Mr. Kalson is chair of the Emerging Business Group, concentrating his practice on providing general business and tax counsel to life science, information technology and other emerging companies, venture capital funds, and institutions engaged in business and technology spin-offs.  He also has significant experience in international transactional planning.  Mr. Kalson is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for business and technology. 

Education

• J.D. (Managing Editor, Law Review), University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1984
• B.A. (magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa), University of Pittsburgh, 1979

Noteworthy

• Listed in The Best Lawyers in America for business and technology

Representative Matters

• Represented numerous start-up and early stage life science and information technology companies in all phases of formation, technology transfer, financing, and operations
• Represented major healthcare institutions in acquiring financing and spinning off more than a dozen start-up and later-stage companies
• Advised numerous venture capitalists and investors in the formation and operation of venture funds
• Negotiated the sale, merger or other exit of later-stage technology companies to both private and publicly-traded acquirors

Memberships

• Chair of a committee convened by the Pennsylvania Department of Commerce to propose legal and tax incentives designed to promote Pennsylvania exports
• Currently serves and has served as president, chair or board member of many charitable organizations

Professional Activities

• Adjunct Professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Law (Enterprise Organization and Finance), 1998-2002
• Faculty member of Global Trade Institute
• Keynote speaker at inaugural conference on higher education law

Seminars & Speeches

• Recently spoke at BIO 2005 on novel investment strategies for biotech companies (June 20, 2005)

Publications

• Co-author, University Tech Transfer Under the Bayh-Dole Act, Cohen & Grigsby Review (Winter 2004)
• Quoted, Branching Out: Start-ups, Spin-offs from Bigger Firms Find Pittsburgh’s Tightly Woven, Supportive Tech Community Helps Them Grow, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (May 9, 2004)
• Author, Financing Emerging Businesses After the Bubble, Cohen & Grigsby Review (Summer 2002)
• Quoted, Mentoring, Pittsburgh TEQ (March 2001)
• Author, Equity –Based Compensation Planning:  A Recipe for Success, Cohen & Grigsby Review (Fall 1998)
• Author, Emerging Companies Should Consider Strategic Foreign Investment, Cohen & Grigsby Review (Summer 1997)
• Author, Emerging U.S. Companies Can Still Plan for Mexico Opportunities, Journal of International Taxation (March 1995)