San Diego is California's second largest city with a vibrant business community and a major center for technology and life science development. Start-up and established life sciences, clean technology, and information technology companies have developed in the region in recent years, encouraged by the concentration of universities and research institutions, as well as state and local support for research.

Professionals in our San Diego office have scientific and business backgrounds and are actively engaged in the business community. With a depth of experience in representing venture-funded bio-pharma and clean technology entities in domestic and international markets, they are well prepared to handle all aspects of biotechnology, nanotechnology, computer software and other emerging technologies. Our intellectual property lawyers and technology specialists have Ph.D.s or other advanced degrees in fields ranging from molecular biology to immunology, organic chemistry and biochemistry. Some have previously worked for life science companies, developing formulations and pharmaceuticals and bringing those products to market. Additionally, corporate attorneys hold advanced degrees and professional licenses in the real estate and investment industries.

The office offers corporate, bankruptcy, patent procurement and patent portfolio management services to life sciences and other venture-funded and emerging companies, as well as financial institutions. IP attorneys in our San Diego office are noted for helping early stage, emerging, developing and public biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies secure patents for their technology. They provide strategic counseling on the commercialization of patent portfolios to companies at the forefront of developing breakthrough solutions for cancer, cardiovascular and infectious diseases. Our lawyers have prosecuted hundreds of biotechnical, pharmaceutical and other chemical patents, earning a reputation for judicious management of patent portfolios involving complex technologies. Their clients look to them not only for their legal advice, but for their straightforward, practical guidance in developing patent portfolios that mirror their business strategies.

The corporate team in our San Diego office counsels established public and private companies, investment funds, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs on business formation, partnerships, joint ventures, licensing and technology issues. Distinguished by their broad-based knowledge of the tax, securities and real estate aspects of growing and financing public and private companies, they advise on corporate finance, private equity, securities compliance, governance and M&A matters.  The corporate team also has broad experience in handling complex insolvency matters including loan work-outs, debt restructuring transactions, foreclosures and receiverships and insolvency litigation.

San Diego's success as a thriving life sciences center is enhanced by the presence of its many research institutions and their collaboration with the region's business and venture communities. Many of the professionals in our office have degrees from or have worked as research assistants at these institutions. They are active participants in the life sciences and venture capital communities as authors on biotechnology and legal topics, as speakers at industry conferences and as members of organizations that promote the region's collaborative culture.