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Michael C. Williams
Partner, Washington, D.C.

Michael Williams' practice involves a variety of business and corporate law matters, including counseling emerging and established life sciences, health care and technology companies; venture capital and strategic financing transactions; mergers and acquisitions; and alliances, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions.

As Co-chair of the firm's life sciences group, Michael's practice focuses on the representation of biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, and health care companies. He also works with a variety of technology-oriented businesses outside the life sciences area.

Michael counsels companies from their initial organization through maturity. He handles the full range of legal work for private businesses  including  formation, venture and strategic financings, key contractual relationships,  growth transactions and liquidity events. He is experienced with intellectual property protection, technology licensing, executive compensation, tax and other issues of critical importance to private technology companies. 

Michael also works with later stage companies on public and private financings, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance matters, strategic alliances and equity investments, and international transactions. He has worked with leading investment banks on capital markets transactions in the life sciences field.

Michael has lectured in the Johns Hopkins University masters in biotechnology program and speaks frequently on issues relating to life sciences companies. While in law school, Michael served as editor in chief of the Virginia Journal of International Law.

PRACTICES/INDUSTRIES
Corporate, Finance, and Tax
Corporate Governance
Corporate and Securities
Health
Life Sciences
Mergers and Acquisitions
Private Equity
AREAS OF FOCUS
  • Commercial transactions
  • Business formation
  • Corporate governance
  • Health care transactions
EDUCATION
LL.M., University of Cambridge, 1985 J.D., University of Virginia School of Law, 1984 B.A., University of Virginia, 1981
MEMBERSHIPS
  • Board of Directors, Public Welfare Foundation
BAR ADMISSIONS District of Columbia