The South-West is one of the leading regions in the world for semiconductor design. Over the years many companies have set up in the region, a lot of them having backgrounds with the likes of Inmos, Hewlett Packard and the University of Bristol.
This is an industry at the cutting edge that enables new technologies and services to be made available to users. It is also an industry facing challenges, with some of the more traditional funding models becoming increasingly difficult to rely upon. From a lawyer’s perspective, it’s great to be involved as the technology and challenges change fast and keep you on your toes.
We currently act for several fabless semiconductor companies and our lawyers have also acted for the likes of Renesas, Elixent and ClearSpeed in the past.
We understand the issues that such companies come across on a day to day basis. We also have the industry knowledge that means we understand the types of agreement that have to be entered into with specialist distributors, foundries and third party IP suppliers.
