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Kate Shay
Partner
Duane Morris
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Kathleen M. Shay, a partner at the law firm of Duane Morris LLP, is a corporate and securities lawyer who focuses her practice on the life science industry, representing public and private biopharmaceutical, medical device and diagnostic companies, healthcare information technology and services companies, venture capital funds and other investors in the life science and healthcare industries, academic and research institutions, and life science industry collaborators and service providers. Ms. Shay represents both established and emerging businesses in a wide range of legal transactions and issues, including debt and equity financings, structuring transactions, licenses and strategic relationships, mergers and acquisitions, governance matters, and employment and compensation issues.
Ms. Shay serves on the Boards of Directors and Executive Committees of Life Sciences PA and University City Science Center and the Board of Consultors of Villanova Law School, and she is a Director Emeritus of the Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies (PACT) and a Trustee Emeritus of the Academy of Notre Dame de Namur. Ms. Shay previously served as a director of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth and as the Chair of the Executive Committee of the Business Law Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association, and she is a past-Chair of the Securities Regulation Committee. She is an Advisory Board member and former director of the Alliance of Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) and has served as AWE’s counsel since its inception.
Ms. Shay received her B.A. from Villanova University and her J.D. from Villanova University School of Law, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of The Villanova Law Review.
Duane Morris LLP, among the one hundred largest law firms in the nation, is a full service firm of approximately 750 lawyers. The firm represents clients across the United States and around the world through its offices in the United States, London and Asia, and relationships with two international networks of independent law firms. For more information, visit the firm’s website at www.duanemorris.com.
Ms. Shay serves on the Boards of Directors and Executive Committees of Life Sciences PA and University City Science Center and the Board of Consultors of Villanova Law School, and she is a Director Emeritus of the Philadelphia Alliance for Capital and Technologies (PACT) and a Trustee Emeritus of the Academy of Notre Dame de Namur. Ms. Shay previously served as a director of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth and as the Chair of the Executive Committee of the Business Law Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association, and she is a past-Chair of the Securities Regulation Committee. She is an Advisory Board member and former director of the Alliance of Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) and has served as AWE’s counsel since its inception.
Ms. Shay received her B.A. from Villanova University and her J.D. from Villanova University School of Law, where she served as Editor-in-Chief of The Villanova Law Review.
Duane Morris LLP, among the one hundred largest law firms in the nation, is a full service firm of approximately 750 lawyers. The firm represents clients across the United States and around the world through its offices in the United States, London and Asia, and relationships with two international networks of independent law firms. For more information, visit the firm’s website at www.duanemorris.com.