Life Sciences
Asia-Pacific Guide 2025 : Australia
Band 2
Email address
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+61 2 9210 6500Chambers Review
Corrs Chambers Westgarth maintains its well-established track record of acting for life sciences clients, offering a comprehensive range of skills, often enhanced by sector-relevant academic qualifications, to global and local pharma, biotech and consumer product companies. The firm tackles both litigious and advisory work, including patent litigation, regulation, competition, and the supply and pricing of medicines. Additionally, it assists clients with related corporate, structuring and M&A and tax issues, drawing where appropriate on the wider resources of the firm. Corrs Chambers Westgarth is further noted for its ability to maintain longstanding relationships with established clients or to attract repeat engagements from more recent ones.
Work Highlights
- Corrs acted for AFT in a litigation against Reckitt Benckiser before the Federal Court of Australia in relation to their advertisements of competing combination analgesic products MAXIGESIC (AFT) and NUROMOL (RB).
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The Corrs team produces very high-quality work and are commercially-minded."
"Corrs is not only exceptional in Australia, but is unparalleled globally."
"The Corrs team produces very high-quality work and are commercially-minded."
"Corrs is not only exceptional in Australia, but is unparalleled globally."
Notable Practitioners
Odette Gourley offers a wealth of experience of acting for life sciences clients on both patent and trade mark matters, handling both contentious and regulatory issues. She is based in Sydney.
"Odette is a remarkable life sciences professional."
Eugenia Kolivos leads the firm's life sciences and intellectual property practices. She is experienced in handling patent portfolios and licensing issues as well as franchising, procurement and outsourcing.