Christelle Pride

Christelle Pride serves as Counsel in the firm’s Life Sciences, Technology Transactions, Intellectual Property, and Privacy Practice Groups.

Technology Transactions

In her technology transactional practice, Christelle has worked with companies in a variety of sectors, helping them structure and negotiate complex transactions, from software development agreements to licensing and collaboration deals. She is adept at navigating the intricate legal frameworks surrounding data usage, AI, and cloud-based services, ensuring her clients stay compliant and competitive in rapidly evolving markets.

Life Sciences Transactions

Christelle has counseled biotech, pharmaceutical and medical device clients on a wide range of intellectual property and commercial transactions, including licensing, collaboration, supply, distribution, service contracts, and related commercial matters. She is particularly skilled at bridging the gap between technical innovation and legal strategy, ensuring clients can protect and commercialize their advancements effectively.

Data Privacy, Cybersecurity, & Artificial Intelligence

In the data privacy and security arena, Christelle assists clients with compliance strategies for data protection laws, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)/California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), and other state laws. She routinely drafts and reviews privacy policies and terms of use, data processing agreements, business associate agreements, service level agreements, vendor management agreements, and other compliance documents. Christelle’s expertise also extends to ensuring that data protection considerations are seamlessly integrated into complex technology transactions.

Christelle is a Certified Information Privacy Professional/US.

She received a Juris Doctorate from the University of California, Berkeley, a Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacology and Toxicology from the University of Louisville, and a Master of Science in Chemistry from East Tennessee State University. She began her legal career at Covington & Burling LLP in its San Francisco office, where she worked in Covington’s life sciences and technology transactions practice groups. Prior to starting her legal career, Christelle was a postdoctoral fellow at the Vascular Medicine Institute at the University of Pittsburgh.

*Licensed only in California.