Goodwin

Partner

Kingsley Taft is a senior partner and co-chair of Goodwin's Life Sciences group and a former member of the Allocations Committee. He represents emerging to mature life sciences companies in all aspects of their business and legal affairs, including company formation, venture financings, strategic alliances, M&A, IPOs and other capital market transactions, and other financing and commercial transactions. Kingsley has extensive experience in assisting clients with JVs, strategic alliances, licenses, and collaborations.

Kingsley has been recognized as a leading life sciences attorney by numerous legal guides. He has been annually ranked for more than 15 years in Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (Nationwide, Life Sciences: Corporate/Commercial — Band 1). Kingsley was inducted into the LMG Life Sciences Hall of Fame, named a Biotechnology and Life Sciences Lawyer of the Year in 2022 by The Best Lawyers in America and named a Life Sciences Thought Leader by Who’s Who Legal - Global Elite.

JD, 1997, Harvard Law School (magna cum laude) / PhD, Chemistry, 1993, Massachusetts Institute of Technology / BS, Chemistry, 1989, Yale University (magna cum laude)