Michael Torosian > Baker Botts L.L.P. > San Francisco, United States > Lawyer Profile
Baker Botts L.L.P. Offices
101 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 3070
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA 94111
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Michael Torosian
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Partner
Career
Michael Torosian is a partner in the Corporate Practice in the San Francisco office. Michael is outside general counsel to emerging companies and their investors and advisors at all stages, from formation and seed financing through development of the business and venture capital financings, through the liquidity event, whether a sale of the company or an IPO, and life as a public company.
Michael represents private companies, public companies, venture capital firms, investment banks and financial advisors in the technology, renewable energy, and life sciences industries.
He advises clients on corporate securities, finance, commercial transactions, intellectual property, patent, trademark, executive compensation and benefits, regulatory, tax, employment, data security and privacy, real estate, litigation and international matters. In addition, he counsels public company management and boards on corporate governance, disclosure and reporting obligations and SEC, FINRA and exchange matters.
Prior to his legal career, Mr. Torosian worked with management and boards of directors of companies in audit and consulting as a CPA at a Big Four firm.
Memberships
State Bar of California
Education
J.D., Duke University School of Law 2000
Master of Laws, Duke University 2000
M.P.A., Business & Professional Accounting, The University of Texas 1994
B.B.A., Accounting, The University of Texas 1993
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Healthcare > Life sciences
The IP and life sciences team at Baker Botts L.L.P. serves a broad client base consisting of biotech, medtech, and pharmaceutical companies. Working in close collaboration with the litigation and antitrust departments, the team dispenses ‘outstanding tactical advice’ on drug price fixing cases, class actions, and evaluations of third party IP rights. Steve Lendaris leads the practice from New York, assisting clients with biotech IP issues, product launches, and the development of patent filing strategies. San Francisco’s Michael Torosian advises emerging companies and investors on venture capital financings and IPOs, while William Lavery supports the team from Washington DC, drawing on his expertise in government investigations and antitrust litigation. Stephen Hash and Margaret Sampson left the practice in July 2022. Courtney Fore left the firm for an in-house position in May 2022.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
Firm Rankings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Tax > International tax
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense