Dr. Laurie McNamara is a partner in the San Diego and San Francisco offices of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she focuses her practice on matters related to intellectual property and patent prosecution strategy for early-stage through clinical stage therapeutics companies. She counsels clients on matters related to global patent portfolio development and strategy, non-infringement, patentability, and freedom-to-operate studies. She advises company clients in connection with major financial transactions such as collaboration agreements, venture financings, merger & acquisitions, and public offerings. In addition to company-side representation, Laurie works with top venture capital firms related to IP diligence of target companies for financings. Laurie has represented venBio, OrbiMed, Logos Capital, Venrock, Foresight Capital, Novo Holdings, Vida Ventures, Avalon BioVentures, Two Bear Capital, and Samsara BioCapital, in connection with financings of target companies developing biologics therapeutic programs.