SJ Berwin’s Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences group is recognised as one of the leading practices of its kind, acting for a broad range of clients in the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.
We earned this recognition acting in many of the landmark legal and regulatory cases in the pharmaceutical sector, not only in domestic courts but also before the European Court of Justice, the European Commission and local regulatory and competition authorities.
Our expertise is broad-based, encompassing the full range of disciplines required in this sector. These include: regulatory, competition and antitrust, patent, licensing and commercial exploitation and corporate advice (including fund formation, capital raising, corporate structures, joint ventures, tax, mergers and acquisitions, takeovers and de-mergers). Our clients frequently call on our other specialist lawyers to advise in areas such as commercial disputes and executive contracts.
We also often advise pharmaceuticals & life sciences companies on their private equity investments.
Our lawyers have industry knowledge and experience and speak frequently at the leading industry events and conferences. This expertise is recognised by legal and industry-specific directories who, year on year, rank our lawyers as leaders in their respective fields.
A number of our lawyers have worked in the European Commission’s Competition Directorate General, Legal Service and Internal Market Directorate General. We also have close links with the principal regulatory and governmental bodies.