England - London • Corporate and commercial
Stephenson Harwood
An already well-established presence in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sphere, Stephenson Harwood is consolidating its position through wider sector activity, including sponsorship, publishing and service agreements for Qatar Museums, luxury hotel and Michelin-star partnership agreements, and guiding City Sightseeing Limited through its franchise agreements with foreign jurisdictions. The team is under the leadership of Dan Holland, who is the key contact to pharmaceutical clients such as Oxford Biomedica – whom he advised on its new three-year Master Services & Development Agreement with AstraZeneca – as well as energy and transport companies. Hospitality and leisure businesses seek Naomi Leach‘s assistance on distribution and supply agreements, while Katie Hewson has been in demand by multinational corporates for cross-border service arrangements. Managing associate Chloe Haywood has built up a wealth of expertise and experience supporting a broad range of the practice’s pharmaceutical matters alongside associate Bobbie Bickerton, who is also noted for her data protection proficiency.
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‘Great team. Highly collaborative and responsive to client needs.’
‘Dan Holland is great to work with, highly experienced and able to provide pragmatic commercial advice as well as sound legal advice.
- 'Chloe Haywood is a very experienced lawyer, she is very responsive and collaborative.’
‘They provide a personalised service. They become very familiar with your business and know what you need. They provide a great billing arrangement whereby if the retainer hours are not used they will roll those over to the next month. They have a good mix of young associates to gain experience.’
‘Dan Holland- exceptional. So responsive and nothing is a problem. Bobbie Bickerton- up-and-coming associate - work is in a safe pair of hands.’
Key clients
- Oxford Biomedica
- Qatar Museums
- Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park Limited
- Fiorucci Holdings Limited
- Inspired Finco Holdings Limited
- CLS Group
- Butterfly Hospitality UK Limited
- Kroll Associates UK Ltd
- Acacia Pharma Group
- Caledonia Group Services Ltd.
- City Sightseeing Limited
- Bergner Europe
- Acumed
Work highlights
- Advised Oxford Biomedica on key strategic agreements including a new three year Master Services & Development Agreement with AstraZeneca for potential future manufacturing opportunities for the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.
- Advising Mandarin Oriental's London hotel on its partnership with a two Michelin star restaurant and advising on contractual terms for their collaboration with a British fashion designer.
- Providing legal support to the Inspired global network of schools on strategically important commercial agreements, including drafting a master services agreement for educational SaaS products.
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A commercial lawyer with a focus on outsourcing, manufacturing and supply chain issues. Dan has 20 years' experience in advising on a wide variety of commercial relationships, from day-to-day trading activities to one-off projects and strategic alliances. Dan's practice is broadly split between services and supply chain issues, including procurement and supply at all stages of production, and outsourcing of both IT and BPO services. His practice is particularly focussed on the life sciences, manufacturing, transport and financial services sectors. His recent outsourcing experience includes the provision of hosted software and managed services to provide core banking function in a regulated environment to banks in the UK, as well as provision of other payment technology. On the BPO side, he has advised on the provision of crew, catering and lounge services on Eurostar trains. In life sciences, Dan regularly advises on the manufacturing and distribution of both API and finished products in the UK and Europe. He has particular knowledge of centralised procurement structures, consignment manufacturing arrangements and all routes to market for goods. Dan’s practice covers clients in the UK as well as those based throughout Europe, the Middle East and the US. He worked in Paris for a number of years and speaks fluent French.
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Dan Holland