David Brayton
Senior Transactional Attorney
Texas
CA, Patent Bar
About
Expert regarding intellectual property licensing, manufacturing outsourcing, service outsourcing, international distribution arrangements, software licensing (including SaaS), clinical trials, business compliance matters and M&A.
experience
Practice Areas
Client Reviews
"David helped us see and understand the risks in the deal. Whether it was the big picture risk (the FDA doesn't care that the cause of the problem happened before we acquired the company) or the difference between gross negligence and regular negligence, David explained the concepts without legal mumbo jumbo and helped us make the right decision. David was always available for calls and he brought a 'calm, cool and collected' attitude to our internal negotiations and due diligence."
"David brought a very practical, results-oriented approach to our negotiations. While the other side made some crazy demands, David remained calm, accurately assessed the pressures that each player was reacting to, and predicted exactly how the negotiations would play out. David's experience was able to drive home a long term agreement that was very fair to both sides."
Work History
Novartis
Legal Director
Apr 2015 - Apr 2016
Directed the legal operations for Manufacturing, Technical Operations and Procurement. Negotiated mission-critical supply agreements, cooperative research and development agreements, and software licenses. Negotiated distribution agreements as well as divestments.
Axiom (Law Firm)
Senior Counsel
Jan 2013 - Dec 2015
Clients included Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals and Allergen. Representative matters included: long-term, worldwide distribution agreement for medical devices valued in excess of $100M Euros; pre-clinical cooperative research agreements, and clinical trial agreements.
Institutional Review Board at Genesys Health System
Member
Oct 2014 - Mar 2015
Reviewed and approved all clinical trials performed at Genesys Medical System.
Bio-Rad Laboratories
Associate General Counsel
Aug 2007 - Jul 2012
Responsible for patent licenses, software licenses, cooperative research and development agreements, and mergers and acquisitions. Representative deals include licenses with academic institutions such as UC Berkeley and Caltech; sales agreements with Group Purchasing Organizations (GPOs) and governmental entities (Federal Acquisition Regulations); acquisitions of foreign and domestic companies.
Institutional Review Board at Memorial Hospital
Member
May 2004 - Dec 2007
Reviewed and approved all clinical trials performed at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital.
Medtronic Vascular
Staff Attorney
Jul 1998 - Jan 2004
Responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Business Compliance Program. Provided all legal advice to the clinical department; negotiated Clinical Trial Agreements and Budgets, Informed Consents and investigated allegations of non-compliance. Representative deals included acquisition of certain assets of CR Bard; a $600M loan; acquisition of Word Medical Technologies and PercuSurge.