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Latham & Watkins

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Led by Robbie McLaren, the team at Latham & Watkins is noted for its ‘great sector knowledge’ and strength in handling the full spectrum of corporate matters, including IPOs, licensing transactions, and financing issues. McLaren primarily handles cross-border M&A, in addition to venture and growth capital investments. Senior associate Oliver Mobasser primarily focuses on assisting biotech, medtech, and pharmaceutical companies with strategic transactions and divestments.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Great sector knowledge. Very responsive. Creative thinking and well resourced teams.’

Key clients

  • Abcam
  • Acino Pharma
  • Amgen
  • Astellas Pharma
  • Atai
  • Baxter
  • BenevolentAI
  • BC Partners
  • Collplant
  • CVC Capital Partners
  • Eleusis
  • Exscientia
  • GlaxoSmithKline
  • KKR
  • Ligand Pharmaceuticals
  • Meira GTx
  • Mereo BioPharma
  • Nordic Capital
  • Norgine
  • Novo Holdings
  • Oasmia
  • Osler Diagnostics
  • Permira
  • Pharmanovia
  • Pharmaseeds
  • Pharmathen
  • ProPharma Group
  • Silverlake Partners
  • Sobi
  • Soundbite
  • Synthon
  • Theramex
  • Zogenix

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Robbie McLaren

Other key lawyers

Oliver Mobasser