Laurie McNamara, Partner at Wilson Sonsini
Today, my guest is Laurie McNamara, a Partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she focuses her practice on matters related to intellectual property and patent prosecution strategy for early-stage through clinical stage therapeutics companies. She counsels clients on matters related to global patent portfolio development and strategy, non-infringement, patentability, and freedom-to-operate studies. She advises company clients in connection with major financial transactions such as collaboration agreements, venture financings, merger & acquisitions, and public offerings.
In addition to company-side representation, Laurie works with top venture capital firms related to IP diligence of target companies for financings. Laurie has represented venBio, OrbiMed, Logos Capital, Venrock, Foresight Capital, Novo Holdings, Vida Ventures, Avalon BioVentures, Two Bear Capital, and Samsara BioCapital, in connection with financings of target companies developing biologics therapeutic programs. Prior to her legal career, Laurie obtained her Ph.D. from Northwestern University in biochemistry where she studied Ca2+/calmodulin-regulated protein kinases and their role as drug discovery targets for neurodegenerative diseases.
