Life Sciences

As the life sciences industry continues to grow and attract investors, general counsel are faced with myriad legal issues, ranging from antitrust, intellectual property and product liability litigation, to mergers and acquisitions, to compliance with privacy and anti-bribery laws. Orrick’s life sciences lawyers approach our clients as business partners, with the bottom-line goal of minimizing legal risk and maximizing return on investment.

Orrick’s life sciences practice advises more than 500 large and small life sciences companies around the globe. In addition to seeking our advice on corporate transactions and regulatory compliance, clients throughout the sector regularly turn to our litigators to handle bet-the-company antitrust, patent, trade secret and products liability litigation at both the trial and appellate levels.

We represent clients that manufacture or distribute pharmaceuticals, biologicals, medical devices, vaccines, bioinformatics, diagnostics and therapeutics, as well as companies in the agrosciences, food and dietary supplement and personal care product sectors.

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Why Orrick?

Legal Depth. Our nationally recognized life sciences lawyers handle major matters in antitrust, intellectual property, mass torts and products liability, securities litigation, white collar defense and corporate and technology transactions. We also have a team in Washington, D.C., with substantial experience advising high-profile clients on public strategies and crisis management.

Scientific Acumen. Orrick team members hold degrees in key scientific and technical fields, including biology, chemistry, molecular genetics, cell biology, physiology, engineering, biophysics and plant molecular and developmental biology. We pride ourselves on our ability to explain and communicate to judges and juries the complex scientific and technical issues that are at the core of many of our cases.

Emphasis on Innovation. We understand the role that innovation plays in creating products that extend and improve the quality of life, and in creating a successful business. Orrick lawyers are constantly innovating, both by taking a creative and flexible approach to litigating cases and structuring transactions, as well as by finding ways to serve our clients more efficiently through the incorporation of new technologies into our work and investment in a centralized back-office Global Operations Center.