Deborah Greaves Partner, Ezra Brutzkus Gubner LLP Deborah provides advisory and legal services for clients in the fashion and consumer goods industries. Her key practice areas include intellectual property, brand enforcement, corporate creation and governance (public/private, domestic/international), regulatory compliance, government affairs, business transactions (licenses, leases, manufacturing agreements, consulting agreements, etc.), employment, retail and wholesale operations, internal investigations and litigation. From 2007 – 2013, she served as Secretary & General Counsel of True Religion Apparel, Inc., a company that traded on NASDAQ, creating and building its legal department, including its highly lauded brand enforcement program. Prior to working at True Religion Apparel, Inc., Ms. Greaves held positions as V.P., Secretary & General Counsel of Blue Holdings, Inc. and Azteca Production International, Inc., respectively. Prior to joining Ezra Brutzkus Gubner, she founded Label Law, Inc., which continues to operate under the EBG umbrella, and provides legal and brand enforcement services for consumer products companies, with a specialty in textiles and fashion. Ms. Greaves is a frequent guest speaker on IP matters and pens the “Counterfeit Corner” column in “New Matter”, the quarterly publication of the California State Bar Intellectual Property Section. In 2010 and 2013 she was short listed as “Corporate Counsel of the Year” by the Los Angeles Business Journal. In 2011, Ms. Greaves received the International Law Office Global Counsel of the Year Award for Intellectual Property. In fall 2013, Ms. Greaves helped to launch Loyola Law School’s Fashion Law Program and serves as an adjunct professor. Ms. Greaves is an advocate for children’s rights and serves on the Board of Directors of CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates), Los Angeles Chapter. In 2012, Deborah Greaves received the Daily Journal Award as one of “California’s Top 20 In-House Counsel.” In 2013, she was shortlisted by Chambers USA “Women in Law” for her outstanding contribution to mentoring and also by the World Trademark Review (WTR) in its Industry Award for “Fashion, Cosmetics & Luxury Goods Team of the Year.” Areas of Expertise • • • • Corporate (e.g. Bylaws/LLC Operating Agreements) Real Estate (e.g. Retail Leases) Intellectual Property (e.g. TM Prosecution, Global IP Strategy and Enforcement Programs) Transactions (e.g. Licenses, Distribution Agreements, Manufacturing Agreements, Model Agreements, Showroom Agreements, Consulting Agreements and Designer Agreements) • Employment (e.g. Employee Handbooks, etc., NDA’s, Employment Agreements and Responses to Administrative Petitions) • Compliance • Litigation Representative Matters • Representing apparel brand owner in strategic global trademark registration and enforcement of multiple intellectual properties. • Representing start-up apparel company in IP strategy and registration, corporate formation and governance, license agreements and employment related agreements. • Representing several sports related entities in trademark registration and enforcement strategy and commercial transactions. Key Affiliations and Roles • • • • • International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) (Board of Directors). International Trademark Association (INTA) North American Committee Against Counterfeiting (Member) International Trademark Association (INTA) Public Education and Awareness Task Force (Member) International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (IACC) China Task Force (Chair) International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (IACC) Public Education and Awareness Task Force (Co-Chair) 818-827-9192 [email protected] www.ebg-law.com