201 N. Franklin Street, Suite 2100
Tampa, Florida 33602
United States
Bryan Sims is based in our Tampa and Washington DC offices and is in our Global Corporate Practice. He focuses his practice on advising software and other technology companies. That advice includes corporate mergers and acquisitions, corporate and intellectual property transactional legal matters as well as other commercial transactions. He also provides advice to companies regarding prosecuting, protecting and managing large corporate intellectual property portfolios.
Prior to returning to Squire Patton Boggs, Bryan was Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of multinational publicly-traded IT management software company, SolarWinds, Inc. (SWI). At SolarWinds, Bryan helped transform SolarWinds from a small US company into multinational software company doing business in all major international markets with offices all around the world. He created and built the SolarWinds legal department, its licensing model and other major policies. Bryan led a team that filed and completed a successful IPO and follow-on offering. He was also responsible for assisting the company with the acquisition of 20+ companies in the US, Canada, Europe and APAC.
Earlier in his career, Bryan was Associate General Counsel and Vice President of Corporate Development and Business Affairs at open source software provider Red Hat, Inc. At Red Hat, Bryan created and ran the group responsible for legal and business negotiations associated with the company’s customer and business alliances. He was also responsible for the company’s mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and global partnership activities. Bryan also assisted with the development of Red Hat's intellectual property strategy (including creating a viable business model for monetizing open source software).
Job Types | Counsel |
Areas of Practice | 1) Corporate, 2) Mergers & Acquisitions, 3) Private Equity, 4) Intellectual Property & Technology, 5) Brand Protection and 6) Trademark & Copyright |
Law School | Ohio State University College of Law (J.D.,1994) |
Education | Howard University (B.A.,1990) |
Bar Member / Association | District of Columbia State Bar,Maryland State Bar Associations |
Most recent firm | Squire Patton Boggs |
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