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An International Law Firm focused on Corporate Law and global Intellectual Property.
Sophisticated legal solutions for businesses operating across borders. From strategic corporate counsel and complex commercial transactions to global intellectual property protection, we deliver the experience, commercial insight, and legal expertise businesses need to succeed.
We provide strategic counsel for businesses operating across borders.
We’ve sat in the general counsel’s chair. We know legal advice is only useful if it helps you move. That’s why Bates & Bates combines in-house experience with private-practice firepower to give businesses in the U.S. and globally clear answers and a plan.
Bates & Bates brings together attorneys who have led legal functions inside major organizations and practiced at the highest levels of private practice.
Corporate and commercial work. Fractional General Counsel. Specialist IP protection across international markets.
Practical. Proactive. Focused on outcomes, not just risk.
Our clients benefit from both perspectives: a deep understanding of how businesses operate and the rigor to protect them.
We advise on corporate and commercial matters, serve as Fractional General Counsel to growing and established companies, and represent clients in intellectual property matters across international markets.
Our counsel is practical, proactive, and grounded in commercial objectives, because the best legal advice doesn’t just manage risk. It creates room to grow.
200
Jury Trials
50
Billion dollar brands portfolio-managed
100
Trademarks managed in over 200 countries
8
Offices globally and expanding
*Attorneys experience
We offer commercial, practical and proactive advice.
BATES & BATES
The right protection, in the right market, aligned with your business plan and budget.
You can always rely on our commitment and flexibility.
Our bench is diverse. Our experience and expertise have been gained in elite private practice firms and at the highest level, in-house, at Fortune 500 companies.
Your IP.
Our Fight.
Global Expertise in complex disputes
We represent the world’s most influential global corporations, financial institutions, and governments in precedent-setting intellectual property cases. With an unmatched record of victories, our attorneys lead over 200 jury trials across critical jurisdictions, bringing a rare combination of legal acumen, advocacy, and strategic thinking to every matter. We don’t just win cases; we define the future of intellectual property law.
Intelligent IP
Combining AI and Data Analytics for unmatched results.
Bates & Bates is at the forefront of leveraging cutting-edge technology, including AI and data analytics, to craft personalized, high-impact solutions that anticipate tomorrow’s challenges. Our approach to intellectual property law is not just reactive—it’s transformative. We shape the legal landscape by offering strategic counsel that consistently outperforms the competition.
We operate an integrated global enforcement program spanning digital platforms, physical markets, and border control environments.
Legal WITH AI-Driven Monitoring & Evidentiary Takedown Operations
Bates & Bates leads coordinated brand enforcement programs integrating advanced monitoring capabilities with experienced legal and investigative professionals to identify and address online and offline infringement.
Unlike automated takedown services
our enforcement strategy is legally directed at every stage.
From the point of detection, we collect and preserve admissible evidence, structuring enforcement activity to remove unauthorised listings and to support litigation, administrative proceedings, and trademark office actions when escalation is required.
Each action is evaluated for legal sufficiency and long-term impact, ensuring that enforcement strengthens evidentiary position and preserves strategic control.
Global Enforcement & Customs Operations
Bates & Bates directs coordinated customs enforcement strategies in collaboration with law enforcement agencies and customs authorities worldwide to intercept counterfeit and infringing goods at ports of entry and within distribution channels.
Our team has led large-scale seizure operations, including record-setting intellectual property confiscations at major U.S. ports. We manage customs recordation, officer training, targeted investigations, and asset deployment as part of an integrated enforcement framework.
By aligning border enforcement with digital monitoring and litigation strategy, we maintain strategic control over the protection of client assets across jurisdictions.
Transactional & Strategic Commercial Counsel
We also advise on complex commercial transactions where intellectual property, ownership rights, and risk allocation drive value.
Our work includes:
Licensing
Technology agreements
Strategic commercial arrangements
Transaction support in mergers
Acquisitions
Investments
We conduct diligence, structure transactions, and negotiate agreements with precision and strategic discipline. Our focus is on protecting core assets, aligning contractual frameworks with business objectives, and ensuring long-term enforceability.
