Wainwright Fishburn JD

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Biography

Mr. Wainwright Fishburn serves as Principal at Sabino Ventures. He is a founding partner of Cooley's San Diego office and a prominent venture capital attorney. He served as the Global Head of the Firm's Digital Health Practice from inception until his retirement in 2023. Wain's practice emphasizes general representation of life sciences, technology and other operating companies from the startup stage through IPO. Wain's practice also focuses on corporate governance matters, as well as mergers, acquisitions, strategic alliances, and intellectual property licensing and management. In addition, he assists his client companies in financing matters, often involving the placement of debt and equity securities. As both a founder and counsel, he has worked with venture capital-backed companies across a variety of fields. For example, in the field of genomic medicine, he works with groups that develop and deploy highperformance network technology for genomic research and medicine. He is also Vice-Chairman and Chair Elect of the Critical Path Institute, a public-private partnership created in part by the FDA, dedicated to integrating scientific advances into the development pathway. He has been widely recognized as a leading attorney in numerous publications, including among others, his recognition by The Daily Journal as one of California's top attorneys. He was also recognized by The San Diego Business Journal Book of Influential Business Leaders in the legal category. He was previously named by Nature magazine as being instrumental to the success of San Diego as a biotechnology hub. He is a co-founder of seven companies, two of which became public. He is a third-generation Arizonan and earned his B.A. from the University of Arizona where he serves on the Advisory Board for Tech Launch Arizona. He completed post-graduate work as a Senior Fellow at the Australian National University and received his JD degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law where he served as President of the Hastings Board of Governors.