Jeffrey D. Osterman

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Jeffrey D. Osterman
Jeffrey Osterman is Co-Head of Weil’s Technology & IP Transactions practice and a member of the healthcare and life sciences practice. Jeffrey concentrates on matters with deep commercial or technical complexity including, notably, transactions in the life sciences and technology industries.

Jeffrey regularly advises major pharmaceutical companies in connection with licensing and collaboration agreements and manufacturing and supply arrangements. He has been involved with numerous transactions involving novel therapeutic modalities, including genetic medicine and AI-assisted target and drug discovery. Jeffrey also regularly leads the technology and intellectual property aspects of major corporate transactions, including commercial arrangements associated with such transactions; and advises on the treatment of intellectual property matters in bankruptcy cases.

Jeffrey is ranked Band 1 for Technology in New York and is recognized as a leading lawyer for Technology in the U.S. by Chambers USA, where clients note he is “by far the premier licensing and collaboration attorney in the country" and “a fierce advocate for his clients, equipped with an arsenal of industry-specific knowledge." Jeffrey is recognized as a “Leading Lawyer” for Media, Technology and Telecoms: Technology Transactions by Legal 500 US. He is also recommended for Patents: Licensing, Technology Transactions, Media and Entertainment: Transactional and Healthcare: Life Sciences by Legal 500 US. Jeffrey is recognized as an “IP Star” for IP Transactions and Trademarks by Managing Intellectual Property and a “Life Sciences Star” by LMG Life Sciences Guide. Jeffrey is also recognized as a “Best Lawyer” for Information Technology Law and Technology Law in New York by Best Lawyers in America* 2024 and was named “Lawyer of the Year” for Technology Law in New York by Best Lawyers in America* 2024, 2022 and 2020. Jeffrey was shortlisted as “Practitioner of the Year (IP Transactions)” for Managing Intellectual Property’s 2022 Americas Awards. He is recognized as a “Global Leader” in New York by IAM Global Leaders and is “Highly Recommended” by IAM Patent 1000, where clients have noted he has “a stellar ability to see the forest through the trees, is a clear and concise draftsman and a constructive negotiator,” and he is “the kind of sophisticated IP lawyer you need on a tough deal – he understands his clients’ industry and business, and fights hard while communicating clearly in negotiations to get to a resolution.” He is also included in 2025 “500 Leading Dealmakers in America” list by Lawdragon and named a 2016 Technology “MVP” by Law360.

* Best Lawyers (in America) is by Levine Leichtman Capital Partners

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