Overview Choate has extensive experience counseling innovative life sciences and technology entrepreneurs, from incubator startups to private equity and venture-backed corporations, along the entire business life cycle, from company formation and financing to patent portfolio strategy, licensing and collaboration, and exit strategies. We also regularly represent their investors in a comprehensive range of financing activities, including early-stage angel investments to large strategic investor led financing rounds, mergers and acquisitions, and public and private debt and equity offerings. Our corporate team regularly advises and assists clients in creating and implementing effective corporate governance structures and strategies for comprehensive ethics risk and compliance management. With deep legal and industry knowledge, enhanced by our 40+ PhDs and technology specialists, we efficiently and expertly structure and negotiate strategic transactions and key commercial agreements, as well as advise public companies on governance and board matters, communication strategies, investor relations, and securities reporting requirements. The firm is known for having business and scientific acumen in complex markets along the full spectrum of life sciences, technology and health care specialties.