![Malcolm Bates](/cdn-cgi/image/width=256/https://www.legal500.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/08/bates-malcolm.jpg)
Biotechnology
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
![Malcolm Bates](/cdn-cgi/image/width=256/https://www.legal500.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/08/bates-malcolm.jpg)
![Rachel Bradley](/cdn-cgi/image/width=256/https://www.legal500.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2023/07/3393_1194405.jpg)
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
Partner in the commercial, IP and IT team, with a particular specialism in the life sciences and publishing sectors.Advises clients on a broad range of non-contentious IP matters, including drafting and negotiating trade mark licences, patent and know-how licences, copyright licences, and software licences. Her practice focuses in particular on advising biotech/pharmaceutical clients on commercial agreements such as confidentiality agreements, consultancy agreements, master services agreements, material transfer agreements, manufacturing agreements and clinical trial agreements, and on advising publishing clients on author publishing agreements, site licence agreements, and other book/journal publishing agreements.
![James Fry](/cdn-cgi/image/width=256/https://www.legal500.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2023/07/941_1172363.jpg)
Mills & Reeve LLP
James is head of Mills & Reeve's fast growing multi-disciplinary life sciences team.
![Tim Worden](/cdn-cgi/image/width=256/https://www.legal500.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2024/08/worden-timothy.jpg)
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.