Swetha Gopalakrishnan is an associate in Goodwin’s Business Law department and a member of its Technology and Life Sciences group. She joined Goodwin in 2022. Swetha represents private and public companies in broad range of transactions, including startup and formation, venture capital financings, mergers and acquisitions, capital market transactions, and ongoing corporate governance.
EXPERIENCE
Swetha’s recent representative experience, among others, includes:
- Medipost Co. Ltd., in its joint venture with Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM) for the acquisition of OmniaBio, Inc.
- Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., in its follow-on offering
- Senti Biosciences, Inc., in its committed equity line financing
- Greenlight Biosciences, Inc., in its take-private acquisition by a consortium led by Fall Line Endurance Fund, in an all-cash transaction of approximately $45.5 million
- PepGen Inc., in its follow-on offering
- Vivani Medical, Inc., in its registered direct offering
- Graphite Bio, Inc., in its reverse merger transaction with LENZ Therapeutics, Inc., including concurrent private placement offering
- Vivani Medical, Inc., in its at-the-market (ATM) offering
- Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., in its take-private acquisition by ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., for a total equity value of $2.4 billion
- Vedanta Biosciences, Inc., in its convertible note financing'
- CSA Medical, Inc., in its convertible note financings
- Alltrna, Inc., in its Series B financing
- ZymoChem, Inc., in its Series A financing
- Human Immunology Biosciences, Inc., in its sale to Biogen Inc.
- CSA Medical, Inc., in its Series D financing
- Quotient Therapeutics, Inc., in its Series A-2 financing
Professional Experience
Prior to joining Goodwin, Swetha was a Legal Consultant at Chugh, LLP, where she advised clients (corporations and individuals) on business transactions and business-related litigation matters. While attending law school, she worked as a Legal and Compliance Intern at a leading global investment firm, assisting the team with regulatory compliance as well as corporate matters.
Credentials
Education
JD2019
University of California College of the Law, San Francisco
BSL, LLB2016
Indian Law Society’s Law College
Admissions
Bars
- California