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Daryn Grossman

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Daryn A. Grossman is a partner in our Corporate Department and head of the Life Sciences Group.

Daryn is the former Managing Partner and continues to participate in the leadership of the firm in various capacities, working closely with the Firm’s Chair and Executive Committee in relation to the implementation of the Firm’s business strategy.

Over the course of her career, Daryn has served in several leadership positions including co-chair of Proskauer’s global Corporate Department, the Firm’s largest department, and as co-head of the Technology, Media & Telecommunications Group. She has also served on the Firm’s Hiring Committee, Business Development Committee and Lateral Acquisition Committee.  Daryn has championed the career of many women lawyers throughout the Firm and actively engages in the Proskauer Women's Alliance programming.

As a tech-transactional lawyer, Daryn has designed and negotiated complex technology and intellectual property transaction structures, including strategic alliances, licensing, technology development and outsourcing transactions. Her clients include a wide range of life sciences, cloud computing, digital media, Internet, software, electronics, luxury goods, retail, fashion, entertainment, telecommunications and clean technology companies.

Daryn’s practice also focuses on technology mergers, acquisitions, sales and spinoffs. She represents both growth and mature companies, and counsels venture capitalists and strategic investors in evaluating intellectual property portfolios in connection with private equity investments, public offerings and mergers and acquisitions. Daryn often counsels boards of directors and management teams in navigating the critical commercial and legal issues surrounding product development and exploitation and risk mitigation.

Clients describe Daryn as “skilled and resourceful.” IAM Patent writes: “In the IP monetization area, there is nothing crack negotiator Daryn Grossman can’t do,” adding that she has “a command of all deal types across the IP commercialization spectrum…she can go toe to toe with anybody. She just gets deals done.”

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I vividly remember waiting impatiently for my “Fresh Air Fund Sister” to arrive that first summer. It was the summer of 1973. As a young child, it was impossible for me to imagine the girl who would be spending two weeks with us at our home in suburban New Jersey. We were told that she lived in Manhattan, and her name was Judy. She was three years older than I. Would she be taller than I was? Since she was a city girl, I was sure she would be wiser. I recall being more than a bit apprehensive, with butterflies in my stomach. I also couldn’t imagine that she wanted to spend two weeks out of her own magical city. My town was a place where the mundane such as eating ice cream, seeing fireworks for the 4th of July and catching fireflies were the most memorable highlights of my suburban summers.

​It turns out, she wanted that too. During that summer, and many summers after that, she joined my family. Our families kept in touch during the school year, we got to know Judy’s mother, and eventually Judy began spending winter break with us as well. Judy became a member of my family, and the experience of having an older sister from a different background and with a nearly opposite world view was one of the most impactful experiences of my life. It kindled within me a desire to learn about people. It taught me that a generous spirit is a gift to the giver even more than the receiver, and that no matter what our differences are, it is possible to take a deep dive and find a commonality that was hard to imagine could exist.