Bio

Ben Lajoie is a commercial litigation and corporate attorney who solves his clients’ complex problems. Ben’s technical skills, paired with his attentive and pragmatic approach to client advocacy and representation, yields repeat clients who turn to him for help in making critical decisions, evaluating opportunities, structuring transactions, and handling high-stakes disputes, primarily in the high-risk and high-return worlds of life sciences, technology, and finance. In the litigation arena, Ben handles complex litigation and investigation matters, including multidistrict litigation, business litigation, and class actions. He has helped lead multidistrict litigation involving medical device product liability on behalf of nationwide consumers, represented companies in competitor suits from unfair and deceptive trade practice claims and contract disputes, and represented a class of beneficiaries for breach of fiduciary duty against the institutional trustee. On the corporate front, Ben provides a broad range of services to emerging, high-growth companies as well as investors, primarily in the life sciences and technology industries. He is their trusted advisor and adept at guiding these entities through every stage of their life cycle, including through business model issues, equity and debt financing and strategy, and development of quality investor materials. Ben brings a deep understanding of how these companies are formed, financed, and grown. Ben’s corporate legal work includes drafting and negotiating contracts, corporate governance, strategic collaborations, venture and debt financings, mergers and acquisitions, labor and employment, protecting and licensing of intellectual property, and regulatory compliance. When litigation is necessary, he advances his clients’ needs in a practical and cost-effective manner. J.D., University of New Hampshire School of Law, 2015, magna cum laude, Managing Editor, UNH Law Review, Stanley M. Brown Scholarship Recipient, B.A., Bates College, 2010.