Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Jim Farrington chairs the firm's Biotechnology and Life Sciences Practice Group. For each of the last several years, Jim was selected by Global Counsel 3000 to the category of “highly recommended” U.S. lawyer in corporate partnering and was specifically recognized for his extensive U.S. and European experience encompassing joint ventures, licensing and finance issues. He is also recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for Biotechnology Law (for more about the standards for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America, please see http://www.bestlawyers.com/news/default.aspx) .

Jim’s practice includes commercial business transactions, especially acquisitions, joint ventures, licensing and other technology transfer transactions. A large portion of his clients are based in Europe. Jim has significant experience in biotech and other pharmaceutical and medical device transactions, including international license and distribution agreements, strategic alliances, venture capital investments, and research and development agreements.

Jim and his family lived in Stockholm in 1998-99 when he was leading the legal team for a global business transaction.

After graduating with a chemical engineering degree from the University of Notre Dame, Jim worked as an engineering and product manager for nearly nine years in the air pollution control field. He graduated from Quinnipiac University School of Law magna cum laude in 1984. Before joining Wiggin and Dana, Jim was a partner in the New York office of Mannheimer Swartling, Sweden’s largest law firm.

Areas of Practice

• Biotechnology & Life Sciences
• Business
• Intellectual Property
• Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group

West Practice Categories

Biotechnology, Life & Health, Business & Commercial Law, Intellectual Property Law, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures

Bar Admissions

• Connecticut, 1984
• New York, 1985

Honors and Awards

• Selected by Global Counsel 3000 to the Category of “Highly Recommended” U.S. Lawyer in Corporate Partnering
• Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for Biotechnology Law

Past Employment Positions

• Mannheimer Swartling Advokatbyra, Member, 1991 - 1995
• Reid & Priest, Associate, 1985 - 1991

Education

• Quinnipiac College School of Law, Hamden, Connecticut, 1984
  J.D.
  Honors: magna cum laude
  
  Law Review: University of Bridgeport Law Review, Associate Editor, 1981 - 1984
• University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1974
  B.Ch.,E.

Published Works

• Product and Process Patent Confusion Under Antitrust Analysis,, 4 Bridgeport Law Review 109, 1982
• Piercing the Connecticut Corporate Veil,, 5 Bridgeport Law Review 109, 1983

Address

400 Atlantic Street
P.O. Box 110325
Stamford, CT 06911-0325

Phones

(203) 363-7614

Faxes

(203) 363-7676

Emails

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Websites

http://www.wiggin.com