Life Sciences
Asia-Pacific Guide 2024 : Asia-Pacific Region
Band 2
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Provided by DLA Piper LLP
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Chambers Review
DLA Piper maintains a sizeable team with a full life sciences offering which includes coverage of anti-corruption, compliance, clinical trials, IP, regulatory and competition law issues. It is particularly respected for its skilled handling of patent litigation, including infringement, amendment, revocation and enforcement for major pharmaceutical companies. The firm is also noted for its experience handling high-value cross-border transactional matters and commercialisation matters. The team acts for a broad range of biotech, healthcare, pharmaceutical and vaccine companies and has impressive geographical coverage, with offices in Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Thailand.
Nicholas Tyacke and Sammy Fang are main contacts for the life sciences practice, based in Sydney and Hong Kong respectively.
Work Highlights
- DLA Piper represented SmileDirectClub, in Federal Court proceedings commenced by Invisalign Australia concerning allegations of misleading and deceptive conduct.
- DLA Piper assisted Arlington Capital Partners and Everest Clinical Research on their acquisition of Brightech International.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"They have a strong team and are able to bring the right expertise to address the specific or unique issues or concepts as needed."
"Everyone we worked with at DLA Piper was and is incredibly responsive. We always get a prompt response regardless of the time difference."
"DLA Piper has the real knowledge about China and the South-East Asia region. The lawyers are very responsive, and they understand our interests, tendencies, and approaches."
"They have a strong team and are able to bring the right expertise to address the specific or unique issues or concepts as needed."
"Everyone we worked with at DLA Piper was and is incredibly responsive. We always get a prompt response regardless of the time difference."
"DLA Piper has the real knowledge about China and the South-East Asia region. The lawyers are very responsive, and they understand our interests, tendencies, and approaches."