Angela Perez's practice is concentrated in business and finance, focusing on venture capital and private equity, mergers and acquisitions, corporate law, regulatory compliance, and commercial agreements. Her experience includes representation of clients in various industries, including biotechnology and life sciences, medical research, health care, OTC drugs and pharmaceuticals, and product manufacturing. Angela's experience also includes representation of clients at various stages of the company life cycle, from start-up to liquidity.
Angela regularly drafts and advises clients with respect to a myriad of commercial agreements, including those that are generally applicable across different industries such as confidentiality, employment, severance, employee equity incentive awards, partnership, support services, management services and licensing; as well as those that apply to specific industries such as clinical trial, manufacturing, co-packing, maintenance and repair, federal sub-contracts, and management services.
Angela is the Chair of Snell & Wilmer's Bioscience & Health Care Industry Group.
Representative Transactions
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Mergers and Acquisitions
- Represented a public company in its $52 million sale of an energy services subsidiary to another public company
- Represented a publicly held OTC drug manufacturer in its $85 million sale to a private equity group
- Represented a publicly held provider of digital power and motion control systems in its acquisition of the assets of a wireless radio remote control manufacturer
- Represented a processed food manufacturer in its sale of intellectual property and subsequent merger with a subsidiary of a foreign entity
- Represented a biotechnology company in its acquisition of a specialized division of a public company
- Represented a drug development company in its $37 million sale to a publicly held pharmaceutical company
- Represented a biotechnology research tools manufacturer and service provider in its sale to a world-leader in science services
- Represented an agricultural technology company in the formation of a joint venture with a French company
- Represented a medical device manufacturer in its acquisition of intellectual property assets
- Served as special counsel to a Canadian corporation in its $161 million acquisition of two Arizona companies
Venture Capital Transactions
- Represented a medical technology company in its Series C Preferred Stock financing
- Represented a biotechnology company in its Series A Preferred Stock financing
- Represented an online physician portal in multiple rounds of venture capital financing
- Represented a drug development company in a convertible debt offering
- Represented a sports medicine device manufacturer in multiple rounds of venture capital financing
- Represented a medical device manufacturer in its Series B Preferred Stock financing and subsequent bridge financing
- Represented a venture capital fund in several Series A Preferred Stock investments and follow-on financings
- Represented an accredited investor in the purchase of convertible debt of an emissions control technology manufacturer
Bioscience and Healthcare
- Represented numerous pharmaceutical and drug development companies, as well as contract laboratories, in the negotiation of clinical trial agreements
- Represented a research institute with respect to its participation in a nationwide project sponsored by the National Cancer Institute and National Institutes of Health and its negotiation and administration of material transfer agreements and related regulatory compliance
- Represented a foreign entity with regard to its establishment of a commercial tissue banking facility in the United States
- Represented a medical device component manufacturer in the negotiation of various manufacturing and tolling agreements
- Represented a clinical laboratory in the negotiation of various laboratory services agreements
- Coordinated with Arizona licensing authorities and oversaw health care licensing process for various hospitals and medical practices
Education
- University of Arizona College of Law (J.D., 2004)
- Harvard University (A.B., Biology, 2001)
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of Arizona
Professional Memberships & Activities
- Arizona BioIndustry Association (AzBio)
- 2010 Southwest Bioscience Expo, Co-Chair
- Award Selection Committee, Member (2009-2010)
- Member (2005-present)
- Northern Arizona Center for Emerging Technologies, Mentor
- State Bar of Arizona
- American Bar Association
- ASU Center for the Study of Law, Science and Technology, Former Research Fellow
- Greater Phoenix Leadership, Bioscience Task Force, Former Associate Director of Research
Community Involvement
- Harvard Club of Phoenix
- Board Member (2007-present)
- Early College Awareness Program, Co-Chair (2011)
- Events Chair (2008-2010)
- Schools & Scholarships Committee Member (2006-present)
- Valley Leadership Institute, Class XXXII
- Lift Up America’s Ambassadors of Compassion Program, Phoenix Liaison
- Volleyball Festival
- 2010 Alumnus of the Year
- Alumni Association, Arizona Liaison
- Renaissance Girl Reception, Featured Speaker (2009-2011)
- Arizona Town Hall Recorder (Fall 2009)
Other Professional Experience
- Snell & Wilmer, Summer Associate, Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona
- Arizona Court of Appeals, Division Two, Intern to Hon. J. Philip Espinosa, Tucson, Arizona
- Superior Court of Arizona, Clerk to Hon. Karen Adam, Court Commissioner
