Stephen Gare is an American lawyer specializing in intellectual property and information technology. Admitted to practice in England and Wales in 1976, he became a partner and head of the intellectual property and IT group at Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw and later headed intellectual property at Greenberg Traurig Maher. He is also a co-editor of Blackstone's Statutes on Intellectual Property.
Background
Stephen Gare was born in November 1950. He is identified as American and has pursued a legal career based in London, where he has worked with major international law firms and developed a practice focused on intellectual property, information technology, and related commercial matters.
Education
Gare holds a Master of Arts from the University of Cambridge, recorded as MA (Cantab.). He also earned a Master of Arts in Business Law from London Metropolitan University in 1986, with specialization in intellectual property and antitrust. He was admitted to the bar in England and Wales in 1976.
Career
Gare was admitted to practice in England and Wales in 1976 and built his professional career in London. He worked as a partner of Rowe & Maw, later Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP, where he became head of the firm's intellectual property and IT group. His practice covered both litigation and transactional work across intellectual property and information technology, including matters involving a broad range of products and services. He subsequently served as a partner and head of intellectual property at Greenberg Traurig Maher LLP, later Greenberg Traurig LLP. From 2009 to 2012 he was an LLP member of Greenberg Traurig LLP. He has also worked as a consultant at SDG at SW6.