Mr. Wesner is a leading intellectual property attorney and corporate growth strategist with decades of experience in pharmaceutical and life sciences companies. As counsel and adviser to corporate leadership he has designed and implemented IP-driven strategies to power growth, financing, mergers and acquisitions, and public offerings. As CEO and General Counsel of Receptor, he looks forward to the challenges of building an enduring biopharmaceutical company, backed by great science and, naturally, robust intellectual property protection.Washington Law & Politics named Mr. Wesner a "Rising Star" beginning in 2004, and, since 2007, has each year named him a "Washington Super Lawyer."Specialties: Life sciences patent litigation; intellectual property strategy; corporate startup counseling.