Kristin Gerber

Kristin A. Gerber

Partner
Kristin A. Gerber
Boston
+1 617 570 1803

Kristin Gerber is a partner in the firm's Business Law department and a member of its nationally recognized Technology and Life Sciences group, including its market leading Technology M&A practice. Kristin represents domestic and non-US public and private acquirers, investors, and companies in mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, and corporate finance transactions focusing on software, hardware, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and other technology-driven industries. Serving as her corporate clients’ general or principal outside counsel, Kristin provides strategic advice and general corporate counseling to management teams and boards while leading significant transactions on her clients’ behalf through every stage of the corporate life cycle. Kristin is heavily involved in the emerging technology and life science startup communities in Boston, regularly advising and mentoring young companies and entrepreneurs.

Kristin is a key contributor to Goodwin’s ESG & Impact practice and devotes a portion of her practice to counseling social enterprise companies, impact investors, and nonprofit companies with respect to complex corporate structures, governance and sustainability, impact metrics, financings and grant development, strategic alliances, and commercial contracts.

Representative Matters

* Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.

 

 

* Denotes experience prior to joining Goodwin.

Professional Activities

Kristin is a member of the American and Boston Bar Associations, the Global Impact Investing Network, the Impact Investing Legal Working Group, and the Boston chapter of Women in Technology International. She has also served as a mentor for the MIT $100K Business Plan Competition, Cleantech Open Northeast, Boston College’s Soaring Startup Circle, and the Hult Prize Competition, and has been a guest lecturer at Boston College Law School.

Professional Experience

Prior to joining Goodwin, Kristin practiced as an associate at prominent Boston-based international law firms. She has also served as a judicial intern to the Honorable Chief Judge Joseph Bataillon in the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska and worked as a corporate auditor for the Union Pacific Corporation.

Credentials

Education

JD2008

Boston College Law School

BSBA2003

Creighton University

(magna cum laude)

Admissions

Bars

  • Massachusetts

Recognition & Awards

Kristin has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Healthcare Law and Venture Capital Law (2023) and as a Massachusetts Super Lawyer "Rising Star" by Law & Politics and Boston magazine (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020).

Publications

Co-author, “Regulation Crowdfunding: The Long Wait Is Over, But Is Equity Crowdfunding D.O.A.?,” Venture Capital & Emerging Companies Alert, 2015

Co-author, “Takeover Considerations and Defenses,” Financing a Business in Massachusetts, MCLE, Inc., 2010