Lewis J. Geffen retired from Mintz in 2025. He was previously a Member in Mintz’s Corporate Practice.
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Mintz Venture Watch — Volume 5: A Report on Deal Trends from Q1 and Q2 2023
August 21, 2023 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Lewis Geffen, Jeremy Glaser
Despite choppy market conditions for private companies, the Mintz Venture Capital & Emerging Companies team remained busy advising emerging companies of all sizes and at all stages of growth across a wide range of industries. For the first half of 2023 we completed 72 transactions, with an aggregate deal value in excess of $1.6 billion. Below are a few highlighted transactions:
Mintz Venture Watch — Volume 4: A Report on Deal Trends from 2022
February 9, 2023 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Lewis Geffen, Jeremy Glaser
This edition of Mintz Venture Watch reports on the firm’s VC transaction activity in 2022, including data for Q3 and Q4. Mintz represented issuers and investors in the life sciences, cybersecurity, energy, and other sectors in more than 128 transactions valued at more than $3 billion in 2022.
Mintz Venture Watch — Volume 3: A Report on Deal Trends from Q1 and Q2 2022
August 17, 2022 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Lewis Geffen, Jeremy Glaser
Mintz Venture Watch — Volume 2: A Report on Deal Trends from Q3 and Q4 2021
February 9, 2022 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Lewis Geffen, Jeremy Glaser
Mintz Venture Watch — Volume 1: A Report on Deal Trends from Q1 and Q2 2021
August 10, 2021 | Article | By Daniel DeWolf, Lewis Geffen, Jeremy Glaser
Webinar Recording: Incubating and Launching New Life Science Companies
March 9, 2021 | Webinar | By Lewis Geffen
CAUTION: Director Veto Rights in Financing Documents May Constitute “Disproportionate Voting”
January 2, 2019 | Article | By Lewis Geffen
News & Press
173 Mintz Attorneys Across 53 Practice Areas Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America 2026
August 28, 2025
173 Mintz attorneys across 53 practice areas have been recognized by Best Lawyers® in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Five Mintz attorneys received 2026 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 61 firm attorneys were included in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
Mintz has earned top rankings in the 2025 edition of Legal 500 United States and Canada guides. The firm is recognized in 20 practice categories, and 78 of its attorneys are individually ranked in the guide, with several receiving recognition in more than one category. Additionally, two attorneys are featured in the "Hall of Fame," seven attorneys are named "Leading Lawyers," and five attorneys are recognized as a "Next Generation Lawyers."
Mintz Advises Relation Therapeutics on Strategic Investment from GSK
December 13, 2024
Mintz advised Relation, an industry leader in deploying computation and experimentation to drug discovery, on an equity investment of $15 million from GSK in connection with two simultaneous strategic collaborations with GSK, a global biopharma company. The collaborations are aimed at advancing the development of novel therapeutics for fibrotic diseases and osteoarthritis – conditions which affect millions worldwide and which currently have few treatments addressing their root causes.
The Best Lawyers in America 2025 Recognizes 184 Mintz Attorneys across 56 Practice Areas
August 15, 2024
187 Mintz attorneys have been recognized by Best Lawyers® in the 2025 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Notably, three Mintz attorneys received 2025 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 64 firm attorneys were included in the 2025 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
Mintz has earned top rankings in the 2024 edition of Legal 500 United States guide. The firm is recognized in 14 practice categories, and 72 individual attorneys are also recognized in the guide, some in more than one category. Additionally, two attorneys are featured in the "Hall of Fame," three attorneys are named "Leading Lawyers," four attorneys are recognized as a "Next Generation Lawyers" and one attorney is recognized as a "Rising Star."
Mintz has earned top rankings in the 2024 edition of Legal 500 United States guide. The firm is recognized in 14 practice categories, and 72 individual attorneys are also recognized in the guide, some in more than one category. Additionally, two attorneys are featured in the "Hall of Fame," three attorneys are named "Leading Lawyers," four attorneys are recognized as a "Next Generation Lawyers" and one attorney is recognized as a "Rising Star."
Mintz is pleased to announce that 120 firm attorneys have been recognized as leaders by Best Lawyers® in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©.
BOSTON – Mintz has earned top rankings in the 2023 edition of Legal 500 United States guide. The firm is recognized in 14 practice categories, and 59 individual attorneys are also recognized in the guide, some in more than one category.
BOSTON – Mintz has earned top rankings in the 2023 edition of Legal 500 United States guide. The firm is recognized in 14 practice categories, and 59 individual attorneys are also recognized in the guide, some in more than one category.
Best Lawyers® recognized 108 firm attorneys in the 2023 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Notably, two Mintz attorneys – Poonam Patidar and Scott M. Stanton – received 2023 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 28 firm attorneys were included in the inaugural edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
Mintz Practice Groups and Attorneys Garner Top Rankings in 2020 Edition of The Legal 500 United States
June 12, 2020
Events & Speaking
Recognition & Awards
Best Lawyers in America: Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice (2021 - 2023, 2026); Corporate Law (2021 – 2026)
Recognized by The Legal 500 United States as “a well-known life sciences expert” for Venture Capital and Emerging Companies (2014)
Recommended by The Legal 500 United States for Venture Capital and Emerging Companies (2013 – 2018; 2021 – 2022, 2024); Healthcare: Life Sciences (2020 – 2022, 2024)
Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent
Recent Insights
173 Mintz attorneys across 53 practice areas have been recognized by Best Lawyers® in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America©. Five Mintz attorneys received 2026 “Lawyer of the Year” awards, and 61 firm attorneys were included in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch.
Mintz has earned top rankings in the 2025 edition of Legal 500 United States and Canada guides. The firm is recognized in 20 practice categories, and 78 of its attorneys are individually ranked in the guide, with several receiving recognition in more than one category. Additionally, two attorneys are featured in the "Hall of Fame," seven attorneys are named "Leading Lawyers," and five attorneys are recognized as a "Next Generation Lawyers."
Mintz advised Relation, an industry leader in deploying computation and experimentation to drug discovery, on an equity investment of $15 million from GSK in connection with two simultaneous strategic collaborations with GSK, a global biopharma company. The collaborations are aimed at advancing the development of novel therapeutics for fibrotic diseases and osteoarthritis – conditions which affect millions worldwide and which currently have few treatments addressing their root causes.
