Robert Cowan

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Office
Halifax
Tel: 902.444.8427
Fax: 902.425.6350

Assistant
Sharon Fraser
Languages
English

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Profile

Robert is a Partner in our Halifax office who practices corporate and business law with a particular specialization in technology and intellectual property.

As a former in house lawyer for Dalhousie University, Robert draws on his experience to service a breadth of legal business needs in both the private and public sector. Since joining McInnes Cooper, Robert has been working extensively with entrepreneurs and startup companies, partnering on venture capital financings, along with the ownership, protection and licensing of patents, trade-marks and copyright.

Robert takes the time to connect with his clients and truly understands their business. He thinks like an entrepreneur and provides practical legal advice to address their legal needs.

Robert’s proven ability with intellectual property agreements relating to research and development and licensing is regularly drawn upon by his clients. He is also known for his capabilities relating to commercial financing, mergers and acquisitions and education law.

In his personal life, Robert and his wife are kept very busy with their four young children. Robert prides himself on his involvement the activities of his children and in the broader community. Robert is a volunteer soccer coach and basketball coach and is a member of the boards of BioNova and the JazzEast Rising Association. He is past board member of the Nova Scotia College of Physiotherapists and the Canadian Cancer Society (Nova Scotia Division).

Robert is a member of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA), the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society, the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association, the Licensing Executives Society, and an Associate member of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada.

Robert is the chair of the Intellectual Property Section of the CBA (NS) and has taught intellectual property law at the Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law.

Education

LL.B., Dalhousie University (1995)
B.A. (Philosophy), University of King’s College (1992)
B.Sc. (Physiology), McGill University (1990)

Venture Capital Support for Emerging Atlantic Canadian Companies

June 6, 2011

On June 5, 2011, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick announced they will fund a new, privately operated, regional venture capital fund designed specifically to support emerging companies throughout Atlantic Canada.   For high potential companies that do not yet have the cash flow to secure financing from traditional lenders, a venture capital fund is critical

Bar Admissions

Nova Scotia (1996)

MentorCamp Final on Monday Sept 24th at Innovacorp Enterprise Center

September 21, 2012

<div> HALIFAX, NS (September 21, 2012) –   Atlantic Canada’s MentorCamp 2012 Final – a one-day international mentoring event – will be held on September 24, 2012, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at The Innovacorp Enterprise Centre (Life Sciences Research Institute), 1344 Summer Street, Halifax.   Preliminary MentorCamp events have been held throughout the year

GO Awards reward Dr. Christopher Barden

October 3, 2011

As sponsor of the Innovation award, McInnes Cooper congratulates Barden on this well deserved win   McInnes Cooper congratulates Dr. Christopher Barden, winner of the GO 2011 Innovation Award, handed out at the Annual Fusion GO Award Gala Saturday, Oct. 1.   “Christopher was a natural choice for the award and it was an honour

Congratulations to ABK Biomedical, winner of BioNova’s first BioInnovation Challenge

September 29, 2011

McInnes Cooper congratulates ABK Biomedical, the winner of BioNova’s first BioInnovation Challenge.   “We are looking forward to working with ABK Biomedical. It’s exciting and important work with the potential to have a significant impact on the health of women,” says Robert Cowan, Partner at McInnes Cooper. The firm was a proud sponsor of the