Charles Lyon > Choate, Hall & Stewart > Boston, United States > Lawyer Profile

Choate, Hall & Stewart has an experienced investor-side practice that represents several highly active venture and private equity funds. The Boston-based firm has good credentials in a range of life sciences and technology-related sectors including big data and analytics, cloud computing, fintech, cybersecurity, health, robotics, and the internet of things. Fund clients, which include 5AM Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and Vertical Venture Partners, also benefit from the firm’s transactional expertise, where ‘the team’s experience, responsiveness, flexibility, practical advice and collaborative nature are beyond compare‘. The ‘terrific‘ practice head Brian Goldstein ‘makes the cross department interactions fairly seamless‘, particularly with key areas such as IP, where partner Charles Lyon is valued for his ‘ability to take complex science and distill it to allow us to make important business and IP decisions‘. Corporate partner Tobin Sullivan is also highly active in this space.

Praised for being ‘very responsive, collaborative, and pleasant to work with’, Boston-based firm Choate, Hall & Stewart offers a solid patent prosecution practice, which is particularly well known for providing strategic patent counseling to life sciences clients, be it start-ups, venture-backed mid-size companies or large biopharma companies. Brenda Herschbach Jarrell and Charles Lyon share the lead of the team, which has a particular experience in matters related to financings, IPOs, product launches, or acquisitions, and also shows good capabilities when handling reexaminations and post-grant proceedings. Partners Kristen Buteau and Stephanie Schonewald are other names to note.