Geoffrey Spolyar focuses his practice on the representation of life sciences companies in a broad range of commercial and financial matters. Much of his practice is devoted to negotiating and drafting corporate partnership agreements, licensing arrangements, strategic alliances, joint venture agreements and other complex technology transactions. Prior to joining Cooley, Geoffrey was senior counsel at Amgen in Thousand Oaks, California where he represented Amgen in a number of strategic alliances including its joint venture with Astellas Pharma in Japan and its collaboration with AstraZeneca regarding several of Amgen’s inflammation programs.