Fahd M.T. Riaz

Partner

Fahd M.T. Riaz is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Business and Finance Practice and a member of the Life Sciences Transactions Practice. Mr. Riaz has served as lead counsel for pharmaceutical, biotech, and device companies in a number of large life sciences industry transactions. In addition to providing general corporate and transactional advice, Mr. Riaz's practice focuses particularly on fulfilling the special business and legal needs of public and private life sciences companies as they seek to form joint ventures, partnerships, and other complex collaborations; acquire venture capital financing; and execute mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and licensing agreements.

Mr. Riaz's clients range from early-stage biotechnology startups to global pharmaceutical companies, as well as medical device and other technology companies. Drawing upon his technical background as a molecular biologist, he advises and provides an assortment of services for these clients in support of a variety of mission-critical undertakings, including the negotiation and structuring of both development and commercial transactions, the facilitation of equity investments, and the navigation of other matters that often accompany such transactions. Related matters include the negotiation and drafting of technical contractual arrangements related to the conducting and outsourcing of drug discovery, development, manufacturing and supply, and marketing. Mr. Riaz serves as outside general counsel for clients and advises boards of directors on disclosure issues, corporate communications policies, and fiduciary duty matters.

Mr. Riaz is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York, and Massachusetts and before the U.S. Supreme Court.