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555 Mission Street, Suite 3000
San Francisco, CA 94105-0921
CALIFORNIA
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Ryan Murr
Work Department
Life Sciences, Corporate, Capital Markets
Position
Ryan currently serves as co-chair of Gibson Dunn’s Life Sciences Practice Group, as well as co-partner-in-charge of the firm’s San Francisco office. Ryan focuses on representing operating companies and investors in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, diagnostics and medical device industries in connection with securities offerings, corporate governance matters and business combination transactions. He serves as principal outside counsel for publicly-traded companies and venture-backed companies, advising management teams and boards of directors on general corporate matters, securities offerings, SEC reporting, corporate governance, licensing transactions and mergers & acquisitions. He also advises investment funds (private equity funds, hedge funds, venture funds and royalty buyout funds) in connection with investments in life sciences companies and assets.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Healthcare > Life sciences
(Leading partners)Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP’s life sciences practice represents biotech, pharma, and medical device companies in IP and corporate and commercial transactions. The firm has a strong transactional team advising both issuers and financial institutions in deals across M&A, venture financing, stock and asset acquisitions, and private and public securities offerings. Its patent litigation expertise includes cases under the Hatch-Waxman Act, as well as the enforcement of second- and third-generation, combination drug, and formulation patents. The practice is co-chaired by San Francisco’s Ryan Murr, who is vastly experienced in capital markets transactions, M&A, royalty financing, and corporate governance. Also co-chair, New York-based Jane Love handles high-value patent litigation, patent prosecution, and diligence advice connected to transactions.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners United States > Healthcare > Life sciences
- Life sciences United States > Healthcare
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- Antitrust > Merger control
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Government > Government contracts
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Fintech