Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has announced that Andrea Linna has joined the firm’s regulatory department as a partner.
Linna will be a part of the firm’s Digital Health industry group and its FDA Regulatory, Healthcare and Consumer Products practice.
She will be based remotely from Chicago and work closely with colleagues and clients across the country.
Doug Clark, managing partner, Wilson Sonsini, said:
“Our interdisciplinary team continues to work with a growing number of sophisticated and successful digital health companies, as well as the investors that finance them.
“As our digital health clients diversify and expand into new markets with new innovations, they seek legal advice in broader areas, including the many regulatory issues that Andrea has focused on for nearly a decade.
“We are excited to have her join our firm.”
Before joining Wilson Sonsini, Linna was a partner at McGuireWoods, where she co-led that firm’s Digital Health, Technology and Innovation practice group.
Over the oast 10 years, Linna focused her practice on healthcare law and amassed substantial experience representing clients in healthcare regulatory matters related to mergers and acquisitions, data privacy and security, and healthcare IT.
Linna’s clients have included healthcare technology start-ups and industry investors, as well as healthcare systems, providers, payers, and facilities with digital health initiatives.
Linna said:
“As a healthcare technology lawyer, I see every day the potential that technology has to revolutionise healthcare.
“I am thrilled to join Wilson Sonsini and collaborate with a team that shares my passion for working with clients at the forefront of technology.
“Together, we offer clients unparalleled support in adapting to the rapidly changing healthcare regulatory landscape and ensuring they remain at the cutting edge of innovation.”
