Leena Contarino is a partner at HGF. She provides her clients with strategic guidance on building, managing and protecting patent portfolios in the biotech and pharmaceutical fields. Her clients—from universities to small and large companies—benefit from her experience gained over a decade on the bench and almost two decades in preparing and prosecuting patent applications worldwide. Her expertise also covers deal-related IP due diligence, and opinions relating to freedom-to-operate and non-infringement.