All five are recognized as experts in their sector. Elizabeth Holland, Bill James, John Bennet, Nick Mitrokostas and Daniel Margolis come straight from Goodwin Procter to flesh out Allen & Overy’s life sciences intellectual property litigation department. Elizabeth Holland will lead the entire life sciences team. John Bennet and Nick Mitrokostas allow the firm to afford an office in Boston. The city was not chosen at random: it is known to be a life sciences hub, which brings together leading universities, specialized research hospitals and companies in the sector. Allen & Overy is banking on expansion across the United States to “to become the only international firm to offer bespoke, coordinated and high-level know-how to companies in the life sciences market in matters of intellectual property litigation” »reminds the senior partner American Tim House.
With over thirty years of experience, Elizabeth Holland specializes in patent and license infringement litigation. His clients ? Novartis, Takeda, Boston Scientific that it can assist in the courts of the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands and Mexico. Bill James, a lawyer for more than twenty-five years, is a regular in multinationals in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors. It helps them coordinate their intellectual property around the world. John Bennet has been involved in high-stakes disputes for twenty years. He analyzes the links between intellectual property, regulation and the challenges of the business world to offer his clients in the pharmaceutical sector the answers adapted to their needs, both for patents and for the risks of commercial litigation. Nick Mitrokostas advises companies in the life sciences sector, small and mid-cap, during the development of drugs (patents, regulation, pre-market risk assessment, etc.). He specializes in trade secrets, licensing and antitrust litigation. As for Daniel Margolis, he has developed scientific and legal know-how. Its customers are mainly companies in the pharmaceutical and chemical sectors.
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