Practice Areas
Focused expertise across the issues that matter most to healthcare and life sciences clients
Life Sciences & Clinical Research
We advise public and private life sciences companies on the structuring, negotiation, and drafting of all key agreements required to initiate and manage global clinical trials. With extensive experience across all phases of clinical development, we focus on speed-to-site activation and risk mitigation while ensuring regulatory compliance.
Services
- Clinical Trial Agreements (all phases)
- Informed Consent Forms and HIPAA Authorizations
- Sponsored Research Agreements
- Material Transfer Agreements
- Investigator-Initiated Trial support
- CRO and site agreements
- Clinical research collaboration structuring
Representative Clients
- Public and private biopharmaceutical companies
- Clinical-stage biotechnology companies
- Contract Research Organizations (CROs)
- Academic medical centers and research institutions
Commercial Transactions
We facilitate collaborations between life sciences companies and research institutions, contract research organizations, and commercial partners. We structure agreements to protect intellectual property while enabling the partnerships essential to advancing your pipeline and business objectives.
Services
- Licensing agreements (in-licensing, out-licensing, cross-licensing)
- Co-development and collaboration agreements
- Manufacturing and supply agreements
- Master services agreements
- Distribution and commercialization agreements
- Technology transfer agreements
- Consulting and advisory agreements
- Non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements
Outside General Counsel Services
We provide dedicated, fractional legal support designed to seamlessly integrate with and extend the capabilities of your internal legal team. Every engagement is led directly by a founding partner, ensuring senior-level attention, strategic alignment, and continuity. Our virtual structure allows us to scale with your needs while maintaining consistent, experienced counsel.
Services
- Day-to-day legal support and contract management
- Corporate governance (board matters, bylaws, charters, policies)
- Risk assessment and management
- Vendor and partner agreement negotiation
- Employment-related agreements
- Organizational policy development
- Strategic legal planning and counsel
- Legal department support and overflow capacity
Representative Clients
- Life sciences companies without dedicated in-house counsel
- Organizations seeking to extend in-house legal capacity
- Private charitable foundations
- Mission-driven organizations
Healthcare Regulatory & Compliance
We advise hospitals, health systems, physician practices, individual physicians, and industry executives on complex healthcare transactions and regulatory compliance matters. Our team provides practical, risk-mitigated strategies that satisfy both regulatory requirements and commercial objectives.
Services
- Regulatory compliance analysis and counsel (Anti-Kickback Statute, Stark Law, state equivalents)
- Physician consulting and advisory board arrangements
- Healthcare joint ventures and strategic partnerships
- Hospital and health system transactions
- Physician practice acquisitions and affiliations
- Compliance program development and assessment
- Telemedicine regulatory guidance
- Psychedelic-assisted therapy regulatory counsel
- Reimbursement agreements with third-party payors
Representative Clients
- Hospitals and health systems
- Physician practices and physician practice groups
- Individual physicians and healthcare executives
- Medical device companies
- Pharmaceutical manufacturers
- Telemedicine providers
- Psychedelic-assisted therapy providers