Partner at Deerfield Management · Joined 2013
View Live Interactive Profile →Lawrence Atinsky is a Partner at Deerfield and joined the firm in 2013. His Deerfield profile states that he focuses on structuring investments in Deerfield's Private Design Funds and other Deerfield funds, and that he has over 25 years of experience structuring and negotiating public and private financings, strategic transactions and licensing arrangements involving healthcare companies. Before Deerfield he was a Partner and General Counsel of Ascent Biomedical Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in healthcare companies, and since 2000 has been General Counsel of several private healthcare companies. He began his career as an associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions department at Skadden, Arps LLP. He holds a B.A. with high distinction from the University of Wisconsin and a J.D. from New York University School of Law.