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John Fraczek
Counsel Intellectual Property
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
John Fraczek brings technical legal excellence, an analytical mindset based on his industrial engineering background, and practical experience to assist clients navigate complex contracts impacting critical organizational operations. John is highly experienced in supply chain agreements including procurement, logistics, manufacturing, and distribution arrangements, with particular expertise in complex arrangements (such as joint ventures and partnerships) to achieve supply chain efficiencies. John has expertise in technology agreements, from IP licensing, to outsourcing, to SaaS, and information technology services arrangements. John possesses comprehensive experience advising clients ranging from startups to industry-leading global public companies and provides tailored solutions for each client, focusing on aligning negotiations with his client’s unique objectives.
John negotiates strategic and commercial transactions across a wide variety of industries, with particular focus in the sports, media, and entertainment and technology sectors.
John also works alongside our mergers and acquisitions teams to advise on the intellectual property aspects of corporate transactions and to handle the business-critical commercial arrangements that often accompany such acquisitions or divestitures. As part of his practice, John has developed industry-leading expertise in issues relating to the adoption of emerging technologies including artificial intelligence and open source software and how the use of such technologies impacts large corporate transactions.
John takes pride in utilizing his skills to benefit pro-bono clients, including acting as a supervising attorney for law students participating in the University of Colorado’s Entrepreneurship Clinic.
Representative experience
Representing the technology procurement group of a Fortune 100 media company in numerous multimillion-dollar transactions.
Representing software and information technology services vendors in development and negotiation of contracts for cloud and SaaS-based software solutions.
Representing Fortune 500 company in the replacement and transfer of its entire information technology outsourcing infrastructure to new vendors.
Representing a national motor vehicle parts retailer’s replacement of its proprietary point of sale system with a customizable third-party SaaS solution from an international vendor.
Representing manufacturer in the licensing and supply of components in connection with the formation of numerous global joint ventures to compete for local governmental contracts.
Credentials
Education
- M.B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo, 2016
- J.D., University at Buffalo School of Law, Magna Cum Laude, 2016
- Clarkson University, 2011
Bar admissions and qualifications
- Colorado
- New York
Publications
Insights and Analysis
01 April 2021
News
Press releases
03 June 2026
Press releases
06 January 2026