Powell Carman, the Leader of the firm's Technology, Entrepreneurial and Commercial Practice, counsels both private and publicly held clients on general corporate matters, mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investments, strategic alliances, licenses, commercial agreements and other business issues. His practice focuses largely on clients in the life sciences, agribusiness, ag biotech and food industries.

Mr. Carman's transactional experience includes substantial acquisitions and divestitures for national and international biotech and agribusiness companies. He is also outside general counsel for a number of privately-held companies and nonprofit organizations.

Bar and Court Admissions

Missouri, 1988

Illinois, 1989

United States Courts of Appeals for the Seventh and Eighth Circuits

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Education

University of Missouri-Kansas City, J.D., with honors, 1988

University of Missouri-Columbia, B.S., cum laude, honors scholar, 1983

Civic Involvement and Honors

• American Lawyer Media and Martindale-Hubbell™, Top Rated Lawyers in Technology, 2013
• The Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Law, 2013
• Missouri Super Lawyers, 2006-2007