- Intellectual Property Institute of Canada: Desjardins is a member.
- Licensing Executives Society: Desjardins is a member.
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