MCE CARREL

Contract Law - Commercial Law - Life Sciences

Senior Legal Counsel

English, French

An American national, Luke Sampson began his career in the United States, where he was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 2011 and to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 2012. Luke worked as an associate at the law firm of Bovarnick & Associates, LLC, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, specializing in business and commercial law, where he advised clients on business formation, growth, restructuring and corporate governance. Luke has also represented clients in business, commercial and corporate bankruptcy litigation. After relocating to France in 2016, Luke became the General Counsel of French biotech TxCell, SA, which was acquired by US biotech, Sangamo Therapeutics, Inc. Within TxCell, he created a legal structure, which (once it became Sangamo Therapeutics' subsidiary), supported activities in Europe and the US.