Vasilios Peros

With over 25 years of experience in legal advisory, management and engineering roles, Vasilios Peros gained legal experience at premier Baltimore-based law firms and engineering and management experience at a Fortune 100 technology company. Leveraging his business and technical experience and education, he views and understands client needs and client product/service offerings from multiple angles - not only the legal angle. He was recognized as one of SmartCEO's 2016 Centers of Influence, 2015 CPA + ESQs, 2014 Power Players, and Legal Elite in 2011, 2010 and 2009.

He advises clients on business matters, including company formation, stockholders' rights, complex contracts, commercial leases, employment agreements, and related disputes. He also advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, debt financing and equity investments.

He advises clients on technology matters, including technology contracts, software licensing, international distribution and sales contracts, privacy, data protection and security.

He counsels clients on intellectual property matters, including acquisition, protection and commercialization of trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets and patents, and resolution of intellectual property infringement disputes.

To meet clients' other legal needs, Mr. Peros works as co-counsel with other law firms of all sizes.

Beyond his legal advisory services, Mr. Peros also provides C-level consulting and advisory board services to small and mid-sized businesses.

Prior to founding his own law firm, he was a partner at Thomas & Libowitz, where he chaired its Technology & Intellectual Property group, and an attorney at Venable, LLP, one of The American Lawyer's Top 100 Law Firms. He was also an engineer and manager at a Fortune 100 technology company.

He is Past Chair of the Maryland State Bar Intellectual Property Section. He was awarded Baltimore City Bar's 2005 Presidential Award and Venable LLP's 2005 Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year Award.