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SA&M Encourages You to Attend “LAVA Healthcare: Digital Health Startups: From Ideas to Successful Exits” Featuring SAM Partner Kevin DeBré

LAVA Healthcare Presents:
Digital Health Startups: From Ideas to Successful Exits

Date
12 Jul 2018
Time
6:30pm – 9:00pm PDT
Location
ASU California Center
725 Arizona Ave,
Santa Monica, CA 90401, USA

Investments in digital health start-ups have been setting record highs since 2010. More than $23 billion flowed into digital health startups since 2010. 2017 saw the greatest amount of funding being poured into digital health to date with a steady increase in completed deals. For instance, in the first half of 2017, $3.5 billion was invested in 188 digital health companies – setting a record for the number of companies funded and the total amount invested.

LAVA’s distinguished panel will discuss (1) distinctive topics in building digital health ideas towards successful exit, (2) challenges and opportunities in the current investment environment, and (3) what it will take for founders and entrepreneurs to establish their start-ups as an attractive investment.

Please join LAVA on July 12th for an informative, interactive session and networking.

Panelists:

Kevin DeBré
Kevin D. DeBré is the chair of the Firm’s Intellectual Property & Technology Transactions Practice Group. Kevin advises entrepreneurs and companies that use intellectual property to build their businesses. Kevin has particular expertise in structuring and negotiating technology commercialization and patent licenses, strategic alliances, research and development collaborations, trademark licensing and brand merchandising agreements and manufacturing, distribution and marketing arrangements.

Kevin is a business lawyer, a registered patent lawyer and a former engineer. He is a frequent guest lecturer in undergraduate and graduate level entrepreneurship courses at UCLA Anderson School of Management, UCLA School of Engineering, USC Marshall School of Business, Pepperdine University and Chapman University, and serves as Chairman of the Caltech Entrepreneurs Forum, an organization that facilitates the growth and success of technology-based entrepreneurial ventures in Southern California. He has been quoted in numerous high-tech industry publications and has appeared on Bloomberg TV.

Kevin is the author of “Licensing of Trade Secrets and Know-How,” and a contributing author of “Joint Ventures and Strategic Alliances,” a chapter of Intellectual Property in Business Transactions, and is an update author of “Exploiting Trade Secrets by Licensing” and of “Form Licensing Agreements and Provisions.”

Harry Nelson
Harry Nelson, co-chairman of the Adaptive Health Capital board and member of the investment committee, is a leading healthcare advisor best known for the eponymous law firm he founded, Nelson Hardiman, LLP. At Adaptive Health Capital, he specializes in healthcare transaction advisory services and funding—Mergers & Acquisitions, bridge financing, etc. Beyond his healthcare, life sciences, and legal expertise, Harry is known nationally as a consummate leader at the intersection of healthcare law and business, as evidenced by his role in co-founding five healthcare-related start-ups in the last decade. Deeply immersed in healthcare transformation and innovation; he frequently speaks on cutting edge issues and the future of the industry itself. Proactively tackling timely healthcare issues, Harry is the co-author of the recent book, “From Obamacare to Trumpcare,” a survey of healthcare policy leading up to the Affordable Care Act and a prediction for the future direction of U.S. healthcare.

Harry’s thought leadership around the healthcare and life sciences industry has driven many next-generation healthcare ideas and initiatives to realization, including telehealth and other modalities of digital health and behavioral health.

Vishal Gandhi
Vishal Gandhi has been a senior-level M&A advisor for more than a decade at firms such as Banc of America Securities, Jefferies Inc., and MTS Health Partners. Vishal has partnered with several early-stage companies to steer their business toward new, challenging, and uncharted territory for the industry. Vishal is currently an independent advisor to Mount Sinai Innovation Partners, serving Mount Sinai Health System’s effort to commercialize internal innovation to better serve the global community.

His firm, Keval Health, is made up of senior healthcare investment banking professionals who have done extensive work alongside public and private healthcare organizations and private equity firms. They have worked on providing M&A advisory services, facilitating capital-raising efforts across debt, equity, and hybrid products, offering sell-side advisory services, divestitures, corporate carve-outs, royalty monetization advice and strategic and commercial partnerships.

Panel Moderator:

Edmond Banayan, MBA, MSIMC
Mr. Banayan has founded and led business ventures in healthcare, technology, and services. As Co-Founder and CEO of Chronaly Inc. (Chronaly), Mr. Banayan leads a multi-disciplinary team in their mission to develop and commercialize digital health applications for developmental disabilities such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Chronaly’s dedicated team is pushing the frontier of digital health and medicine by applying deep artificial neural networks, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other technological advancements to innovate and improve the lives, health, and health outcomes of millions of children and adults across the world with developmental disabilities. In addition to his leadership at Chronaly, Mr. Banayan is also Chairman of Los Angeles Venture Association (LAVA) Healthcare Strategic Interest Group. Mr. Banayan attended UCLA for his undergraduate degree and graduated with honorable mentions. Subsequent to UCLA, he received his graduate degrees in Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Science in Integrated Marketing Communications (MSIMC).

We hope to see you there!

Kevin DeBré Shares IP & Licensing Insights with Delegation from Poland

Stubbs Alderton & Markiles Partner Kevin DeBré meet with a delegation from Poland, sponsored by the U.S Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program, to discuss IP & Licensing in the U.S.

For more information about our IP & Technology practice contact Kevin DeBré at kdebre@stubbsalderton.com

Six Stubbs Alderton & Markiles’ Attorneys Listed as 2018 Southern California Super Lawyers

Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP is pleased to announce that six lawyers have been named to the 2018 Southern California Super Lawyers. Super Lawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. The patented selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.

Super Lawyers Magazine features the list and profiles of selected attorneys and is distributed to attorneys in the state or region and the ABA-accredited law school libraries. Super Lawyers is also published as a special section in leading city and regional magazines across the country. Lawyers are selected to a Super Lawyers list in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.

Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP would like to congratulate the following attorneys named to the 2018 Super Lawyers list –

Scott Alderton is a founding partner of the Firm, Managing Partner, and a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee. Scott is co-chair of the Firm’s Venture Capital and Emerging Growth Practice Group and chair’s the Firm’s Interactive Entertainment and Video Games Group. Scott advises both public and private clients across a number of industries, including technology, manufacturing and distribution of goods in commerce, finance, the Internet, interactive video games, and new media industries.

Kevin D. DeBré is the chair of the Firm’s Intellectual Property & Technology Transactions Practice Group. Kevin advises entrepreneurs and companies that use intellectual property to build their businesses. Kevin has particular expertise in structuring and negotiating technology commercialization and patent licenses, strategic alliances, research and development collaborations, trademark licensing and brand merchandising agreements and manufacturing, distribution and marketing arrangements. He also counsels clients on compliance with data security and privacy laws and regulations.

Jeffrey F. Gersh is a Partner of the Firm. He has litigated, arbitrated, or mediated complex business and commercial matters, for both plaintiffs and defendants, whether individuals, public or private corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and/or its members, shareholders and partners, involving various types of disputes, including contract matters, trade secrets, intellectual property (trademarks, copyrights and trade dress) negligence and fraud, employment, real estate, license agreements, the apparel and garment industry, and general business matters.

Daniel Rozansky is a Partner of the Firm in the Business Litigation Practice. Dan concentrates his practice on entertainment, privacy, First Amendment and complex business and real estate disputes. Dan’s areas of focus are entertainment finance, anti-SLAPP motions, unfair competition, trade secrets, intellectual property, surreptitious tape recording, reality television, profit participation, rights of privacy and publicity, real estate, partnership disputes and First Amendment issues. He represents clients both at the trial and appellate levels in state and federal court on a wide array of issues.

Michael Sherman is an accomplished trial lawyer in high-stakes, “bet-the-company” litigation, and has represented both large and early-stage companies as well as entrepreneurs in all facets of business and complex commercial litigation. He has evenly split his litigation practice on both the plaintiff and defense side of cases, has first-chaired numerous trials in complex matters in industries as varied as energy, securities, healthcare, environmental, consumer products, technology, project development/finance, advertising, real estate and apparel, and is highly skilled in class actions and unfair competition law.

Joe Stubbs is a founding partner of the Firm, and a member of the Firm’s Executive Committee. He is co-chair of the Firm’s Venture Capital and Emerging Growth Practice Group, and of the Firm’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group. Joe practices in the areas of corporate and securities law, emphasizing the corporate representation of both publicly-held and privately-held emerging growth and middle-market companies, venture capital and private equity firms, angel investment groups and investment banks.

The official Super Lawyers 2018 publication can be read in its entirety here.

For more information about Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, contact Heidi Hubbeling at hhubbeling@stubbsalderton.com or (310) 746-9803.

SAM Partner Kevin DeBré Speaking at FirstFridays @ UCLA TDG “Secrets of Startup Success”

Stubbs Alderton & Markiles’ Partner Kevin DeBré will be featured as a speaker at
UCLA FirstFridays on “Secrets of Startup Success.”
The event will be Friday, August 4th at 10889 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 820-20.

ABOUT UCLA TDG FirstFridays
UCLA Technology Development Group (TDG) hosts a monthly educational series and mixer called UCLA TDG FirstFridays.

The continental breakfast event will occur on the first Friday of every month from 9:00-10:30 in our conference room Suite 820-20, 10889 Wilshire Blvd.

The purpose of the event is to provide an opportunity for the campus and local communities to come and meet with our staff and interns, to hear a brief presentation on a variety of topics relevant to intellectual property and entrepreneurship at UCLA and to ask questions and network.

About Kevin DeBré
Kevin represents entrepreneurs and startup companies in building successful businesses. He is a corporate and intellectual property attorney and a partner at Stubbs Alderton and Markiles, LLP, a full-service, Los Angeles-based business law firm representing many of Southern California’s most promising emerging growth technology companies. Kevin structures and negotiates equity and debt investment transactions, technology development deals and commercialization agreements and ventures for monetizing intellectual property assets. Prior to Stubbs Alderton, Kevin was a partner in leading international law firms, including Brobeck Phleger & Harrison, LLP, where he headed the firm’s technology transactions practice in Southern California. Kevin is a registered patent attorney and worked as an engineer before law school. He served as a judicial law clerk for Hon. John G. Davies, United States District Court for the Central District of California and received his J.D. degree from Hastings College of the Law and his B.S. degree from the University of California, Davis.

We encourage you to attend!

SAM Partner Kevin DeBré Moderating Panel on “Innovation in Large Corporations/Scouting for Opportunities” at USC

Stubbs Alderton & Markiles’ Partner Kevin DeBré will be featured as a moderator at USC Viterbi School of Engineering on “Innovation in Large Corporations/Scouting for Opportunities” at their Technology Scouting Workshop. The event will be Tuesday, June 20th at the Marina del Rey Marriot from 8AM-5PM.

Technology Scouting Workshop
June 20, 2017
Marina del Rey Marriot
4100 Admiralty Way, Marina Del Rey, CA 90292

To register for the event click here.

To find out more about Stubbs Alderton & Markiles’ Intellectual Property & Technology Transactions practice contact Kevin DeBré at kdebre@stubbsalderton.com

SAM Partner Kevin DeBré Featured as Guest Lecturer at UCLA

Stubbs Alderton & Markiles’ Partner Kevin DeBré will be featured as a guest lecturer at UCLA’s School of Engineering “Laboratory to Market, Entrepreneurship for Engineers.” The event will be Tuesday May 23rd at the Math and Science Building at UCLA and will discuss a range of topics about legal issues for entrepreneurs. Some of the questions that will be answered are:

Do I need a corporation?
What is a sole-proprietorship?
What is a partnership?
What is a corporation?
An S-corp?
What is a LLC?
How does a team divide ownership?
What are stock options and who gets them?
Where to incorporate and why?

To find out more about Stubbs Alderton & Markiles’ Intellectual Property & Technology Transactions practice contact Kevin DeBré at kdebre@stubbsalderton.com

SAM Client Sofie Biosciences to Acquire Zevacor Pharma

Stubbs Alderton & Markiles’ client Sofie Biosciences, Inc, a developer of molecular imaging diagnostics and technologies to empower widespread access to Positron Emission Tomography (PET), announced last week that it has entered into a definitive agreement under which it will purchase Zevacor Pharma (previously IBA Molecular North America) and its high performance manufacturing and distribution network of PET imaging diagnostics and radio-therapeutics.

To read the full press release click here.

About Sofie Biosciences
SOFIE is a molecular imaging company combining new PET imaging diagnostics with innovative imaging and synthesis systems to provide researchers and physicians with tools to better investigate the biology of disease. By empowering a wide array of people with valuable, translational imaging tools, SOFIE is making PET scans more accessible. www.sofiebio.com

To find out more about Stubbs Alderton & Markiles’ Intellectual Property & Technology Transactions practice contact Kevin DeBré at kdebre@stubbsalderton.com

SAM Partner Kevin DeBré Featured as Speaker at Beverly Hills Bar Association Event

Stubbs Alderton & Markiles’ Partner Kevin DeBré will be featured as a speaker at “Commercial Activities Conducted Through the Internet: Exploration of Transactional Aspects, IP Rights, Business Law Considerations and Tax Issues.” The event will be Thursday May 11th, 2017 at the Beverly Hills Bar Association and will discuss and analyze a range of topics about allocation of digital IP rights, cross-border date transfers and compliance with applicable privacy laws, and data security and liability exposures from breaches and more.

To find out more information about this event click here.

To find out more about Stubbs Alderton & Markiles’ Intellectual Property & Technology Transactions practice contact Kevin DeBré at kdebre@stubbsalderton.com

Startup Superhero Series with Kimberly Brooks – Dot-Com Entrepreneur, Artist and Tech Wizard at Lightray

Join Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP
for this exclusive event!

What is a Startup Superhero? Join us as Kimberly Brooks, Founder and Chief Strategist of Lightray, is interviewed by Kevin DeBre, Partner at Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP, on the highs and lows of entrepreneurship, stories from her Dot-Com adventures, and how entrepreneurship has changed for her today.

When:
Thursday, February 23, 2017
5:30-6:15pm – Networking
6:15-7:30pm – Fireside Chat with Kimberly Brooks

Where:
SAM Preccelerator Program
1453 3rd Street Promenade, Suite 300
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Kimberly Brooks is a Contemporary American Painter, Innovator, Technologist. She has had numerous solo exhibitions in the United States and has been showcased in juried exhibitions, including curators from Mira Schor, Chris Burden, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Museum of Modern Art, California Institute of the Arts, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. As founding arts editor at the Huffington Post, Brooks grew the section to 22M unique monthly readers/month. She also founded the Science Section and Art Meets Science. In 1996, Brooks founded of Lightray, a web development incubator and design lab which works with numerous companies around the world: www.lightray.com. Website www.kimberlybrooks.com

Moderator

Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP is a business law firm with robust corporate, public securities, mergers and acquisitions, entertainment, intellectual property, brand protection and business litigation practice groups focusing on the representation of, among others, venture backed emerging growth companies, middle market public companies, large technology companies, entertainment and digital media companies, investors, venture capital funds, investment bankers and underwriters. The firm’s clients represent the full spectrum of Southern California business with a concentration in the technology, entertainment, videogame, apparel and medical device sectors. Our mission is to provide technically excellent legal services in a consistent, highly-responsive and service-oriented manner with an entrepreneurial and practical business perspective. These principles are the hallmarks of our Firm. For more information, visit www.stubbsalderton.com

SAM Partner Kevin DeBré Featured as Speaker at Funding in Fintech Event

Stubbs Alderton & Markiles’ Partner Kevin DeBré will be featured as a speaker at “Funding in Fintech: Who to Know, and How to Get it in Los Angeles.” The event will be February 7, 2017 in Santa Monica and will spotlight some hot startups and review the unique market dynamics that are turning Southern California into a financial services hot spot.

To find out more information about this event click here.

To find out more about Stubbs Alderton & Markiles’ Intellectual Property & Technology Transactions practice contact Kevin DeBré at kdebre@stubbsalderton.com

We encourage you to attend!

Join Stubbs Alderton & Markiles, LLP for this exclusive event!

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