Shruti Chopra

Shruti is a counsel in our TMT/IP and Data Solutions practice in New York. Shruti specializes in providing comprehensive counsel on transactions involving intellectual property and technology across diverse industries.

With a focus on serving public and private companies, private equity funds, and high-growth startups, Shruti’s practice encompasses leading the intellectual property and technology aspects of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, venture investments, and financing transactions. She also advises on the development, licensing, transfer and commercialization of intellectual property, technology, and data assets, as well as on emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence.

Additionally, Shruti is a frequent speaker on topics relating to intellectual property and technology law as well as diversity in the legal profession. Shruti serves as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation for Advancement of Diversity in Intellectual Property Law with a goal toward increasing diversity in the legal profession.

Work highlights

Shruti has advised on the intellectual property and technology aspects of many high-profile corporate transactions. Selected experience includes advising:

• Carrier Global Corporation on the sale of its security business, Global Access Solutions, to Honeywell and sale of its Industrial Fire business to Sentinel Capital Partners*

• Merck & Co., Inc. on the acquisition of Prometheus Biosciences*

• Qualcomm, Inc. on the acquisition of Veoneer, Inc.*

• Apollo Global Management on the acquisition of the Terminals, Solutions & Services business line from Worldline*

• Apollo Global Management on the acquisition of incumbent local exchange carrier assets and associated operations in 20 states from Lumen Technologies*

*Matters handled prior to joining Linklaters.

Before joining Linklaters, Shruti worked in the Intellectual Property & Technology Transactions practice in the New York offices of another leading international law firm. Shruti also maintains an active pro-bono practice providing transactional legal services to low-income entrepreneurs and start-ups.

Shruti was part of the 2022 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellows program, which is designed for high-potential, mid-career attorneys from LCLD Member organizations. She is also actively involved with the Intellectual Property Law Section of the American Bar Association and is a member of the South Asian Bar Association of New York and the New York Intellectual Property Law Association.

Awards & Recognitions

• Winner of ABA Leadership Award.

• Elected to the board of trustees of the Foundation for Advancement of Diversity in Intellectual Property Law.

• Elected to a three-year term as a Young Lawyer Fellow by the ABA Section of Intellectual Property Law (ABA-IPL).

• Recognized as a “Rising Star” (2018-2023) by Super Lawyers published by Thompson Reuters.

Shruti holds a B.L.S. and LL.B. from the University of Mumbai, and a LL.M. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.

Shruti frequently speaks and writes on topics related to her practice, including intellectual property rights in India and the U.S., and data protection and privacy laws.