Sam Mawn-Mahlau

Sam A. Mawn-Mahlau

phone: 617-589-3818
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Sam is a business lawyer, serving as general counsel and advisor to businesses in the pharmaceutical, biotech and specialty pharmaceutical, medical device and software industries. His clients are focused on rapid growth through highly incentivized and educated workforces and focused business plans. He generally counsels clients developing valuable proprietary assets and a strong brand name, with an emphasis on near- to medium-term exit strategy, or an acquisitive/accretive strategy for growth. Sam works with public companies in sophisticated transactional matters, prominent universities and hospitals in commercializing intellectual property, newly formed corporations in a general counsel capacity, and private equity and venture investors worldwide.

Sam has extensive experience with venture capital financings, licensing and partnership agreements, mergers and acquisitions, and joint ventures. He frequently works with companies doing business in India, China, Canada and many other jurisdictions worldwide.

Sam began his legal career as a tax lawyer and is adept at handling matters motivated by complex tax issues, including cross-border transactions and joint ventures between taxable and tax-exempt entities. He still enjoys a guilty pleasure from parsing through lengthy tax regulations whenever the opportunity arises.

RESULTS

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  • Represented a cloud security provider in the sale of its Israeli subsidiary to a global software company.
  • Represented a medical device company in closing a $30+ Million private financing from multi-national investors, using special designed equity securities.
  • Counseled a U.S. pharmaceutical company regarding its merger with a Taiwanese company and the subsequent listing of the company on Taiwanese Exchanges.
  • Represented a Canadian provider of diagnostic imaging technology in negotiating partnership and distribution agreements.
  • Represented a biotechnology company doing business in India and the U.S. from its initial formation to its sale to a public company. In building the company, negotiated licenses for technology developed by Indian governmental and academic organizations, counseled the company on joint ventures with international partners, and handled equity compensation issues in both the U.S. and India.
  • Represented entrepreneur in a corporate control battle with other company founders, including managing the litigation strategy in Massachusetts and Delaware courts.
  • Represented major university in licensing medical and other technologies to early stage companies in exchange for both royalties and equity.
  • Represented an insurance company in successfully resolving claims relating to insurance of intellectual property representations in a stock sale transaction.

CREDENTIALS

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Distinctions:

  • Peer Review AV® Preeminent™ rated by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest bestowed rating

Admitted:

  • Massachusetts

Member:

  • Boston Bar Association (Past Co-Chair of International Law Section, past Tax Section Council Member, and chair of committees on International Taxation and on Federal Tax and Business Transactions)
  • The Indus Entrepreneurs
  • Boston Bar Foundation

Firm Representative:

  • International Lawyers Network

MORE THAN A LAWYER

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Sam’s greatest pleasures are gardening and cooking with his wife and three children. He considers himself a wanderluster and likes to immerse himself in the literature and history of the places he visits. Sam has a deep appreciation for the arts and has been involved in the founding and growth of two innovative musical institutions – the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Inc. (BMOP) and Odyssey Opera. Despite his involvement in the classical music scene, Sam professes absolutely no musical talent of his own. He is also active in the class and alumni associations of his alma maters, especially Amherst College.

Prior to law school, Sam served as deputy director for the Massachusetts Democratic Party and as a campaign manager for then-state senator (and later Congressman) John W. Olver, who at one time was the only member of the House of Representatives with a PhD in the sciences. Sam retains a keen interest and involvement in politics, policy and diplomacy. As a survivor of stage 4 non-Hodgkins lymphoma , Sam supports several cancer research organizations.

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Founders Doing Good, panel moderator at TiE StartupCon

Cuba: Open for Business, panel moderator at BBA program

Connected Health, chair and panel moderator at TiECON East Conference

Smart Growth, panel moderator at TiE Boston's 7th Annual Forum for Social Entrepreneurs - Rethinking the Power of the Community

Personalized Medicine, panel moderator at TiECON East Conference

ForSE 2011: Forum for Social Entrepreneurs, panel moderator at TiE Boston event

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