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The Prinz Law Office's long association and experience in working with the world-renowned Bay Area life sciences community uniquely positions the firm as leader in the industry.
The Prinz Law Office has worked with both early stage and publicly traded, biotech and medical device companies, advising them on issues ranging from the negotiation of a complex milestone structure for the payment of royalties in a university license agreement and the negotiation of agreements to purchase a biotech product to the drafting of a complex agreement to purchase the rights in a patent portfolio and the drafting of a collaboration agreement to define the parties' rights in a jointly owned patent. The firm also has experience in handling complex negotiations with pharmaceutical companies in Asia and in Europe. The breadth of The Prinz Law Office's experience solidly establishes our expertise in the field.
Firm founder Kristie Prinz worked exclusively in the life sciences industry while employed in the biotech group of the prestigious intellectual property law firm of Pennie & Edmonds, LLP, so as Head of the Life Sciences Practice Group, she brings a high level of expertise to all life sciences licensing and agreement transactions. She completed the prestigious Global Bioexecutive Program at the UC Berkeley Haas School of Business in 2005, and is active in local life sciences organizations, serving as the Director of Life Sciences/Biotechnology for the Silicon Valley Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners. In addition, she participates on the Life Sciences and Entrepreneur Venture Catalyst Program planning committees for the Women's Technology Cluster in San Francisco. She is also involved with Bay Bio and the Licensing Executives Society.
Representative life sciences clients of The Prinz Law Office include Stratagent Life Sciences, Inc., IRIDEX Corporation, and Ascend Medical Physics, Inc. In addition, prior to establishing The Prinz Law Office, firm founder Kristie Prinz represented Associates of Cape Cod, Inc., Celgene Corporation, Corixa Corporation, CSL Limited, Genesoft, Inc., Mount Sinai School of Medicine of New York University, Novacea, Inc., Oxford Glycosciences, Plc., Pherin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Scios, Inc., and Vaxgen, Inc.
The firm's life sciences experience includes negotiating and drafting the following transactions:
Exclusive and Nonexclusive Patent License Agreements
Collaboration Agreements
Sponsored Research Agreements
Asset Purchase Agreements
Purchase and Supply Agreements
Nondisclosure Agreements
For more information on The Prinz Law Office, please check out our website at www.prinzlawoffice.com.