The lawyers in Stevens & Lee’s Life Sciences Group have extensive experience in the rapidly evolving and often complex legal areas affecting biotechnology and life sciences companies. We provide comprehensive legal services to emerging and established biotechnology, bioinformatics, diagnostics, genomics, nanotechnology, proteomics, pharmaceutical, medical device, nutritional/nutraceutical and healthcare companies. We understand the factors behind successful life sciences ventures and have years of experience working with start-ups through developing private companies to mature public companies. We also represent colleges and universities, laboratories, contract research organizations, manufacturers and suppliers in matters involving life science companies, as well as entities that invest in them.

Our life sciences attorneys bring a unique combination of innovative and creative legal advice, along with a wide range of experience and an in-depth understanding of our clients’ business needs and of the challenges they face. We work with clients to secure funding; build strategic alliances; anticipate and comply with government regulation; develop, protect and commercialize intellectual property assets; prepare employment policies and programs; develop, expand and operate facilities; and plan effective and proactive strategies. We are also active litigators on behalf of our life sciences clients and aggressively defend them in intellectual property matters, antitrust matters and general business disputes, as well as those involving government actions.

Stevens & Lee assists life sciences companies in a variety of business combinations, such as mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures, to achieve growth and diversity. We regularly handle transactions of all sizes and have served as counsel in numerous financings and strategic collaborations that have raised funds in the hundreds of millions of dollars for life sciences companies. Our lawyers have strong ties to the investment community and are experienced in representing and working with investment banks and commercial banks, venture capital firms, institutional lenders, independent directors committees and management groups.

We advise life sciences clients in the following areas:

• Development, commercialization and protection of intellectual property
• Venture capital financing and public offerings
• Strategic alliances, mergers and acquisitions
• General business counsel
• Corporate governance
• Research collaborations
• License and technology transfer agreements
• Clinical trial agreements
• Co-development and co-marketing agreements
• Co-sale agreements
• Commercial supply agreements
• Contract research and manufacturing agreements
• Material transfer agreements
• Cooperative R&D agreements with federal agencies
• Consulting arrangements
• FDA and other regulatory matters
• Corporate compliance programs
• Government contracts and grant funding
• Evaluation and testing arrangements
• Scientific advisory board arrangements
• Employment policies, agreements and disputes
• Immigration
• Products liability litigation
• Tax planning and appeals
• Facilities acquisition, leasing and financing
• Land use permitting and regulatory approvals
• Litigation and dispute resolution
• Securities class action litigation
• Intellectual property litigation
• Government enforcement actions
• Antitrust planning
• Compensation and benefits
• Environmental compliance and litigation
• OSHA

For more information, please contact Richard J. Pinto at 609.987.6650.