Richard G. Gervase, Jr.

Richard G. Gervase, Jr. is a corporate, securities, and intellectual property lawyer at Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C., who handles royalty financing, strategic transactions, and complex disputes. He represents private equity firms, lenders, investors, and public and private companies in royalty sales, structured financings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and other business arrangements. He also advises clients in the life sciences and technology industries on transactions involving valuable intellectual property and revenue-producing assets.

Richard earned his J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law and his BSEE from Rutgers University College of Engineering. He served as a senior articles editor for the Rutgers Law Journal and later completed executive mediation training through Harvard Law School’s Program on Negotiation. He is admitted in New York and New Jersey, before several federal courts, and before the USPTO.

Richard chairs the Royalty and Revenue Interest Financing Transactions Group and participates in the Corporate and Securities, Intellectual Property, and Life Sciences practices. He structures royalty purchases, synthetic royalty financings, secured loans, clinical trial financings, revenue interest financings, and other non-dilutive arrangements. He also serves on the firm’s Opinion Committee and Contingency Fee Committee. He also handles technology licenses, pharmaceutical collaborations, supply and distribution agreements, software and data licenses, intellectual property due diligence, patent strategy, and freedom-to-operate reviews.

Richard G. Gervase, Jr. brings experience in transactional work, patent law, and commercial disputes to matters involving sophisticated technology and life sciences assets. He began his legal career in the late 1980s handling mergers, acquisitions, and securities matters and joined the firm in 2000 after working as a senior patent litigation attorney. He has represented companies in patent, trade secret, trademark, copyright, and contract disputes. His recognition includes listings in The Best Lawyers in America for Patent Law and Patent Litigation from 2023 through 2026 and New York Super Lawyers in 2022 and 2023.

Law Office Affiliations

• Member, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C
• Member, American Bar Association, Intellectual Property Law Section
• Member, Intellectual Property Owners Association
• Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association
• Member, New York Intellectual Property Law Association
• Member, Federal Circuit Bar Association

Licensed State

• New Jersey
• New York

Education

• Rutgers University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Rutgers University College of Engineering
  Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE)