Heather Claus

Senior Counsel for Corporate Transactions

Practice Groups

Business Transactions, International Transactions, National Laboratories

 

Experience

Heather Claus joined UC Legal’s Office of the General Counsel in 2024 and represents the University on a broad range of corporate transaction matters.  These include joint ventures, collaborations, partnerships, acquisitions, energy-related transactions, new entity formation and the ongoing governance thereof, and other commercial and corporate transactions.  In this role, she utilizes her corporate expertise in support of the University’s third-party transactions to achieve innovative research, education, and operations goals and to expand the University’s reach.  Ms. Claus was previously in private practice as a Partner with Nossaman LLP, Senior Counsel with Seyfarth Shaw, and a Partner with a boutique firm where she specialized in corporate and health care law, with particular emphasis on licensing, regulatory, and compliance work. 

 

Education

Ms. Claus is a graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles (Bachelor of Arts) and the University of San Diego (Juris Doctor). 

 

Bar Admissions

California

U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California

U.S. District Court, Northern District of California