San Diego Metro Recognizes Bardia Moayedi and Jeffrey D. Morton As 2021 Men of Influence
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SAN DIEGO - Californer -- Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce that San Diego partners Bardia Moayedi and Jeffrey D. Morton, Ph.D. have been selected for inclusion in San Diego Metro's 2021 Men of Influence. This list recognizes men who have made significant contributions to the San Diego community.

Moayedi is a corporate and securities partner and co-chair of the firm's Technology Industry Group, with a primary emphasis on advising emerging growth and public companies throughout their life cycles, particularly in the life sciences, high-technology, financial technology, food and beverage, and clean-technology industries. He has significant experience representing companies and financial firms in a broad range of general corporate governance and transactional matters, including venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, debt offerings, spin-offs/divestitures, joint ventures, IPOs, follow-on offerings, and tender offers. He is a trusted advisor, often serving as the go-to outside counsel or lead counsel to his clients. For more information about Moayedi's practice, visit https://www.swlaw.com/people/bardia_moayedi.

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Morton is a founding partner of the San Diego office, and co-chairs the firm's Life Sciences and Medical Technology, and Technology Industry Groups. He has over 15 years of experience representing both start-up and large enterprises for their intellectual property and commercial law needs. He is retained on a regular basis to serve as external IP/technology counsel to companies around the world, and also represents numerous leading international law firms to protect their clients' intellectual property rights in the United States. Morton has significant patent prosecution experience in a wide range of technologies, including immunotherapeutics for treating diabetes, HIV and cancer, and DNA sequencing methods and related devices. For more information about Morton's practice, visit https://www.swlaw.com/people/jeffrey_morton.

Snell & Wilmer's San Diego office was established in April 2020 to meet the growing needs of its clients in the region. Located in one of the top biotech centers in the United States, the office focuses on biotechnology law, as well as tax, intellectual property, private client services, corporate and securities, real estate, commercial finance and labor and employment services to a wide range of individuals, businesses, and industries.

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About Snell & Wilmer
Founded in 1938, Snell & Wilmer is a full-service business law firm with more than 450 attorneys practicing in 15 locations throughout the United States and in Mexico, including Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego, California; Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; Denver, Colorado; Washington, D.C.; Boise, Idaho; Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Portland, Oregon; Salt Lake City, Utah; Seattle, Washington; and Los Cabos, Mexico. The firm represents clients ranging from large, publicly traded corporations to small businesses, individuals and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit swlaw.com.