Lily Wound

Lily Wound is a partner at Goodwin Procter in its Technology and Life Sciences groups. She has extensive experience representing pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and other life sciences companies in a wide range of complex commercial, corporate, and licensing transactions, including those involving gene therapy, gene editing, engineered cell therapy, and genomic testing. With broad knowledge of licensing and collaboration matters, Wound has worked on some of the most complex life sciences collaborations in the industry and has handled transactions at every stage of the life cycle of a life sciences product, and has represented early stage to big pharma companies in connection with these transactions.

Wound has also led Young Women in Bio (YWIB), a non-profit organization within Women in Bio focused on helping girls interested in STEM, for over eight years. She founded the Metro-New York Chapter of YWIB and then went on to become the National Chair, running all 14 YWIB chapters across the country and in Montreal with over 150 volunteers. In her role as National Chair, she is responsible for developing the fundamental tenets of YWIB and launching 8 national, STEM-focused programs for girls from elementary school through college, including YWIB Online, YWIB Showcase, YWIB Teachers and YWIB College. She is particularly focused on diversity and inclusion and expanding YWIB’s outreach to girls who would not have otherwise had an opportunity to pursue their interest in STEM.

Wound also has a Master in Public Health, and is a firm believer in the power of the community to address public health issues. As a first-generation Asian American, she is passionate about AWFH’s mission to apply community-based and public health measures to improve health outcomes for Asian women.