November 4, 2025 | Julie Watson and Pam Cox Speaking at CLP Community Engagement Series

Special Counsel Julie Watson and Partner and Chair of Marshall Gerstein’s IP Transactions Practice Pam Cox will be speaking at a Certified Licensing Professionals (CLP) event on November 4. The session is part of CLP’s Community Engagement Series, which focuses on the topic of professional growth in the world of intellectual property licensing and business development. Julie and Pam will be joined by Dimitra Georganopoulou (Qral Ventures) and Heather Walsh (University of Chicago) for the discussion.

Julie Watson concentrates her practice in early-stage intellectual property transactions, particularly in the dynamic realm of technology startups and university technology transfer. With over 35 years of experience structuring intricate intellectual property deals, Julie has earned a reputation for her acute understanding of client needs and her ability to provide strategic solutions. She has been lauded as one of the "World's Leading Patent Practitioners" by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) magazine. Julie's knowledge and practice focus includes negotiating licensing transactions for biopharma and university clients, managing university out-licensing portfolios, and advising on intellectual property policies and compliance. As Chair of the Board for the Certified Licensing Professional™ (CLP), faculty for the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM)’s Essential Course and adjunct professor in Intellectual Property Licensing at Northwestern School of Law, she is dedicated to continuously advancing the profession.

Pam Cox’s practice focuses on unraveling complex deal structures and devising creative agreement solutions as well as IP protection strategies and alternative dispute resolution for clients ranging from multinational corporations to non-profit institutions. As a patent attorney who started in-house doing technology transfer 30 years ago, Pam is an active supporter of advancing the licensing profession and governance, Pam is President elect, elect of the Licensing Executive Society International (LESI), the former President of the Certified Licensing Professionals, Inc., and multi-term former Member of the Boards of each organization, frequent invited international presenter and instructor including for AUTM, and an adjunct professor at Northwestern School of Law.