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