Corporate Law, Business Development
An experienced business executive and corporate lawyer with over 15 years of experience in the life sciences and biotechnology industry, Stephen Diamond is the CEO of SPD Advisors LLC, which advises early-stage and pre-IPO companies on business development, strategy, and finance.
Expertise
- Corporate lawyer for biotech companies and specialties
- International relations, mergers and acquisitions, IPO advisement
- Business development and strategy for healthcare and life sciences companies
Experience
- Interim Head of Business Development at Lexeo Therapeutics prior to its IPO, and Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Freeline Therapeutics Holdings plc, a Nasdaq-listed clinical-stage gene therapy company.
- Senior transactional lawyer at Pfizer, leading legal support for mergers and acquisitions, late-stage licensing transactions, debt and equity financing, and strategic projects
- In-house legal roles at Barclays Capital and Citibank and private practice