Overview
Home to more than 1,000 life sciences companies, San Diego is renowned for its vibrant life sciences and biotechnology sectors. McDermott offers a wide range of related legal services in the San Diego region, including top-tier intellectual property (IP) litigation, prosecution, and transactions.
Many of our IP lawyers and legal professionals also focus on the technology industry, delivering significant experience and skill across disciplines such as mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, technology development, transactions, outsourcing, compliance, and operational issues.
We represent a range of clients, including leading public and privately held companies, biopharmaceutical companies, life sciences firms, financial institutions, venture capital-backed startups, and high-net-worth individuals. With unmatched sector experience, we provide strategic legal advice, creative perspectives, and practical solutions to address the full scope of regulatory and compliance issues these companies face.
Our lawyers are widely recognized by Chambers USA, US News-Best Lawyers, IP Today, Managing Intellectual Property, The Daily Journal, and other legal directories and ratings agencies. McDermott is committed to meeting the unique needs of clients in this growing biotech hub and supporting the San Diego community by fostering innovation and growth.
Douglas Carsten is the managing partner of the San Diego office.