The Fairmont San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
In partnership with The L Suite, Wilson Sonsini will co-host 2026 TechGC Bay Area Digital Health Forum, a half-day for general counsel and senior legal leaders from health technology companies. The Forum emphasizes real-world perspective, collaborative problem-solving, and actionable takeaways for legal leaders navigating constant change across the digital health landscape.
Partner Andrea Linna will co-lead a group discussion on “The GC as Strategic Advisor: Leading When the Answer Is Unclear” with Erica Pham, chief legal officer at Covera Health.
Partner Melissa Rick and Andrew Lucking, general counsel at PurpleLab, will discuss “Navigating Capital Markets: Market Shifts Impacting Digital Health Companies.”
This event is by invitation for L Suite members only.
Tomoko Beytien
tbeytien@wsgr.com
Andrea Linna is a partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where she is a member of the firm’s digital health industry group and its healthcare practice. With more than a decade dedicated to healthcare law, Andrea exclusively represents digital health and healthcare IT clients, from emerging companies to established industry players, investors, and healthcare systems. Andrea guides her clients through the patchwork of federal and state laws that apply to digital health companies, addressing issues such as corporate practice of medicine, Stark Law compliance, Anti-Kickback Statute considerations, fee splitting, billing Medicare and Medicaid, contracting with commercial payors, value-based care arrangements, artificial intelligence, remote patient monitoring, online prescribing, scope of practice, and licensing requirements.
Melissa Rick is a partner in the Palo Alto office of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, where her practice focuses on corporate and securities transactions, with particular emphasis on the life sciences and technology industries. She advises emerging companies at all stages of maturity, including formation, initial funding, expansion, and exit. Melissa works with public and private companies on a range of transactions, including venture financings, initial public offerings, and mergers and acquisitions. She also counsels clients on matters such as general corporate law and governance and public company disclosure, as well as reporting with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.