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Latham & Watkins LLP

Life Sciences

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Latham & Watkins LLP

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Life Sciences - USA - Nationwide

Band 1

Band 1


What the Team is Known For

Latham & Watkins LLP offers a high-end corporate practice recognized for its expert capital markets team as well as its handling of complex M&A, collaboration and licensing deals. The firm also provides skillful counsel on regulatory compliance to pharmaceutical and medical device companies on a range of matters including new product approvals and marketing materials.

Work Highlights

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  • Latham & Watkins advised oncology company Merus in its $8 billion sale to biotechnology company Genmab.

Strengths

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  • Latham is an extremely experienced team, that are good at keeping up with the tide and bringing understanding to the regulatory matters we face.

    Life Sciences respondentUSA

Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 1Peter N Handrinos
    Band 1Peter N Handrinos

    Peter N Handrinos

    Peter Handrinos is noted for his representation of investment banks and public companies in life sciences-related capital markets transactions and securities-related matters.
  • Band 2Jennifer Bragg
    Band 2Jennifer Bragg

    Jennifer Bragg

    Jennifer Bragg offers significant experience handling complex, high-stakes FDA enforcement matters. She regularly advises clients on internal and external investigations and conducts due diligence for major pharmaceutical companies.
  • Band 2Michael Morin
    Band 2Michael Morin

    Michael Morin

    Michael Morin is global chair of intellectual property litigation practice at Latham & Watkins. He is known for his extensive representations of large pharmaceutical companies in connection with patent and copyright infringement matters.

    • Mike is an excellent lawyer and leads an excellent team.

      Life Sciences respondentUSA
  • Band 3Cheston Larson
    Band 3Cheston Larson

    Cheston Larson

    Cheston Larson advises biotech and other life sciences companies through all stages of their life cycle. His practice focuses on corporate and financing transactions. His work covers venture financing, IPOs and M&A transactions.

  • Band 3John Manthei
    Band 3John Manthei

    John Manthei

    John Manthei is global chair of the healthcare and life sciences practice. He advises pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and medical device companies on all manner of FDA and other regulatory procedures governing the life sciences sector. His expertise includes the negotiation of clinical trial agreements, pre-market product development and the regulation of marketing materials.

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