Life Sciences
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Australia
Band 2
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+61 2 9225 0200About
Provided by Baker McKenzie
Our Healthcare and Life Sciences team are trusted advisors to market leaders. Our clients include pharmaceutical, diagnostic, medical device and biotech companies, as well as research institutions and CROs representing some of the world's most significant pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device and healthcare services companies. We have deep relationships with leading healthcare and life sciences companies, and offer high quality service and in-depth, holistic understanding of our clients' businesses. We also have strong relationships with all relevant Australian industry organisations and regularly present or participate as panellists at leading industry conferences.
Our industry specialists offer expert multidisciplinary advice across areas that are of strategic importance to our clients. Our Healthcare and Life Sciences team includes compliance, intellectual property, corporate and commercial, tax, competition, disputes, product liability, trade practices, regulation, privacy, employment and real estate experts. This diversity and specialist healthcare and life sciences expertise allows us to advise on a multitude of complex and multifaceted issues facing clients in the industry, setting us apart from our competitors. Many of our healthcare and life sciences experts also have experience working in-house in the pharmaceutical or medtech industries, and/or have scientific qualifications.
Chambers Review
Baker McKenzie fields a multi-skilled group with a well-established reputation in the healthcare industry, in demand for its knowledge of global markets generally and of those in Asia-Pacific in particular, facilitated by its membership of a well-integrated international network and buttressed by extensive in-house experience of employment in the medtech and pharmaceutical industries. Its life sciences team works with global pharma, medical device and healthcare corporates, offering a full suite of services from M&A and competition to IP, regulatory and R&D matters, coordinated, where appropriate, with those provided by international colleagues. The team is active in providing Australian and regional clients with seminars on the latest legal, regulatory and technological developments.
Work Highlights
- Baker McKenzie advised Medtronic as global counsel in relation to the proposed disposal of its patient monitoring and respiratory interventions businesses.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Baker McKenzie offers strong understanding of the regulations and a very commercial approach rather than simply a black-and-white view."
"Baker McKenzie is very responsive and client-oriented as well as flexible and adaptable in the case of changes to the project. It is so good at project management and is solution-oriented."
"Baker McKenzie offers strong understanding of the regulations and a very commercial approach rather than simply a black-and-white view."
"Baker McKenzie is very responsive and client-oriented as well as flexible and adaptable in the case of changes to the project. It is so good at project management and is solution-oriented."
Notable Practitioners
Benjamin McLaughlin is based in Sydney and is widely recognised for his work on behalf of leading healthcare sector players on major transactions.
"It has been a pleasure to work with Ben. He is very responsive to our needs and kept his team focussed on priorities."
Elisabeth White co-heads the Baker McKenzie Australian life sciences team from the Sydney office, drawing on her long experience in the IP space to advise noted healthcare sector players across a wide range of principally regulatory issues.
"Liz has an excellent grasp of legislative regime in healthcare. She is clear in her communication, and her honesty and integrity are second to none."