Department profile
Baker Botts L.L.P.

Life Sciences

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Baker Botts L.L.P.

About

Provided by Baker Botts L.L.P.

Baker Botts' Life Sciences Practice embraces the innovation that drives today's life sciences industry. We recognize this innovation involves not only ground-breaking science, but also an understanding of the business challenges inherent and unique to the industry. Our Life Science lawyers have the scientific acumen to understand and protect our clients' innovations, as well as the experience to address the myriad of legal issues involved in bringing a pharmaceutical product, medical device, or research/industrial tool to market. Our team of attorneys understand the unique intellectual property, transactional, corporate, and litigation issues that surround products and services in the life science industry, which allows us to effectively and efficiently help our clients maneuver through these challenges.

 

Our team of Life Sciences lawyers, including over 50 intellectual property lawyers and scientific advisors, understands that this industry is evolving at an incredible pace. Through our daily interactions and strategic client relationships, we recognize the life sciences industry is no longer defined solely by pharmaceutical, biological, and medical sciences. Instead,the industry has developed to cross into an array of scientific and technological disciplines.

To learn more about our practice, please visit:

https://www.bakerbotts.com/services/industries/life-sciences

Chambers Review

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Life Sciences - USA - Nationwide

Band 5

Band 5


What the Team is Known For
Baker Botts L.L.P. has a wide-ranging and well-respected life sciences practice. The team is able to offer clients services related to IP portfolio management, patent prosecution and patent infringement litigation. The team is further able to support clients on transactional matters including venture capital and private equity financing and IP transfer and licensing agreements.
Notable practitioners

Steve Lendaris is a key contact.

Work Highlights

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  • Baker Botts L.L.P. continued to defend Sun Pharmaceuticals and Taro Pharmaceuticals in pricing antitrust litigation and a related class action.

Strengths

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  • Baker Botts has an incredibly deep and rich understanding of the life sciences landscape and are able to help advise our scientists on specific data required to go after certain claims.

    Life Sciences respondentUSA
  • Baker Botts understands the dynamic needs of startup clients, which allows them to craft creative solutions related to patent prosecution in the life sciences.

    Life Sciences respondentUSA
  • Their ability to be succinct when drafting patent applications from a strategic standpoint, rather than taking a cookie-cutter approach, really stands out.

    Life Sciences respondentUSA

Members

Provided by Baker Botts L.L.P.

  • Mark Botti

  • Steve Lendaris

    Head of Department

  • Avner Bengera

  • Arman J. Kuyumjian

  • Steve Mann

  • Michael Torosian

  • Rachael Lamkin

  • Matthew Avery

  • Sandra Lee

  • Patrick K. McClay

  • Dr. Carolyn Pirraglia

  • Anthony W. Swisher

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