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Rodrigo Valle
Senior Counsel
Technology Transactions
rodrigo.valle@wsgr.com

D650-461-6585

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Rodrigo (Rod) Valle is a seasoned U.S. and UK dual-qualified attorney in the technology transactions practice at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Rod represents technology companies in a variety of industries in strategic commercial transactions and financings, mergers, and acquisitions. He has extensive experience negotiating agreements involving the development, transfer, sale, commercialization, and licensing of technology, data, or intellectual property assets, including agreements related to software, artificial intelligence technology, cloud-based platforms, supplier and reseller relationships, strategic alliances, joint ventures, and asset transfers. As part of his practice, Rod advises UK and other international technology companies in connection with their U.S. expansion and business operations in the U.S. and UK. He also handles the intellectual property components of corporate transactions and M&A deals and counsels clients on general technology and intellectual property matters, including in the context of daily business operations.

Before joining the firm, Rod worked in the intellectual property and technology transactions groups of prominent law firms in the United States and abroad. He also has significant in-house experience, having worked in a senior role at a high-growth proptech company.  

Rod is a native Spanish speaker and is also fluent in French.

Rod is practicing virtually from Tennessee, where he is licensed.

Experience

Rodrigo (Rod) Valle is a seasoned U.S. and UK dual-qualified attorney in the technology transactions practice at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Rod represents technology companies in a variety of industries in strategic commercial transactions and financings, mergers, and acquisitions. He has extensive experience negotiating agreements involving the development, transfer, sale, commercialization, and licensing of technology, data, or intellectual property assets, including agreements related to software, artificial intelligence technology, cloud-based platforms, supplier and reseller relationships, strategic alliances, joint ventures, and asset transfers. As part of his practice, Rod advises UK and other international technology companies in connection with their U.S. expansion and business operations in the U.S. and UK. He also handles the intellectual property components of corporate transactions and M&A deals and counsels clients on general technology and intellectual property matters, including in the context of daily business operations.

Before joining the firm, Rod worked in the intellectual property and technology transactions groups of prominent law firms in the United States and abroad. He also has significant in-house experience, having worked in a senior role at a high-growth proptech company.  

Rod is a native Spanish speaker and is also fluent in French.

Rod is practicing virtually from Tennessee, where he is licensed.

Education
  • J.D., Boston University School of Law, 2010

    First Place, Oxford International IP Moot Court

  • B.A., Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, 2005Chancellor’s Scholar, Cum Laude
Admissions
  • State Bar of New York
  • State Bar of Tennessee
  • Solicitor, England and Wales
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Credentials
Education
  • J.D., Boston University School of Law, 2010

    First Place, Oxford International IP Moot Court

  • B.A., Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University, 2005Chancellor’s Scholar, Cum Laude
Admissions
  • State Bar of New York
  • State Bar of Tennessee
  • Solicitor, England and Wales
  • U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Focus Areas
  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
  • Data Storage and Cloud
  • Emerging Companies and Venture Capital
  • Software
  • Technology Transactions
  • U.S. Expansion
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