BARBARA KOSACZ - Corporate Board Profile

XOMA Royalty Corp

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2019-04-05	Barbara Kosacz, a Partner at Cooley LLP, has been a director since January 2019. Ms. Kosacz has more than 25 years of experience in counseling clients in the life sciences arena, ranging from early stage startups to larger public companies, venture funds, investment banks, and non-profit institutions. She has served as a member of the BIO Emerging Companies’ Section Governing Board and has been a speaker at multiple life sciences-related conferences, as well as guest lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall), and Stanford University about biotechnology law, biotech business models, corporate partnering negotiations and deal structures, and bioethics. Recognized by Best Lawyers in America since 2008, Ms. Kosacz and was recently listed as a “leading lawyer” for healthcare and life sciences in the 2018 Legal 500, as a “Band 1” attorney in the 2018 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and recognized as a “highly recommended transactions” lawyer by IAM Patent 1000 for her “nearly three decades advising diverse companies in the industry at a deeply strategic and commercial level and overseeing their most complex and profitable deals.” Ms. Kosacz has also been listed in Northern California’s Super Lawyers from 2004 to 2013 and was selected as one of Lawdragon’s New Stars, New Worlds, and in the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America. She received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, and her bachelor’s degree from Stanford University. Ms. Kosacz brings extensive experience in advising biotechnology companies to the Board.
2020-04-09	Barbara Kosacz, a Partner at Cooley LLP, has been a director since January 2019. Ms. Kosacz has more than 25 years of experience in counseling clients in the life sciences arena, ranging from early stage startups to larger public companies, venture funds, investment banks, and non-profit institutions. She has served as a member of the BIO Emerging Companies’ Section Governing Board, is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Keck Graduate Institute, an advisory board member of Locust Walk Partners, and has been a speaker at multiple life sciences-related conferences, as well as guest lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall), and Stanford University about biotechnology law, biotech business models, corporate partnering negotiations and deal structures, and bioethics. Recognized by Best Lawyers in America since 2008, Ms. Kosacz and was recently listed as a “leading lawyer” for healthcare and life sciences in the 2018 Legal 500, as a “Band 1” attorney in the 2018 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and recognized as a “highly recommended transactions” lawyer by IAM Patent 1000 for her “nearly three decades advising diverse companies in the industry at a deeply strategic and commercial level and overseeing their most complex and profitable deals.” Ms. Kosacz has also been listed in Northern California’s Super Lawyers from 2004 to 2013 and was selected as one of Lawdragon’s New Stars, New Worlds, and in the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America. She received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, and her bachelor’s degree from Stanford University. Ms. Kosacz brings extensive experience in advising biotechnology companies to the Board.
2021-04-08	Barbara Kosacz has been a director since January 2019. Ms. Kosacz has been Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel at Kronos Bio, Inc since July 2020. Ms. Kosacz was previously a partner at Cooley LLP since 2002 and has more than 25 years of experience in counseling clients in the life sciences arena, ranging from early stage startups to larger public companies, venture funds, investment banks, and non-profit institutions. She serves on the board of directors of Locust Walk Acquisition Corp., a blank-check company formed for the purpose of acquiring or merging with one or more business, the board of directors of Athira Pharma, Inc., has served as a member of the BIO Emerging Companies’ Section Governing Board, is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Keck Graduate Institute, an advisory board member of Locust Walk Partners, and has been a speaker at multiple life sciences-related conferences, as well as guest lecturer at the University of California, Berkeley (Boalt Hall), and Stanford University and Columbia University on biotechnology law, biotech business models, corporate partnering negotiations and deal structures, and bioethics. Recognized by Best Lawyers in America since 2008, Ms. Kosacz and was recently listed as a “leading lawyer” for healthcare and life sciences in the 2018 Legal 500, as a “Band 1” attorney in the 2018 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business and recognized as a “highly recommended transactions” lawyer by IAM Patent 1000 for her “nearly three decades advising diverse companies in the industry at a deeply strategic and commercial level and overseeing their most complex and profitable deals.” Ms. Kosacz has also been listed in Northern California’s Super Lawyers from 2004 to 2013 and was selected as one of Lawdragon’s New Stars, New Worlds, and in the Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America. She received her Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, and her bachelor’s degree from Stanford University. Ms. Kosacz brings extensive experience in advising biotechnology companies to the Board.
2022-04-07	Barbara Kosacz has been a director since January 2019. Ms. Kosacz has been Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel at Kronos Bio, Inc since July 2020.
2023-04-04	Barbara Kosacz has been a director since January 2019... During 2022, the Nominating & Governance Committee consisted of Ms. Kosacz (former Chair), Ms. Hernday (current Chair), Mr. Van Ness and Mr. Wyszomierski.
2024-04-02	Barbara Kosacz has been a director since January 2019. During 2023, each non-employee director was entitled to receive an annual retainer of $40,000. Barbara Kosacz total compensation was $196,037.