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Our Life Sciences specialists form a multi-disciplinary legal team with extensive experience of the issues faced by the different sectors of the biosciences industry.
We understand the issues at the heart of your business. Our scientific knowledge coupled with our legal expertise enables us to grasp an understanding of your operational needs and provide commercially focused advice.
Our team provides a comprehensive service through specialist departments, including intellectual property, corporate finance, venture/development capital, competition and environment.
Through our membership of organisations such as ABPI, ERBI, our representation on the CIPA Biotech Committee and our Company Secretarial function to Medilink, we are familiar with the challenges that face you, and forthcoming developments in legislation that might affect your own and your clients' business.
Our services
The legal and regulatory services provided by the Life Sciences team include:
- corporate finance and venture capital, mergers, acquisitions and disposals
- POs, corporate governance and capital markets regulation
- agreements for IP exploitation including licensing, assignment, cooperation, joint ventures, and research and development agreements
- advice on regulatory issues (EU, UK and worldwide through our legal partners)
- lobbying and similar matters affecting the biosciences industry
- due diligence
- projects and real estate development
- dispute management, including in relation to confidentiality, IP and restrictive covenants
- employment law/human resources
- formation of specialist investment funds.
Who we represent
We represent all aspects of the biosciences industry, including:
- pharmaceutical, chemical, biochemical and crop protection companies
- biosciences development companies (both pharmaceuticals and plants),
- biomaterial supply companies, and medical device, diagnostics and packaging suppliers
- venture capital and seed capital companies, investment trusts, banks and institutional investors
- universities and their spin-off companies, NHS trusts and public and privately funded research institutes
- related industry sectors such as food and drink, agricultural and environmental technologies.
International perspective
The Life Sciences team is supported by the Eversheds International network of offices, many of which have specialist life sciences departments. We also operate with a number of leading US law firms specialising in biosciences and pharmaceuticals.
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