Located in the biotech hub between Los Angeles and San Diego, Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth has a great deal of experience and expertise in this cutting-edge industry.

Companies throughout the world are increasingly focusing on biotechnology. In Southern California, as companies combine disciplines like genetics, molecular biology, biochemistry, embryology, and cell biology, which are in turn linked to practical disciplines like chemical engineering, information technology, and robotics, we serve their legal needs. Lawyers at Stradling represent progressive biotech explorers and their investors and funds.

We apply our 30-plus years of corporate experience to legal needs of our biotech 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 biotech 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, our biotechnology group specializes in advising on all types of technology transfer issues, including supply, OEM, distribution and license arrangements, joint ventures, and strategic alliances. Our business attorneys, often working with our intellectual property, securities and tax specalists, 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.