Julian Thurston is a consultant in our global life sciences group, advising life science companies in IP licensing, strategic partnering, collaborations, joint ventures, outsourcing and other commercial matters.
Mr. Thurston is regarded as one of the top life sciences transactional attorneys in the UK, Europe and globally; his work in the sector has helped to shape many of the licensing and partnering agreements used today. Since the authoritative guide, Chambers Global, began covering life sciences as a separate legal specialisation in 2008, Mr. Thurston has been consistently ranked by them as one of the top 5 lawyers globally for commercial life sciences work.
In recent years, Mr. Thurston has had a particular focus in partnering and joint ventures in the BRIC countries, especially China and Brazil.