TZ Counsel is a law firm providing sophisticated—and efficient—counseling primarily as outside general counsel for high-growth companies not ready to invest in a full-time general counsel, with particular expertise in biotech and pharma. Founded by Tena Zara Herlihy (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tenazara/), former founding executive and General Counsel of two MIT startups and former MIT in-house counsel (including serving as Assistant Director of the MIT Licensing Office handling a multitude of industry agreements). Tena leads the firm along with Amar Mehta (https://www.linkedin.com/in/amaramehta/), an ex-BigLaw life sciences attorney. Whether serving as in-house or outside counsel, TZC is focused on our clients’ business, legal, and strategic goals. And we guide you to the best results for your business. In particular, we apply legal expertise and our drafting and negotiation skills to help our clients manage risks for partnerships and transactional matters, including by drafting, reviewing, and negotiating master service agreements, clinical trial agreements, licensing agreements, supply agreements, materials transfer agreements, data-privacy agreements, and other business contracts. We are particularly adept with confronting intellectual property issues commonly encountered in a life sciences or pharmaceutical setting, as well as with software licenses and other technology contracts. We also regularly address data-privacy issues (domestic and foreign) for our clients.