Chambers Review
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Life Sciences - Asia-Pacific Region
What the Team is Known For
Thanks to its global network, Morrison Foerster is well placed to provide IP and corporate support to biotech companies and leading investors on joint ventures, funding, patent litigation and enforcement, and licensing issues in the life sciences sphere. It is also noted for core technology expertise within the sector and an impressive transactional capability across the Asia-Pacific region. The firm is particularly well versed in negotiating the licensing and development of pharmaceutical products as part of joint venture arrangements. The team regularly coordinates venture capital and corporate transactions with a network of colleagues based in offices across the USA.
Notable practitioners
Gordon Milner in Hong Kong and Sun Chuan in Shanghai, are key contacts for the China life sciences practice. The key contacts for the firm's life sciences practice in Japan are Masato Hayakawa and Yukihiro Terazawa.