Gavin Liu

Life Sciences & Healthcare Attorney. Strategize. Catalyze. Protect.

Licensed in: California

About

Servicing licensing, partnering, fundraising, and commercial contracting transactions, with industry expertise in biotech, pharma, and healthcare. Fractional GC services also provided.

Practice Areas

Commercial Contracts > LicensingHealth & Life > BiotechHealth & Life > PharmaceuticalsIntellectual Property > IP LicensingTechnology Law > HealthtechGeneral CorporateCommercial Contracts

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Services

Fractional GC Services
Monthly retainer model for fractional GC support across organizational legal needs: contracting, corporate, compliance, employment, trademark, etc.
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Strategic Transactions Support
Full-cycle and comprehensive support for investment, partnering, licensing, M&A/divestment, and other strategic transactions
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Contracts Counsel Services
Support for operational contracting support (e.g, CDAs, MTAs, sponsored research, SaaS and other vendor agreements, consulting agreements)
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Work

Senior Director, Strategic Transactions
Astellas Pharma US
Aug 2020 - Apr 2025
Associate
Latham & Watkins LLP
Nov 2014 - Jul 2020
Research Assistant, Keck Center for Integrative Neuroscience
UCSF
Jun 2010 - Feb 2011

Education

University of Berkeley School of Law
J.D.
Duke University
B.S. • 2010