Attorneys

William E. Carlson

Partner and President of the Firm wec@shapirosher.com

36 South Charles Street
Suite 2000
Baltimore, MD 21201

410.385.4205 ph
410.539.7611 fax

William E. Carlson is a Senior Partner, the President of the Firm, and the Chair of the Firm's Business Department. He concentrates in corporate and securities law, in which he advises clients in mergers and acquisitions, equity and debt financings, joint ventures, technology transfer and licensing, employment and consulting arrangements, and general corporate planning. Mr. Carlson counsels biotech companies in their formation, IP planning and revising, fundraising, clinical trial and CRO contracting, and governance. He provides SEC “Maryland counsel” services to other law firms and serves as "outside general counsel" to businesses. He is listed in The Bond Buyer’s “Red Book” as a nationally recognized bond counsel and has advised municipalities in economic development matters. Martindale-Hubbell has, for many years, granted Mr. Carlson its AV Preeminent Peer-Review Rating, the highest rating available.

Mr. Carlson has served on several economic and community development task forces, the Community Relations Commission of Baltimore City, and the President’s Roundtable of the Greater Baltimore Committee (GBC). He presently serves as a director of Greenspring Fund, Incorporated, a mutual fund, and several other companies.

He also serves on the Editorial Board of Medical Innovation & Business (a Lippincott Williams & Wilkins journal). He has lectured for The Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education for Lawyers, Inc. (MICPEL) on "Business Organizations", "ABC's of Inc.’s and LLC’s", and "Buy Sell Agreements," and has guest lectured at The Johns Hopkins University Carey School of Business. Following graduation from law school in 1983, he served as law clerk to the Honorable Norman P. Ramsey of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland.

News & Publications

Best Lawyers in America^® 2012 includes William E. Carlson, who was selected by his peers as one of the nation's best lawyers in the field of Biotechnology Law. Seven other Shapiro Sher attorneys were also selected for inclusion in the prestigious guide.

"Super Lawyers" rating service selects William E. Carlson and ten other Shapiro Sher attorneys for inclusion in its 2012 Maryland rankings.

In the November 2010 issue of Baltimore SmartCEO magazine, William E. Carlson and three additional Shapiro Sher partners are listed among the "Legal Elite" of "go-to attorneys in business law."

"Financial Reform and Small Business." By William E. Carlson, for Lawdragon.com, October 18, 2010.

William E. Carlson writes on the Dodd-Frank financial reform law for the Baltimore Business Journal, August 27, 2010.

"Biotechnology Industry Wary of Patent Office 'Streamlining.'" By William E. Carlson, for the Baltimore Business Journal, July 21, 2006.

In the August 2005 issue of Baltimore SmartCEO Magazine, William E. Carlson is named among 40 other attorneys in a feature highlighting Maryland's "Legal Elite."

"With Bioparks On The Way, State, City Leaders Can’t Rest On Their Laurels." By William E. Carlson, for the Baltimore Business Journal, February 4, 2005.

Who’s Who in Law: William E. Carlson. Baltimore Business Journal, May 30, 2003.