People•Sarah Hibbard
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Sarah Hibbard

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People•Sarah Hibbard

Attorney and former in-house general counsel, Sarah Hibbard, helps technology, life sciences, and digital health companies create a strong legal foundation and position themselves for growth on the journey from research to commercial success, drawing on in-house start-up and multibillion-dollar company experience.

Her focus includes general corporate governance, private debt and equity financings, and mergers and acquisitions, as well as structuring and negotiating intellectual property and commercial transactions such as licensing and tech transfers, collaborations, pre-clinical and clinical research, research and development activities, and manufacturing.

Sarah also helps boards and C-suites balance corporate governance and risk, steward and deploy capital, and carefully navigate the interplay between stock performance, legal compliance, litigation, and operational continuity. In addition, she advises companies in dealings with government agencies, legislators, and other stakeholders.

Prior to joining Snell & Wilmer, Sarah was general counsel for a San Diego-based biotechnology company operating in the oncology space. Her experience includes biotech, medical device, and aesthetics, as well as hardware and XaaS technologies.  
 

  • Thomas Jefferson School of Law (J.D., 2010)
  • San Diego State University (B.S., Business Administration, 2006)

  • San Diego County Bar Association, Member (2021-Present)
    • Governance Committee (2021-Present)
  • Women in Bio, Member (February 2020-Present)
    • Founders Forum, Co-Vice Chair (June 2020-Present)
  • Athena, Women in STEM, Member (November 2019-Present) 
  • Licensing Executive Society, Member (2018-Present) 
  • California Lawyers Association, Member (2010-Present) 
    • Working Group on Stakeholders Capitalism and ESG, Member (September 2020-Present)
    • Business Law Section Consumer Financial Services Committee, Past Co-Chair (July 2018-September 2019)

  • Aztec Mentor Program, San Diego State University, Mentor (2015-Present)

  • EpicentRx, Inc., Vice President & General Counsel (2018-2020)
  • Encore Capital Group, Inc., Manager of Public Policy (2012-2018)
  • Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann, Staff Attorney (2011-2012) 

  • California
  • Maryland

  • United States District Court, Southern District of California
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