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Richard Keck is a founding partner of the Macmillan Keck law firm, and is based in New
York City. His firm’s work is primarily focused on the global ICT sector, and the types
of work the firm handles include corporate, financial, commercial, intellectual property,
regulatory and dispute resolution.
Mr. Keck’s practice emphasizes business strategy and planning, transactions, regulatory
counseling and dispute resolution. For 24 years, in the ICT sector, he has represented
governments, regulators, international organizations, trade associations, telecom network
operators, electric utilities, financial institutions, technology providers and their
customers.
At the intersection of IP and ICT, Mr. Keck has assumed a leadership role in the
evolution of the legal system and related business practices over the past 15 years,
including:
-public policy initiatives to transform the legal and regulatory framework to address
changes in technology and methods of doing business,
-IP development, protection and licensing strategies in the context of increasingly
collaborative enterprises,
-the work of standards bodies and policy makers on technology neutrality and open
systems,
-complex ownership, infringement and licensing disputes, and
-improving confidentiality and security measures for industrial trade secrets, databases,
and personal data.
He has also worked on a wide variety of commercial agreements involving the collection,
creation, improvement, exchange, licensing, acquisition, sale, financing and/or other
handling of IP and other information assets.
Mr. Keck earned a JD cum laude from the Harvard Law School and a BS in mathematics
and BA in economics from Emory University. He is admitted to practice as a solicitor in
England & Wales and an attorney in New York and Georgia.
He has held leadership positions in numerous organizations and regularly publishes and
speaks on topics within his areas of focus.
See www.macmillankeck.pro for more information.