Overview

Powering innovations in biotechnology and life sciences, Winstead helps clients make the most of their investment, ideas and inventions.

From small start-ups to integrated corporations, Winstead’s biotechnology attorneys address and understand each stage of business growth. We counsel biotechnology innovators, organizations and investors through a wide range of phases and issues.

We support and protect. Commercialize, license and capitalize. And effectively network and participate within the biotechnology community.

To secure, promote and further our clients’ scientific advancements in the marketplace, Winstead's Biotechnology Industry Group offers in-depth services including:

• Intellectual property rights, enforcement and defense
• Corporate formation, preparation of initial offering documents and license agreements
• Research and preparation of patents, copyrights and trademarks 
• Filing and prosecution of patent applications 
• Building and management of patent portfolios 
• Development of licensing programs 
• Negotiation of licensing agreements 
• Material transfer, collaboration and sponsored research agreements 
• Initial corporate formation and documentation 
• Corporate partner and strategic alliance agreements 
• Labor and employment 
• Immigration 
• Liquidity events such as sale or merger transactions 
• Government contracts and grants 
• Initial public offerings 
• Financing – bank, angel, and venture capital locally and around the U.S.
• Compliance with federal and state securities laws, for public and private companies

Representative of our counsel in these areas are:

• Corporate transactions involving the building of a fully-integrated and virtual type companies. Transferring technology for use in product development. Structuring a new business model and acquiring funding capital. Complex securities transactions. Mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and corporate partnering agreements.
• Biotechnology patent prosecution including protecting and licensing patents, copyrights and other IP rights. Areas of experience include pharmaceutical industries, recombinant proteins, molecular agonists and antagonists and drug delivery devices.
• Pharmaceutical and biotechnology freedom to operate analysis of drug discovery targets, pharmaceutical formulations, assays, genetic constructs and bioprocessing.

Biotechnology Industry Group Team

Our biotechnology attorneys are frequent speakers at major life science conferences worldwide. We serve as board members of key biotechnology organizations and are sought by national media to offer analysis.

Teamwork and cooperation at all levels. Due to our extensive experience in representing start-up clients and entrepreneurs, our attorneys are efficient and focused on achieving the business objective while working within the agreed upon budget. Insightful legal counsel, solutions and strategic market connections for biotechnology clients in today’s competitive markets.