Life Sciences Practice

Pharmaceutical, biotechnology and healthcare companies face a complex array of issues and require interdisciplinary legal teams that serve as true partners to their business. Our lawyers have a comprehensive understanding of our clients’ challenges, opportunities and goals and provide sophisticated and precise guidance across a complete spectrum of legal services. 

Mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate transactions and licensing:

• Pharmaceutical companies entering or expanding their presence in the US, Europe, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific Basin
• Issues involving licensed pharmaceutical products, biologics and intellectual property
• Joint ventures and strategic alliances, specifically including licensing, product development, research and marketing collaborations
• Transactions involving international performance and regulatory clearances
• Creation of novel product sourcing and distribution agreements
• Negotiating and implementing agreements with contracts research organizations

Antitrust:

• Private antitrust litigation
• Criminal grand jury inquiries
• Civil governmental inquiries
• All phases of Hart-Scott Rodino
• Post-closing antitrust reviews of collaborations between competitors
• Antitrust issues attendant to product development, marketing and compliance
• Development and implementation of corporate compliance programs
• Advice regarding EU competition rules in both our domestic and Paris offices
• Competition law and enforcement in the Pacific Basin, South America, and Africa

Litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution:

• Massive product liability litigation
• Insurance coverage disputes
• General civil litigation
• Corporate reorganization and bankruptcy cases
• Alternative dispute resolution
• Pharmaceutical licensing agreements
• Patent infringement and validity lawsuits for medical and dental device companies
• False advertising claims under the Lanham Act

Food and drug law: 

• Representation of multinational research-based pharmaceutical companies
• Representation of foreign and domestic medical device and cosmetics manufacturers
• US Food and Drug Administration regulatory matters

US employment law:

• Development and review of compliance programs
• Defense in discrimination, wrongful termination and breach of contract cases
• Employment agreements
• Negotiation of collective bargaining agreements with local unions 

Government contracts law:

• Bid protests
• Post-award audits
• Enforcement actions
• Practice before the executive agencies, the General Services Administration, the boards of contract appeals and federal courts
• Federal Supply Schedule contracting under the Veterans Healthcare Act of 1992