Bio

Fahd Riaz focuses his practice on corporate counseling and finance transactions, mergers and acquisitions, partnering, licensing and commercial transactions. His clients range from emerging growth companies to Fortune 50 companies, specifically in industrial, life and physical sciences and technology. He has served as lead counsel for industrial, life science, and technology companies in a number of large industry transactions, in the United States, Europe, and Asia, including large collaborations and M&A. He uses his skillset, including his technical background as a molecular biologist and former technology industry experience in fulfilling the special business and legal needs of public and private companies as they seek to form joint ventures, partnerships, and other complex collaborations, acquire financing; and execute mergers, acquisitions and licensing transactions. Related matters include negotiation and drafting of technical contractual arrangements related to the conducting and outsourcing of development, manufacturing and supply, distribution, marketing and promotion. He serves as outside general counsel for clients and advises boards of directors on disclosure issues, corporate communication policies and fiduciary duty matters.