Southern California has become a world center of medical device innovation and development. From cardiac devices to ophthalmic innovation, and in virtually every medical application, Southern California has seen vast growth in the numbers of new companies, capital sources and personnel in the medical device industry. The lawyers at Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth have been at the forefront of the medical device industry evolution. Having assisted dozens of companies through the lifecycle of inception and creation through various funding rounds, acquisitions, and public and private liquidity events, the firm's medical device lawyers endeavor to understand the science and the markets for each company in order to provide optimum legal advice and solutions.

We apply our 30-plus years of corporate experience to legal needs of our medical device clients in areas such as company formation, venture capital and other private financing, debt and lease financing, public offerings, securities law, executive compensation and employee incentive plans, and mergers and acquisitions. With our employment law group we advise on employment issues of our life science clients. We also work closely with our litigation group in the event of disputes involving those clients, counseling to seek alternatives to litigation where appropriate, or assisting in the prosecution or defense of claims.

In addition, we specialize in advising on all types of technology transfer, including supply, OEM, distribution and license arrangements, joint ventures and strategic alliances. Our life science practice group, often working with our intellectual property, securities and tax attorneys, guides our clients through the complex process of structuring, negotiating and documenting these transactions for the exploitation of their technology, both in the United States and worldwide. Using the same expertise, we advise our clients on the acquisition of technology from inventors, academic and research institutions, and commercial sources.