Carson Zheng

Drawing on past experiences from academia and the biotech industry, Dr. Zheng represents biopharmaceutical companies and research institutions on corporate, financial and commercial matters, with a particular emphasis on complex transactions involving intellectual property. Dr. Zheng counsels clients on corporate partnering issues, strategic alliances, technology licenses, and key commercial contracts.

Dr. Zheng is a committee member at the Los Angeles Intellectual Property Law Association.

Dr. Zheng rejoins Goodwin after serving as Assistant General Counsel at National Resilience Inc., an innovative biomanufacturing start-up, responsible for handling technology transactions. Previously, Dr. Zheng was an attorney at Munger, Tolles & Olson where he focused on intellectual property litigation and strategic counseling representing biopharmaceutical client and research institutions. Dr. Zheng was a judicial law clerk for Judge Jimmie Reyna at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, DC.

Prior to law school, Dr. Zheng spent more than a decade in biomedical research and drug discovery. He was Lecturer on Medicine at Harvard Medical School and held a concurrent appointment as Principal Scientist at the Cardiology Division of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Dr. Zheng was also a co-founder of the Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences, a joint venture between Harvard and a major Japanese pharmaceutical company. In addition to his scientific expertise, Dr. Zheng also has experience prosecuting patent applications in the areas of biotechnology and pharmaceuticals.