Monika Wagner

Monika Chawla Wagner is an associate in Goodwin’s Business Law department and a member of its Life Sciences group. Monika advises high-growth life sciences and technology companies in a broad range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, capital markets transactions, and venture financing deals. She also counsels companies on day-to-day corporate governance and strategic matters. She joined Goodwin in 2023.

In addition to her corporate work, Monika maintains an active pro bono practice, including representation of refugees and immigrants in asylum matters as well as tenants in housing disputes.

While attending law school, Monika was a legal intern at the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, and a student attorney at Villanova Law’s Federal Tax Clinic. She also served as Staff Writer and Managing Editor of Production of the Villanova Law Review.

Monika’s recent representative experience, among others, includes:

Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets:

• Markforged in its $115 million sale to Nano Dimension
• Aerovate Therapeutics in its reverse merger with Jade Biosciences and $300 million concurrent financing
• AVROBIO in its reverse merger with Tectonic Therapeutic, including contingent value rights (CVRs) and concurrent private placement financing
• ImmuNext in its $525 million sale to Royalty Pharma plc
• Theseus Pharmaceuticals in its $185 million sale to Concentra Biosciences
• Societal CDMO in its $130 million sale to CoreRX
• Alkermes plc in its cross-border spin-off of its oncology business, Mural Oncology plc 
• Goldman Sachs & Co. as lead underwriter in Myriad Genetics’ $126.5 million follow-on offering 
• Societal CDMO in its $35.6 million concurrent public offerings of common and preferred stock*
• Renovacor in its sale to Rocket Pharmaceuticals*
• Collegium Pharmaceutical in its $604 million acquisition of BioDelivery Sciences International*

Private Financings:

• Barti Software in its $12 million Series A financing
• Helicore Bioventures in its $15 million Series A financing
• VidaFuel in its Convertible Note financings
• ChalkBooks in its Series Seed financing
• Endue in its Series Seed financing
• Gladiate Technologies in its Series Seed financing
• UrgentIQ in its Series Seed financing
• FF Violet (VI) Venture Capital Fund in the Series Seed financing of Benny
• Quorus in its Series Seed financing
• Tamarack Software in its Series Seed financing

*Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin

Prior to joining Goodwin, Monika was an associate in the New York office of Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP.

• Author, “Catch Me If You Can: The Federal Government’s Long-Winded Chase To Round Up Immigrants And Defund Sanctuary Cities,” 65 Vill. L. Rev. 191, (2020).