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Steven Ziven, who is the firm's Los Angeles Office Managing Partner and an Executive Committee member, advises clients primarily on corporate law and legal issues associated with business transactions, real estate transactions and financings. He has extensive experience in buying and selling...

Mark Mizrahi advises clients on intellectual property law, including patent, trademark and copyright protection and enforcement. His experience includes preparing and managing trademark and copyright applications, preparing and negotiating licenses and agreements relating to intellectual property...

The pharmaceutical industry faces a challenging business environment as competition drives down prices, R&D expenses rise, and government scrutiny deepens. However, companies have many options for navigating these challenges, generally by making deals with others in the field, including mergers and...

Kevin T. O'Brien, Ph.D., is a patent agent who focuses his practice on intellectual property (IP) matters including patent preparation and prosecution, patent landscape analyses, and freedom to operate analyses. Kevin practices in the physical and life sciences space, where he works on technologies...

Peter Murphy advises domestic and international clients on a variety of corporate and commercial matters, including transactions and governance matters. Peter also leads the firm’s Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) Team, which guides domestic and foreign entities registered in the United States to...

Nikhil Mehta works closely with clients and their management teams to draft and negotiate complex commercial agreements, including contracts for purchase and sale of goods, distribution and supply agreements, services agreements, manufacturing agreements, licenses and leases. Nikhil also represents...

Jonathan Havens is the co-chair of Saul Ewing's Cannabis Law and Food, Beverage & Agribusiness Practices. Companies in the cannabis (both hemp and marijuana), life sciences, food and beverage, and cosmetics industries turn to Jonathan for advice on how to get and keep their products on the market...

Delene Lantz is an experienced attorney who advises clients on and litigates decisions by regulatory agencies throughout the bureaucratic process and on appeal before trial and appellate courts. Prior to joining Saul Ewing, Delene spent more than a decade working in legal roles for the Commonwealth...

Andrew Schwerin represents clients in patent and trade secret litigation on both the plaintiff and defense sides of these disputes. Outside of his litigation work, Andrew counsels clients on their IP strategy. Andrew has represented clients in connection with a range of technologies including...

Michelle Streifthau-Livizos represents clients in litigation matters, including disputes involving the Hatch-Waxman Act, patents, copyrights and trademarks. She handles cases involving various types of technology, including representations of pharmaceutical companies, life sciences companies...

Matthew Gerber assists commercial clients with real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, and purchase and sales agreements. He also handles leases, mortgages and financings. Matthew draws on his experience with corporate transactions to advise clients involved in mergers and...

Lukas Pfannenstiel draws on his scientific background to assist clients in protecting their intellectual property. Lukas has a Ph.D. in cellular and molecular medicine from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, a bachelor's degree in cell biology from University of Kansas, and practical...

Sean Ritchie advises clients on how to protect their intellectual property and assists them in doing so by drafting, filing, prosecuting and enforcing patents and trademarks. He also counsels on the patentability of their IP and on patent infringement issues, and litigates these issues when needed...

Joel's practice often places him in the role of "outside general counsel" to clients, working closely with and advising company executives, boards, and members to successfully close transactional matters and manage corporate governance matters. Joel's experience includes negotiating, drafting and...

Robert Mascioli counsels entrepreneurs, family businesses and middle-market companies on a wide variety of business matters. Acting as their outside general counsel, Bob strives to learn the background, operations and strategies of clients and seeks to align his legal advice with their goals to...

Richard Hayden helps clients involved in major development projects navigate the complex legal landscape they face in securing government approvals. A sampling of the marquee projects he has worked on include repurposing a major urban retail mall stretching over four blocks, state and local...

Andrew Gordon provides his clients with deep insight on government procurement, public sector capital projects, real estate transactions and transportation issues from his 29 years of experience as a former attorney for Pennsylvania government. Before joining Saul Ewing, Andrew served as chief...

Carl Everett has more than 42 years of experience helping manufacturers, oil and gas companies and many other types of businesses resolve disputes with the government and other parties over environmental remediation of polluted sites. He is deeply involved in cases involving the Superfund, including...

John Dixon represents clients in matters involving environmental regulation and litigation, including government enforcement proceedings. John helps companies navigate federal and state environmental agencies in their effort to obtain permits to build projects that are regulated by the government or...

Athira Sivan is a member of the Transactional Department in the Firm's Philadelphia office. She maintains a general corporate practice and assists with a variety of deals. While earning her J.D. at University of Pennsylvania Law School, Athira was an intern in the Philadelphia Law Department, where...