From a company’s inception to its exit and everything in between, Cortney Mendenhall represents business clients through all aspects of their life cycle. As an attorney focused on the life sciences sector, Cortney has significant experience representing clients in the human health, animal health, and biosecurity industries. In that regard, she works closely with the other groups within the firm to provide fully integrated representation to her clients. Cortney has nearly 10 years of experience representing companies in corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, licensing, and other strategic transactions.
She often advises companies with respect to:
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Entity selection and formation
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Negotiation of shareholder and buy-sell agreements
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Negotiation and execution of initial and subsequent rounds of equity financing
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Negotiation of licensing agreements, technology transfer agreements, material transfer agreements, employment and consulting agreements, services agreements, clinical trial agreements, and other commercial agreements
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Structuring and negotiation of exit transactions