Implement Legal

Built for moments of consequence.

An IP and transactional law firm with a national client base, called when the work has stakes: a deal that has to close, a portfolio that has to be defensible, a structure that has to hold.

Implement Legal
Intellectual Property, Nationally

Four Disciplines. One Firm.

Intellectual Property

Copyright, trademark, and patent counsel for the work that drives the business — and the value behind it.

  • Registration
  • TM Prosecution
  • Patent Counsel
  • IP Licensing
  • IP Portfolios
  • Fair Use

Mergers & Acquisitions

Transaction counsel for the deal that has to close. Structured correctly, from term sheet to closing.

  • Buy-Side Counsel
  • Sell-Side Counsel
  • IP Valuation
  • Entity Formation
  • Agreements
  • Structuring

Strategic Advisory

Ongoing counsel that builds the legal infrastructure before the consequential transaction arrives.

  • Fractional General Counsel
  • Contribution Agreements
  • Operating Agreement
  • Trade Secret
  • Source Code Registration
  • IP Audits

Cultural Institutions

Foundation counsel, collection management, and succession planning for organizations built to last.

  • Foundation Counsel
  • Collection Management
  • Institutional Crisis
  • Succession Planning
  • Acquisition Agreements
  • Donor Agreements

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About Implement Legal

Implement is built for moments of consequence. Two partners, two practices — the IP fluency and transactional discipline that rarely exist in the same firm, brought to every engagement. The legal structures meant to protect and transfer the value of a creative business were designed by attorneys who don't have the framework to see it. Katherine and Robert built this firm because that framework — and the deal mechanics to act on it — should exist in the same room. The same analytical rigor that belongs in a $15M transaction belongs in a 90-minute engagement. At Implement, caliber is not a function of deal size. It is the only way the firm operates.

Intellectual Property Legal Team

Meet the team

The right client arrives already knowing what to look for. Counsel that understands what was built before it has to be explained. Counsel that takes the work —x and the person behind it — seriously.

Katherine de Vos Devine

Founding Partner
Katherine came to law from the inside of the creative economy — as a curator, an institution builder, a scholar of how creative labor gets valued, transferred, and misappropriated. She has run the organizations her clients run. She understands what they have built because she has built it too.

Her practice is built on a premise most attorneys can't meet: that understanding what an asset is worth is inseparable from understanding what it is. She names the asset before she advises on it. She has never advised on what she has not understood. The clients who find her tend to stay.

Robert Devine

Managing Partner
Robert was formed by institutions that do not tolerate imprecision — combat command, federal securities regulation, and the deal table. He structures transactions the way he has always operated: with a complete understanding of what is at stake before the first document is drafted. He has closed deals at every scale. He knows what holds.

His practice combines M&A execution at institutional scale with the financial discipline of a simultaneous JD, MBA, and LLM — and the instinct, developed under pressure, for what holds and what doesn't. The clients who work with Robert once tend not to look for anyone else.