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Life Sciences: Transactional - UK-wide

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What the Team is Known For

Goodwin represents life sciences companies, from startups to large global corporations, in a wide range of transactions. The firm's strengths include joint ventures, acquisitions, licensing and collaboration agreements. The team also has experience handling financing matters for SMEs, with particular expertise in Series B fundraising.

Work Highlights

  • Goodwin advised clinical-stage biotech Adcendo on the closing of an oversubscribed USD135 million Series B financing round involving significant cross-border VC financing expertise.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Tim Worden
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Tim Worden
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Tim Worden regularly advises on licensing, clinical trials, distribution and R&D agreements of all kinds and associated regulatory matters. He also advises on the IP and regulatory dimensions of M&A, capital markets and venture capital transactions.

Tim is just pure class; an absolute pleasure to deal with.

David Mardle
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David Mardle
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David Mardle has extensive experience advising clients in the life science and biotechnology sectors on significant M&A and financing matters.
Graham Defries
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Graham Defries
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Graham Defries' practice covers the full span of transactional matters, taking in strategic collaborations, venture capital investment and licensing deals of all kinds. His client base comprises pharmaceutical and biotech innovators as well as investors in the sector.

Graham is a very good venture capital corporate lawyer.

Sophie McGrath
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Sophie McGrath
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Sophie McGrath often advises on complex cross-border financings and funding rounds involving multiple stakeholders, including many in venture capital and private equity. She is routinely sought after by major clients in the biotech and biopharma industries.

Sophie is a top lawyer for VC and PE work.

Sophie has huge gravitas with the board and comes up with very practical solutions to novel problems.

Sophie McGrath is a superb business partner in transactions.

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Life Sciences: Transactional

Tim Worden
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Tim Worden
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David Mardle
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David Mardle
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Graham Defries
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Graham Defries
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Sophie McGrath
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Sophie McGrath
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