Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
A Boston-based law firm offering national and international legal services from a single office. The firm provides counsel across intellectual property and life sciences, finance and restructuring, private equity and M&A, real estate, litigation and investigations, and wealth management. The firm highlights technical and scientific expertise within its IP and life-sciences practices and offers integrated transactional, regulatory, insolvency, and litigation services.
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Services
Intellectual property counseling and prosecution
Strategic counseling, worldwide patent prosecution and portfolio management for technology and life-sciences clients, including opinions and freedom-to-operate analyses.
Post‑grant proceedings and patent litigation support
Representation in administrative patent proceedings and coordination with district litigation when appropriate.
Corporate, M&A and venture financing counsel
Counsel on company formation, governance, venture and growth financings, mergers and acquisitions, and fund formation.
Restructuring, insolvency and DIP financing counsel
Advice and representation for lenders, borrowers, insurers and fiduciaries in complex restructurings, Chapter 11 cases and out-of-court workouts.
Real estate development, leasing and finance services
Legal services across the real-estate lifecycle, including acquisition due diligence, zoning, permitting, construction financing, leasing and disposition.
Project and structured finance advisory
Counsel on franchise loans, project financings, securitizations, media-rights financings and tax-exempt financings for sports, stadium and utility projects.
Intellectual property counseling and prosecution
Strategic counseling, worldwide patent prosecution and portfolio management for technology and life-sciences clients, including opinions and freedom-to-operate analyses.
Post‑grant proceedings and patent litigation support
Representation in administrative patent proceedings and coordination with district litigation when appropriate.
Corporate, M&A and venture financing counsel
Counsel on company formation, governance, venture and growth financings, mergers and acquisitions, and fund formation.
Restructuring, insolvency and DIP financing counsel
Advice and representation for lenders, borrowers, insurers and fiduciaries in complex restructurings, Chapter 11 cases and out-of-court workouts.
Real estate development, leasing and finance services
Legal services across the real-estate lifecycle, including acquisition due diligence, zoning, permitting, construction financing, leasing and disposition.
Project and structured finance advisory
Counsel on franchise loans, project financings, securitizations, media-rights financings and tax-exempt financings for sports, stadium and utility projects.
Expertise Areas
- Intellectual property law and patent prosecution
- Post‑grant proceedings and patent trials
- Life sciences and technology corporate counsel
- Restructuring and bankruptcy (including DIP financing and workouts)
Key Technologies
- Gene therapy
- Gene editing (including CRISPR and epigenetic editing)
- Nucleic acid therapeutics (RNA editing, RNAi, antisense)
- Small-molecule therapeutics