Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is a key adviser for life sciences companies across all development stages, providing assistance on intellectual property protection, transactions, and regulatory compliance. The firm’s AI practice is expanding, highlighted by its representation of SandboxAQ in its $500m Series D financing. The group also serves the venture capital units of leading corporations, including Samsung, Alphabet, and Comcast. The practice is jointly helmed by Jeffrey Bodle in Philadelphia, who specializes in company formation, angel and venture capital financings, and IPOs, and John Park in Silicon Valley, who concentrates on debt and equity offerings, recapitalizations, and M&A. Princeton-based Steven Cohen offers expertise to investors and emerging growth companies in the Mid-Atlantic region and is recognized for his ‘deep knowledge’ of the lifecycle of emerging companies.
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‘Strong experience in venture capital, including all stages of the VC cycle.’
‘Steve Cohen is deeply knowledgeable about every stage of the life cycle of a VC company, including capital raising and exits.’
‘Scott Karchmer is the best Venture lawyer I have ever met. He is a unique combination of knowledge, business sense, professionalism, loyalty, and a joy to work with.’
‘Morgan Lewis is a full-service legal firm with the resources to negotiate with the biggest companies around, while having the personalized service willing to cater to a small, early start-up.’
‘Scott Karchmer is extremely knowledgeable across any legal topic a start-up might have, and also has great communications skills, able to break down any situation in simple language that I can understand and act upon.’
Key clients
- Fanatics
- CapitalG
- Third Point
- Comcast Ventures
- G20 Ventures
- New Science Ventures
- OMERS
- SandboxAQ
- bloXroute Labs
- Startup Health
Work highlights
- Represented SandboxAQ in its $500m Series D financing.
- Represented QurAlis Corp. in its $88m Series B financing led by EQT Life Sciences.
- Represented Contentstack in its dual-tranche Series C financing of up to $80m and secondary repurchase of common stock of up to $15m.
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Practice head
Jeffrey Bodle; John Park
Other key lawyers
Steven Cohen; Scott Karchmer; Julio Vega