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.
Industries
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Nr. of Employees
small (1-50)
Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP
Services
Strategic counseling, worldwide patent prosecution and portfolio management for technology and life-sciences clients, including opinions and freedom-to-operate analyses.
Representation in administrative patent proceedings and coordination with district litigation when appropriate.
Counsel on company formation, governance, venture and growth financings, mergers and acquisitions, and fund formation.
Advice and representation for lenders, borrowers, insurers and fiduciaries in complex restructurings, Chapter 11 cases and out-of-court workouts.
Legal services across the real-estate lifecycle, including acquisition due diligence, zoning, permitting, construction financing, leasing and disposition.
Counsel on franchise loans, project financings, securitizations, media-rights financings and tax-exempt financings for sports, stadium and utility projects.
Strategic counseling, worldwide patent prosecution and portfolio management for technology and life-sciences clients, including opinions and freedom-to-operate analyses.
Representation in administrative patent proceedings and coordination with district litigation when appropriate.
Counsel on company formation, governance, venture and growth financings, mergers and acquisitions, and fund formation.
Advice and representation for lenders, borrowers, insurers and fiduciaries in complex restructurings, Chapter 11 cases and out-of-court workouts.
Legal services across the real-estate lifecycle, including acquisition due diligence, zoning, permitting, construction financing, leasing and disposition.
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
News & Updates
Firm represented Bain Capital Life Sciences as lead investor in a $100M Series C financing; financing to support IDE/PMA study and manufacturing expansion for a transcatheter heart valve company.
Discussion on the status and potential implications of proposed BIOSECURE Act and its impact on life-sciences companies and genomic data contracts.
Peer-reviewed recognition of multiple firm attorneys across practice areas; several attorneys named 'Lawyer of the Year' and others listed as 'Ones to Watch'.
Announcement of six attorneys elevated to partner with practice-area summaries for each.
Announcement of five attorneys promoted to principal with summaries of practice focus areas.
Announcement of seven attorneys promoted to principal, including practice-area summaries and roles in investigations, finance, IP and trial practice.
Firm represented Bain Capital Life Sciences as lead investor in a $100M Series C financing; financing to support IDE/PMA study and manufacturing expansion for a transcatheter heart valve company.
Discussion on the status and potential implications of proposed BIOSECURE Act and its impact on life-sciences companies and genomic data contracts.
Peer-reviewed recognition of multiple firm attorneys across practice areas; several attorneys named 'Lawyer of the Year' and others listed as 'Ones to Watch'.
Announcement of six attorneys elevated to partner with practice-area summaries for each.
Announcement of five attorneys promoted to principal with summaries of practice focus areas.
Announcement of seven attorneys promoted to principal, including practice-area summaries and roles in investigations, finance, IP and trial practice.