Counsel to Counsel - January 2008 - (Page 26) partnership at a glance Baker & Daniels LLP With more than 370 lawyers and consulting professionals in seven offices, Baker & Daniels LLP offers services in more than 35 practices and industries. The firm’s experience includes corporate finance, government affairs, health care, insurance, intellectual property, international, labor and employment, life sciences, litigation, mergers and acquisitions, nonprofits, real estate and venture capital. Daniels attorneys work on Zimmer matters in the areas of corporate and securities law, mergers and acquisitions, litigation, intellectual property and employment law, among others,” says Phipps. “It’s great to have clients you like personally as well as professionally,” he adds. Boeglin, who admits that his last chemistry class was in high school, completed a Duke University short course designed for professionals without a science background as one way to actively increase his working knowledge of Zimmer’s business. “I feel like I’m to the point where I can follow along A Matter of Chemistry Understanding Zimmer’s business goals makes it easier to communicate effectively with business executives, Boeglin says. “You have to give businesspeople the legal advice they need to make decisions, not try to impress them with everything you know.” Daniel L. Boeglin, partner, is chair of the business department at Baker & Daniels. He has more than 20 years’ experience advising companies and entrepreneurs on their strategic business initiatives, including M&A, joint venture, strategic alliance, licensing and financing transactions. For more than a decade, he has focused his practice in the life sciences industry. Boeglin is Peer Review Rated. He can be reached at dan.boeglin@bakerd.com. Jennifer L. Kremp, partner, concentrates her practice in counseling life sciences companies and other businesses in areas such as strategic alliances, joint ventures, acquisition and sale transactions, and general contract matters. She also advises clients on a broad range of corporate matters, including business formation, strategic planning, employment and consulting arrangements, and equity incentives. She can be reached at jennifer.kremp@bakerd.com. “You have to give businesspeople the legal advice they need to make decisions, not try to impress them with everything you know. It’s turned out to be very efficient. The Zimmer business executives are very perceptive on legal issues, but they also know how to make decisions. They don’t wring their hands, and they don’t have an excessive bureaucracy. “The reporting process is quite informal. We are in very frequent communication. We just keep them in the loop,” says Boeglin. well enough, although I can’t talk in-depth with the scientists,” he says. It’s that willingness to work and that sense of chemistry and trust that make the relationship between Zimmer and Baker & Daniels so productive for both. “They are indispensable, and they don’t take advantage of it,” says Royster. “Nothing keeps me up at night.” “If we get the right results, we all look good together,” says Boeglin. 26 LexisNexis® Martindale-Hubbell®
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