48 | Chris W. McAndrew Wilson Sonsini Christopher McAndrew is a partner in the Boston office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. Prior to joining the firm, Chris was a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Paul Goldsmith’s laboratory at the National Institutes of Health in the National Cancer Institute, working under the Office of Science and Technology Partnerships division. In this role, he developed and evaluated next-generation antibodybased biomarker detection methods and systems for start-up biotech companies and in-house research; designed and purified antigens for antibody production in hosts; and screened antibodies for use in various methods and platforms. During his time at the National Institutes of Health, Chris also worked as an intern in the Office of Technology Transfer. Previously, as a graduate student in the chemistry and biochemistry department at the University of California, San Diego, Chris studied the role of novel cyclin-like proteins in responses to DNA damage, as well as the crosstalk between the Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptor and the inflammatory response pathway. In addition, he worked as an intern at Tech Law performing patent and trademark due diligence. Squire Servance Wilson Sonsini Squire Servance is Senior Of Counsel in the New York office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where he is a member of the patents and innovation practice. Squire is an attorney and senior executive with extensive experience advising and leading life sciences organizations, including as managing partner of a biotech venture studio and fund and general counsel and corporate secretary for a Nasdaq listed life sciences company. He has extensive expertise in strategic planning, patent counselling, legal strategy, M&A and licensing, risk management, and product commercialization, with deep knowledge about the unique challenges in the life sciences industry. Squire has also forged relationships with key life sciences industry stakeholders necessary to advance innovative products through the drug development process.
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