M. Oren Epstein

New York IP partner Oren Epstein advises clients on a range of transactional and advisory matters relating to intellectual property, technology, and more across various industries, such as food and beverage, retail, sports and entertainment, financial services and technology.

He regularly structures, drafts and negotiates licensing arrangements (including trademark, software and information technology, content, patent, endorsement and rights of publicity, pharmaceutical, know-how and other licensing agreements), sponsorship agreements, sourcing agreements, trademark co-existence agreements and general commercial relationships (including supply and distribution agreements, manufacturing agreements, services agreements and consignment agreements). He also advises clients on matters regarding obtaining, protecting and enforcing trademarks and copyrights, and has extensive experience with the intellectual property and technology aspects of general corporate transactions, such as initial public offerings, mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs and divestitures, financings, joint ventures and securities offerings.

Mr. Epstein has been named one of Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Global IP Lawyers and 500 Leading Dealmakers in America and repeatedly selected as a Rising Star in the Trade Marks category of Euromoney Legal Media Group’s annual Rising Stars awards, in addition to being selected as a recipient of a Lawyers Alliance Cornerstone Award for his outstanding work on pro bono matters. 

• Oren is lead IP and Technology counsel to Manulife Financial
  Corporation in its acquisition of a 75% stake in Comvest Credit
  Partners through its global wealth and asset management
  segment for $938 million upfront and $338 million in future
  milestone payments, with the transaction agreement also
  providing Manulife the ability to purchase the remaining 25%
  through a put/call mechanism, offering flexibility for full
  ownership in the future. Announced in August 2025, this cross
  border transaction gives Manulife immediate scale in private
  credit, a sector that is increasingly important for institutional
  investors seeking diversification and yield. The transaction
  further aligns with industry trends of large insurers and asset
  managers growing their alternatives business through organic
  and inorganic channels.
• With guidance from Oren Epstein, Skadden provided counsel to
  Castillo Hermanos on the intellectual property aspects of its
  acquisition of Harvest Hill Beverage Company — the owner of
  well-known U.S. brands such as SunnyD®, Juicy Juice® and
  Little HUG® — from Brynwood Partners. This transaction
  represents a major milestone for Castillo Hermanos, which
  operates in over 35 countries, as it extends its reach beyond
  Latin America and strengthens its position in the U.S. beverage
  market. In collaboration with investment firm Centerview
  Capital, the company aims to leverage Harvest Hill’s extensive
  national distribution network, manufacturing capabilities and
  broad consumer base.
• dvised Brown & Brown, one of the world’s largest insurance
  brokers, in its landmark $9.8 billion acquisition of RSC Topco,
  the holding company for Accession Risk Management Group.
  This transformative transaction closed in August 2025 and is
  one of the largest in the insurance sector in recent years,
  significantly expanding Brown & Brown’s specialty insurance
  platform which positions the company as a dominant force in
  the specialty and wholesale insurance markets.
• Oren was lead IP and Technology partner advising Honeywell
  International Inc. in the spin-off of Solstice Advanced
  Materials, its advanced materials business, into an
  independent, publicly traded company. Oren and Skadden’s
  IP&T team offers extensive experience with M&A transactions
  to Honeywell, which Skadden has advised on numerous
  transactions since 2020.
• Oren is a lead partner advising F.N.B. Corporation in its
  sponsorship agreement with the Pittsburgh Penguins,
  including becoming exclusive banking and financial services
  partner. This transaction, announced in September 2025, will
  make FNB the first partner to have their logo appear on the
  team’s jerseys for all home and road games. Oren’s practice
  regularly intersects sports and IP-related matters across
  various transactions.

• J.D., Harvard Law School
• B.A., University of Pennsylvania

• New York
• New Jersey