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Lewis J. Geffen: Lawyer with Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Lewis J. Geffen

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Practice Areas

  • Corporate & Securities
  • Corporate Governance
  • Debt
  • Joint Ventures, Strategic Alliances, Collaborations & Licensing
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Securities Offerings & Compliance
  • Venture Capital & Emerging Companies
  • Technology Transfer & Licensing
 
Contact InfoTelephone: (617) 348-1834
Fax: 617-542-2241
Internet: Each Attorney's Internet Address takes the following form: first initial, last name @mintz.com (e.g., rmintz@mintz.com)
http://www.mintz.com/people/138/Lewis_J_Geffen
 
University University of Massachusetts at Amherst, B.A., summa cum laude, 1981
 
Law SchoolHarvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1987
 
Admitted1988, New York; Massachusetts
 
Biography

Lewis is a Member in the Corporate & Securities Section and Co-chair of the Venture Capital & Emerging Companies Practice Group, focusing primarily in the areas of venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, intellectual property, and securities law.

Lewis regularly represents technology-based companies, principally in the areas of biotechnology, biomedical, medtech, networking and communications, Internet, and software. His clients range in size from newly formed start-up ventures to large public companies. He routinely counsels these clients on their growth and development, advises their boards of directors and management, and assists them with a wide range of domestic and international transactions, including venture capital and other private financings, technology licensing, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances, and public offerings. Lewis also regularly represents venture capital firms in both fundraising and portfolio investment activities and underwriters in public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities.

Recent Speaking Engagements

· Moderator, Healthcare Panel, MIT's 14th Annual Venture Capital Conference: Jumpstarting an Innovation Economy, Boston, MA (November 2011)

Lewis is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and New York. He received his B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (1981) and his J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School (1987).

Industries

Health Care

Information Technology

Internet & e-Commerce

Life Sciences

Manufacturing

Real Estate

Telecommunications & Media

Venture Capital and Emerging Companies

 
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Tax Incentive to Invest in Small Businesses Prior to Year End
Daniel I. DeWolf,Lewis J. Geffen,Jeremy D. Glaser,Sarah A. Lowe, November 4, 2011
A special tax incentive for investments in small businesses is set to expire on December 31, 2011. Under current law, investors who purchase stock in certain small businesses (Qualified Small Businesses) on or before December 31, 2011 are entitled to exclude 100% of their capital gains on the sale...


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Lewis J. Geffen
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.

Boston, MA 02111




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