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Faber Law Group
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At Faber, most of our professionals have held full-time positions with life science startups. Several of our attorneys were themselves entrepreneurs who successfully led new ventures to market. Others have focused their careers on commercializing university research. Many have handled discovery and development stage licensing, as well as spin-out transactions, while working inside the legal departments of major pharmaceutical firms. We leverage this experience for you, to structure a Newco that enables lab-based discoveries to realize their potential, while protecting the interests of all stakeholders.
For more information contact Joe Faber at joe.faber@faberlawgroup.com
Goodwin
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At Goodwin, we partner with our clients to practice law with integrity, ingenuity, agility and ambition. Our 1,400 lawyers across 13 locations in the United States, Europe and Asia excel at complex transactions, high-stakes litigation and world-class advisory services in the technology, life sciences, real estate, private equity, and financial industries. Our unique combination of deep experience serving both the innovators and investors in a rapidly changing, technology-driven economy sets us apart.
For more information contact Mitch Bloom at mbloom@goodwinlaw.com
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Hutchison PLLC
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Hutchison is a boutique law firm that embraces the entrepreneurial spirit and steers technology and life sciences entrepreneurs to success through all stages of their company’s life.
And unlike other firms where it is just one of the things they do, it is the only thing we do, so we understand your technologies and the unique opportunities and challenges you face and are passionate about providing solutions that align with your goals.
As a result, in our niche there is little we haven’t seen before or dealt with on behalf of our clients. We are efficient and effective and able to provide a lower cost point than law firms with broader practices. We also have deep relationships with a broad network of investors and advisors that help us deliver strategic value to you.
For more information contact Anna Tharrington at atharington@hutchlaw.com
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Mintz
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Mintz creates breakthrough legal strategies that help clients solve problems and forge ahead. Our attorneys combine legal, business, and industry insight to help navigate shifting challenges. We help clients comply with evolving regulations and compete in emerging markets. While meeting their increasing financing needs, we can also assist with handling employment and labor issues. To compete tomorrow, you need the best business strategy now. We’ll help you make the next move.
Our clients trust us to provide the best legal services. Their confidence is grounded in how we collaborate with them every day. When you engage Mintz, we immerse ourselves in your business. And we strive to be the leading legal counsel in your industry — dedicating ourselves to developing the canny, insider insight needed to create successful, nimble strategies. Solutions that will position you to compete above the rest, today and down the winding road. With each engagement, we work to earn our reputation for excellence. And our can-do culture consistently attracts new talent equally driven to outdo.
For more information contact Lewis J. Geffen at ljgeffen@mintz.com
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Outside GC
On Demand Outside General Legal Counsel Services
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We created the fractionalized general counsel services model almost 20 years ago, and we’ve been helping our clients with negotiating and drafting commercial contracts ever since. Nearly all of our clients use a traditional large firm for matters such as capital raising, and exit of the business, but they use us instead for much of their day to day work, because we’re fast, practical and efficient – we help accelerate getting deals done without over-lawyering the process.
OutsideGC is a partner-only team of senior business lawyers with substantial in-house experience who act as part-time in-house counsel to our clients on an “on demand” basis at a fraction of the cost of hiring a full-time in-house lawyer or relying exclusively on law firm counsel. Our hourly rate in 2020 for all attorneys in the New England area is $285. For companies with no in-house legal staff, we serve as the as-needed general counsel, handling much of the company’s day-to-day legal work ourselves and helping to manage and oversee the legal services provided by outside counsel. For larger companies, we provide on-demand overflow support to help get through spikes in work and keep fixed costs down.
For more information contact Jon Levitt at jlevitt@outsidegc.com
WilmerHale
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WilmerHale provides legal representation across a comprehensive range of practice areas that are critical to the success of our clients. We practice at the very top of the legal profession and offer a cutting-edge blend of capabilities that enables us to handle deals and cases of any size and complexity. Today, businesses face greater scrutiny and more “bet the company” issues than ever before. With a practice unsurpassed in depth and scope by any other major firm, we have the ability to anticipate obstacles, seize opportunities and get the case resolved or the deal done—and the experience and know-how to prevent it from being undone.
We are 1,000 lawyers strong, with 13 offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. Our practice includes more than 500 litigators with unmatched trial, appellate and Supreme Court experience; a preeminent securities law practice with more than 200 lawyers; a regulatory practice that includes more than 100 lawyers who have held high-level government positions; an intellectual property practice enriched by the experience of more than 120 attorneys and technology specialists who hold scientific or technical degrees; more than 230 seasoned corporate lawyers and business counselors; and lawyers who focus on bankruptcy, environmental, labor and employment, real estate and tax matters. Most importantly, our firm stands for a steadfast commitment to quality and excellence in everything we do—a commitment reflected in the continued success of our clients across the globe.
For more information contact Stuart M. Falber at stuart.falber@wilmerhale.com
Clark & Elbing
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Clark+Elbing is a top-tier intellectual property (IP) law firm focused on protecting and promoting innovations in life science, chemistry, devices, and diagnostics.
Founded in 1996 by a group with a shared passion for science, our firm has a long-held reputation as a premier law firm for patents. We are proud to offer a robust team of IP attorneys with advanced degrees in science who are supported by a group of Ph.D.s who are at the forefront of scientific innovation.
We are as curious, collaborative, precise, and creative as you are. We are unapologetic science enthusiasts with a deep appreciation for technology. We understand what it is, how it works, why it matters – and what it is worth. That’s why clients like you prefer to work with us. We get it, and we get you.
Cooley
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As advisers to disrupters – particularly in the technology, life sciences and high-growth industries – we see firsthand the power of innovation. As a result, we invest significant time and resources in implementing and developing the tools, systems and infrastructure necessary to dramatically transform the client experience.
We think beyond the limits of technology to encompass leading-edge processes and individual talents for a unique blend that benefits our professionals, our clients and our communities.
For more information contact Ken Krisko at kkrisko@cooley.com
Dechert LLP
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Maximizing the commercial value of intellectual property
Dechert’s IP practice has extensive experience assisting companies with monetizing and extracting value from their IP portfolios, including managing strategic worldwide licensing campaigns and conducting enforcement litigation when necessary.
With dynamic new products and innovations developing at an extraordinary rate, our lawyers possess the critical knowledge of the underlying science and technology to help clients continue to achieve IP maintenance and growth.
We focus on the priorities and needs of our clients, devising strategies to protect their interests throughout the world, enhance their market position and shield them from infringement and unfair competition.
Recognizing how critical IP is to our clients’ business models, Dechert delivers extensive expertise on patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret, software, technology and privacy issues that arise in the commercial context. We also provide counseling on entering into arrangements and alliances to drive profitability, expand market share and make a significant impact in the marketplace.
For more information contact Andrea Reid at andrea.reid@dechert.com
Faber Law Group
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At Faber, most of our professionals have held full-time positions with life science startups. Several of our attorneys were themselves entrepreneurs who successfully led new ventures to market. Others have focused their careers on commercializing university research. Many have handled discovery and development stage licensing, as well as spin-out transactions, while working inside the legal departments of major pharmaceutical firms.
We leverage this experience for you, to structure a Newco that enables lab-based discoveries to realize their potential, while protecting the interests of all stakeholders.
For more information contact Joe Faber at joe.faber@faberlawgroup.com
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Fenwick & West
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Leading life sciences and healthcare companies that are changing the world through innovation rely on Fenwick for advice on their most business-critical legal needs. Our highly specialized lawyers—many with prior careers in the life sciences industry as general counsel, scientists, bankers and regulatory employees—help clients become and remain market leaders.
Our lawyers possess deep industry and scientific knowledge, as well as an understanding of how life sciences companies are formed, financed, grown and taken public or acquired based on decades of experience in scaling with companies from inception.
Often serving as outsourced general counsel, we represent hundreds of companies and institutions at various stages of their development—from innovative biotechnology startups that are pioneering the latest breakthroughs in gene and cell therapies, small molecules and antibodies, to global medical device companies and pharmaceutical giants looking into strategic acquisitions. We also have strong ties to venture capital and investment banking firms and other strategic investors focused on the life sciences industry.
For more information contact Michael Farn at mfarn@fenwick.com
Fish & Richardson
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Agreements affecting intellectual property assets are critical to the underlying value of those assets. Great intellectual property can be diminished through agreements of poor quality. Likewise, the relative value of any intellectual property can be enhanced through thoughtful and effective agreements. Fish & Richardson’s licensing practitioners routinely handle more than 100 different types of intellectual property licensing and technology agreements for organizations ranging from start-ups, to technology transfer offices, to multinational corporations.
Our licensing professionals provide world-class strategic assistance with licensing and technology agreements via a unique combination of skill sets: a deep understanding of the underlying technology, significant business acumen, and a thorough understanding of the applicable legal principles. Attorneys within our licensing practice are licensed patent attorneys and have previously served as in-house counsel or have owned their own businesses. The combination of these legal and practical skill sets allows our licensing professionals to be a valued part of your efforts to protect and commercialize your intellectual property.
For more information contact Teresa Lavoie at lavoie@fr.com
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Goodwin
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At Goodwin, we partner with our clients to practice law with integrity, ingenuity, agility and ambition. Our 1,400 lawyers across 13 locations in the United States, Europe and Asia excel at complex transactions, high-stakes litigation and world-class advisory services in the technology, life sciences, real estate, private equity, and financial industries. Our unique combination of deep experience serving both the innovators and investors in a rapidly changing, technology-driven economy sets us apart.
For more information contact Mitch Bloom at mbloom@goodwinlaw.com
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McCarter & English
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We take an integrated approach to grow and protect your innovations. Our intellectual property team of more than 100 lawyers and patent professionals combine technical and scientific acumen with legal skill and experience to collaboratively advance the assets and aspirations of today’s companies. Working dynamically across the core intellectual property law disciplines, our Intellectual Property practice delivers comprehensive solutions to strengthen, defend, and enforce our clients’ inventions, brands, and original works.
For more information contact Steven G. Davis at sdavis@mccarter.com
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Wolf Greenfield
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We have been a patent powerhouse for nearly nine decades. Clients—including Nobel Prize winners, Fortune 500 companies, technology startups and leading research universities—turn to us to help them protect their inventions, products and services, and build value in a competitive marketplace.
Here’s why clients choose Wolf Greenfield:
EXPERIENCE COUNTS. Our experience before the US Patent and Trademark Office, combined with our deep technical knowledge, produce strong patents with broad protection and claims that can be defended if litigation is threatened. When it’s a do-or-die situation, or clients have complex or technically challenging matters, they come to us.
SUPERLATIVE SERVICE. We strive to exceed our clients’ expectations when it comes to responsiveness, accessibility and personal attention, often providing off-the-clock assistance and education to support their strategic goals.
STABLE TEAMS. Clients appreciate the remarkable degree of stability among our people because they can rely on the consistency of a solid team to keep pace with their growth.
STRUCTURED TO SUCCEED GLOBALLY. Our legal support staff includes paralegals, search specialists, international filing specialists, and docketing and research professionals skilled at managing patent portfolios, and our client portal gives clients 24/7 access to their matter-level patent portfolio data. Working with select international patent firms in over 130 countries, we can choose the right international partner for our clients’ needs and budgets.
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