Ropes & Gray LLP routinely acts for global biopharmaceutical and medical device companies, as well as a large proportion of private equity investors. The practice houses experts in licensing, IP, disputes, China regulatory issues, M&A, and capital markets, as well as venture capital investments, equity financings, securities and public company matters. Other notable areas are human genetic regulation, data privacy and research compliance. Dividing his time between Shanghai and New York, Arthur Mok acts for biotechs, multinational pharmaceutical companies and investment sponsors on Greater China matters; and the track record of Eric Wu, who works across the firm’s Hong Kong and Shanghai offices, includes advising biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device and consumer healthcare companies, as well as venture capital, private equity and hedge funds.
Key clients
- Everest Medicines
- Teva Pharmaceuticals
- Zai Lab
- Ji Xing Pharmaceuticals Shanghai Co
- Zenas Biopharma
- Becton Dickinson and Company
- J Pharma
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals
- Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals
- FibroGen
Work highlights
- Assisted Bain Capital Life Sciences with leading a syndicate of investors, including RTW and Atlas Ventures, on the creation of a newco with an initial $400m investment and the concurrent in-licensing of a pipeline of incretin drugs from Shanghai-based Jiangsu Hengrui Pharmaceutical.
- Advised Allorion Therapeutics on a global licensing agreement with Avenzo Therapeutics to develop and commercialise Allorian's AVZO-021.
- Advised J-Pharma Co on an agreement with Georgetown University that grants an exclusive worldwide license to use patents and patent applications (held by Georgetown University for an amino acid transporter inhibitor for the treatment of inflammatory diseases).
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Arthur Mok