MoFo’s Life Sciences Transactions + Licensing Group is comprised of deal lawyers focused on commercial and licensing transactions across the life sciences ecosystem, fully integrated into the life sciences networks and communities in which we practice.
Our life sciences and healthcare clients, from emerging innovation drivers to iconic brands, rely on our unrivaled depth of knowledge and technological experience, wealth of business insight, renowned legal skill, and both local and global presence for business-critical life sciences transactions, projects, and strategic advice. Our key focus areas are:
We have spent decades developing our industry roots, and have cultivated a transactions practice in life sciences that is driven by collaboration, experience in virtually every type of life sciences transaction, and exceptional client service. Together with our Patent, M&A, Privacy, FDA/Regulatory, Antitrust, and other corporate practices, we advise and guide clients through all stages of each transaction to achieve the most effective outcome. Our LST+L Group’s worldwide leads include Matthew Karlyn in Boston, Wolfgang Schoenig in Berlin, Chuan Sun in Shanghai, Masato Hayakawa in Tokyo, and Rufus Pichler in San Francisco.
We are Locally Global. From Boston to San Francisco, Berlin to Tokyo to Shanghai, we are at the forefront of the world’s leading life sciences markets, committed to a local presence that is integrated globally. Our worldwide team of transactional attorneys advise on the full range of transactions that arise during the life cycle of pharmaceutical or agricultural products, from billion-dollar global research, development and marketing collaborations, partnering, licensing initiatives, and cross-technology projects involving data analytics/IT and life sciences, to daily commercial and operational matters. We are committed to working with our broad base of life sciences companies—from startups to some of the world’s largest companies—on a wide array of business transactions related to the convergence of biology and technology and the commercialization of life sciences products.
Our blog MoFo Life Sciences shares timely legal and business insights and in-depth analyses on trends and the complex technologies at the heart of the global pharmaceutical, biotechnology, diagnostics, medical devices, digital health, and AgTech fields.
Our team handles the broadest spectrum of life sciences transactions. We excel in structuring and negotiating all types of deals life sciences and healthcare companies may pursue as part of their business strategy. We have exceptionally broad experience in both standard and specialized agreements, including:
Pharmaceuticals. Pharmaceuticals are at the heart of what our clients do. Our attorneys counsel pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies in all aspects of the research, development, and commercialization of pharmaceutical products.
Digital Health and Data Science. Digitalization provides tremendous opportunities for all segments of the life sciences industry. With our strong background in IT and privacy law, we work at the forefront of the convergence of life sciences and technology. Combining our deep industry knowledge of the various sectors of the life sciences and healthcare industry with our market-leading tech expertise, we help bring technology solutions to market.
Medical Devices. Our attorneys have deep experience in advising medical device, diagnostics, and tool companies in the research, development, and commercialization of medical devices, diagnostics, and research tools.
Food + Agriculture. The Food & AgTech sector is changing at a rapid pace. New technologies like genome editing are revolutionizing how new traits or other products are researched. Similarly, information technology and data science are driving smart farming and the ways in which agricultural products are produced and commercialized.
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