Sasha Rosenthal-Larrea

Maya Rosenthal-Larrea (Sasha) is a corporate attorney whose practice centers on intellectual property, technology, and complex business transactions. She advises clients on significant intellectual property matters involving licensing arrangements, strategic collaborations, patent and copyright licensing, software-related issues, and artificial intelligence. Her work also extends to data privacy matters and the technology components of major corporate transactions. In addition, she counsels public companies on governance matters, disclosure obligations, and other important corporate issues.

She earned an A.B. from Brown University and a J.D. from Columbia Law School. Born in Washington, D.C., she joined her firm in 2011, worked in London from 2014 to 2016, and was elected partner in 2018. Her practice continues to focus on intellectual property, technology, licensing, and corporate advisory matters for a diverse client base.

Sasha works with a broad range of businesses across industries, helping them address legal and commercial challenges connected to innovation, technology, and intellectual property assets. Her client experience includes matters involving ADT, Ahold Delhaize, Amazon, AmerisourceBergen, Aon, Bacardi, BAE Systems, BDT, Biogen, Brookfield, Centrica, Disney, IBM, Illumina, Johnson & Johnson, KION Group, Lindsay Goldberg, OMERS Private Equity, Oshkosh, Qualcomm, RELX, Robinhood, Unilever, and Valvoline. Through this work, she has developed extensive experience handling sophisticated transactions and advising on issues that affect both business strategy and intellectual property rights.

Sasha has played a role in high-profile matters involving complex licensing and technology agreements. Among her notable representations, she advised Qualcomm on the commercial terms connected to the settlement of global litigation with Apple. That matter included a worldwide six-year patent license agreement as well as a multiyear chipset supply agreement. Her experience in these types of transactions reflects a strong understanding of both intellectual property strategy and commercial objectives.

Sasha Rosenthal-Larrea has earned recognition for her work in the corporate and intellectual property fields. She was named to the 2023 list of “Notable Women in Law” by Crain’s New York Business and was recognized as a “Rising Star” by Law360 in 2019 and by New York Law Journal in 2020. She has also been recognized by The Legal 500 US, IAM Patent 1000, IFLR1000, Lawdragon, and The Legal 500 Latin America.

Law Office Affiliations

• Partner, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
• Member, American Intellectual Property Law Association

Licensed State

• New York

Education

• Columbia Law School
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Brown University
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)

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