Taft Chicago partners Troy Groetken and Sanjay Murthy will moderate the Consero Life Sciences General Counsel Forum panel, “Ensuring Smooth Seas in Mergers & Acquisitions,” on July 15 at Lansdowne Resort and Spa in Leesburg, Virginia. The forum brings together life sciences legal executives to discuss the complex demands, opportunities, and risks facing the industry.

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Groetken is a registered U.S. patent attorney with extensive legal and technical experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnological, botanical, and chemical fields. He advises domestic and foreign clients on complex intellectual property matters, including strategic global patent portfolio development, implementation, positioning, and enforcement. Groetken also counsels clients on patent portfolio due diligence analyses, global portfolio coordination, and advanced patent procedural issues.

Murthy is a nationally recognized trial attorney who represents leading life science and technology companies in intellectual property disputes. He represents clients in federal district courts, before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and in U.S. International Trade Commission investigations. Murthy also assists clients with EPO opposition proceedings, freedom-to-operate matters, due diligence investigations, patent portfolio audits, and licensing and collaboration transactions.