Ryan Enchelmayer Bio

Ryan is a partner in the Strategic Transactions & Licensing group. Ryan’s practice focuses on life sciences transactions and other strategic deals. Ryan works with innovative life sciences companies across a range of markets, locations and stages of development to in-license, sponsor, research, develop, protect, manufacture, scale up, market and sell, distribute, license-out and further commercialize their successful programs, products and service offerings. Ryan also helps life science and other technology-driven companies to partner and build new programs and collaborations, to acquire assets, products, programs and businesses, to prepare for and engage in strategic sale and related transactions, and to procure, scaffold and deploy supporting technologies, components, development, supply and other critical services relationships and key dependencies. He represents public and private companies, founders, investors, buyers, sellers and other interest holders in a variety of industries and stages, and regularly counsels them on the development, protection, sharing and enforcement of their important technologies and IP rights. Ryan received his J.D. from Berkeley Law (University of California, Berkeley, School of Law), where he was a member of the Berkeley Technology Law Journal and the Berkeley Business Law Journal. Prior to law school, he graduated summa cum laude from UCSD (University of California, San Diego), where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Ryan is also a member of the California Lawyers for the Arts (CLA), San Diego Steering Committee. Prior to joining Gunderson Dettmer, Ryan was an attorney in the Life Sciences and Healthcare and IP Transactions and Licensing practices of Paul Hastings LLP, where he also focused on life sciences, technology and commercial transactions, in addition to advising clients on trademark strategies and prosecution matters, licensing and settlements in connection with the resolution of IP-related disputes, and also coordinated San Diego pro bono initiatives.