
biography
Naira’s practice focuses on delivering strategic patent counseling to biotech, pharmaceutical, and healthcare technology-driven companies. She represents private and public companies and works closely with litigation, regulatory, and corporate counsels to provide her clients with a holistic IP strategy. Naira’s strategic counseling of early-stage companies includes developing comprehensive and tailored IP strategies that maximize patent protection for their lead products and prepares them for successful funding rounds, partnering, and commercialization. Her counseling of mid-stage and established companies includes collaborating closely with in-house counsel to implement their IP development and enforcement strategies. Naira assists clients with IP matters pertaining to financing, SPAC, M&A, and partnership deals. Naira also helps companies and investors with IP due diligence.
Prior to her legal career, Naira trained as a scientist at Weill Cornell, primarily in biochemistry. Naira is the primary author of scientific and legal publications. Naira held various fellowships during training, including from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) and the National Academ...
Palo Alto
Credentials
Admissions
State Bar of California
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Education
University of California, Hastings College of the Law, J.D.
Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University, Ph.D.
Hunter College of the City University of New York, B.A.
Prior Law Firm Experience
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati