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Arnold & Porter

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Leveraging the firm’s overarching IP, commercial and regulatory prowess, Arnold & Porter is best-suited to advising life sciences start-ups/corporates throughout their funding life cycle, both domestically and on transatlantic issues by dint of its US resources. As well as acting on life sciences matters, team head  Jeremy Willcocks has experience advising on investments in the cannabis and cybersecurity space, and is able to provide pure venture capital advice alongside broader corporate finance/M&A capabilities by dint of his comprehensive transactional skillset.

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Key clients

  • Touchlight Genetics
  • In-Q-Tel, Inc.
  • Policy Platforms Ltd (Trading as Polyloop)

Work highlights

  • Advised leading synthetic DNA manufacturer Touchlight Genetics on its renegotiation of license and exit from JV.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Jeremy Willcocks

Other key lawyers

Ewan Townsend, Sean Scanlon, Tom Wilson, Emelia Hunt