Choate, Hall & Stewart

Brian Goldstein, co-chair of Choate’s Business & Technology Practice Group, has more than 30 years of experience advising venture capital and growth equity investors and innovative, high-growth companies in health IT, healthcare services, life sciences, and medical device industries, on their most important transactions and helping them to increase the returns on their investments.

Brian regularly advises on financings, strategic partnerships and licensing agreements, mergers and acquisitions, and general business counseling. His international practice includes cross-border financings and acquisitions, as well as advice on other U.S.-based activities, for companies headquartered or with significant operations in the United Kingdom/Ireland, Europe, and Israel.

Brian previously served as Assistant General Counsel at Groundwater Technology, Inc., where he handled SEC reporting; acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures; and the sale of a controlling interest of the company to Fluor Daniel.

Brian has advised sophisticated investment funds and globally-recognized investors and companies, including Answers Corp (WebCollage), Bain Capital Life Sciences, Perceptive Advisors (via Perceptive Xontogeny), Shire, and Transformation Capital.

University of Virginia School of Law JD, 1988 University of Virginia BA, 1983, with honors