Brianna van Kan is a partner and a member of the firm's Intellectual Property & Technology Transactions Group.
Ms. van Kan advises private equity sponsors, public companies and strategic investors on intellectual property and technology matters in connection with mergers and acquisitions, carve-outs, joint ventures, restructurings, financings and other complex transactions. She also advises on licensing, data, collaborations and other commercial arrangements a broad range of industries, including the technology, entertainment, financial services, industrial, life sciences and consumer sectors.
Her experience spans a broad range of industries, including technology, financial services, healthcare, life sciences and consumer products. She also advises clients on artificial intelligence governance, product development and strategic engagement with novel and emerging technologies, drawing on her experience in a product counsel role at Spotify, where she advised on machine learning and AI initiatives.
Prior to joining Debevoise, Ms. van Kan was a partner at another prominent international law firm.
In 2025, Ms. van Kan was recognized in the IAM Patent 1000: The World's Leading Patent Professionals and was named a Rising Star in Managing IP's annual IP Stars rankings.
She received her J.D. from Yale Law School in 2015 and her B.A. from Wesleyan University in 2012.