Rebecca Guzman Bio

Rebecca A. Guzman serves as global co-lead of the firm’s Private Equity industry group and also serves as Co-Chair of the Mergers and Acquisitions Division of the firm. Rebecca focuses on the representation of start-up and emerging growth companies with a focus on life science companies in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, diagnostics and healthcare IT industries. Her practice spans the entire corporate lifecycle, from formation through liquidity. In addition to her company client counsel, Rebecca represents a number of prominent venture capital funds and institutional investors in their financing activities. Rebecca is broadly experienced in M&A and has represented both buy-side and sell-side clients in transactions valued in excess of $25 billion. She also has extensive experience and regularly advises in all areas of Delaware corporate and alternative entity law. Rebecca was named to Best of the Bar by the Philadelphia Business Journal in 2022 and in 2023 was named a Most Effective Deal Maker by the Legal Intelligencer. Also in 2023, Rebecca was named to the Delaware Business Times’ 40 under 40, an annual list that recognizes the best young professionals under the age of 40 in the State of Delaware. In addition, Rebecca has been featured in Latinos Leaders Magazine. Rebecca is a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, where she won the Prosser Prize in Negotiations, and a graduate, with highest honors, of Lehigh University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Before law school, Rebecca was a Fulbright Scholar in Jakarta, Indonesia.