Biotech & Pharma

Biotechnology and pharmaceutical businesses operate at the intersection of scientific discovery, intellectual property, regulation, and capital. We advise companies, founders, investors, and research-driven organizations on the legal and business challenges involved in developing, financing, protecting, and commercializing life sciences technologies. Our advice reflects the different priorities that arise as a business moves from early research through clinical development, commercial partnerships, and market expansion.

Our team includes professionals with advanced degrees in science and technology, including backgrounds in biochemistry and molecular biology. This scientific foundation helps us understand the technologies underlying our clients’ businesses, assess their commercial significance, and connect research objectives with intellectual property strategy and investment considerations. We bring technical, legal, and business perspectives together when advising on collaborations, licensing, financing, acquisitions, and due diligence.

Life sciences businesses also face a shifting geopolitical and regulatory environment. Changes in foreign investment screening, data security, technology transfer, trade restrictions, and national security policies can affect cross-border research, funding, and commercialization. Requirements differ across jurisdictions, and even subtle policy changes can have significant consequences for an international partnership or investment. We help clients stay informed, assess the implications for their businesses, and adapt their structures and strategies as requirements evolve.

Our experience includes representing pharmaceutical companies in significant patent disputes in the United States and Canada and advising on biotechnology investments and acquisitions. We help clients protect valuable innovations, resolve disputes, and pursue transactions that support their development objectives. Working alongside scientific, regulatory, financial, and tax advisors, we seek practical outcomes that preserve value and advance our clients’ long-term goals.