概览
Mayer Brown为全球制药、生物科技及医疗器械行业的众多客户提供法律服务,处于领先地位。我们具备必需的法律及科技经验,兼备全球意识,能够把握生命科学行业蕴藏的机遇,成功化解挑战。
我们的生命科学团队由本行多个业务领域的律师组成,这些律师经验丰富、资源深厚,擅长处理影响全球生命科学行业的各类事宜,其中包括交易、知识产权、争议解决、反垄断及竞争、风险管理、调查及合规、政府及全球贸易、税务及转移定价、监管以及环境问题。
多年来,我们致力于为生命科学行业的客户提供务实可行且行之有效的法律服务。我们的客户既有初创型企业,也有全球规模最大的生命科学公司。
此外,我们还协助众多区域性、全国性乃至全球性银行、投资银行及其他投资者处理与生命科学行业相关的资本市场以及结构性融资交易。
我们的服务网络遍及全球,在世界各地多个核心商业及金融中心城市设立了办事处,这使得我们能够协助客户构建、统筹跨境交易及其他交易类法律事宜。我们协助生命科学公司解决不同商业领域的各类问题,同时与领先的行业组织保持密切的联系与沟通,积累了深入透彻的行业经验,洞察生命科学行业面临的法律及监管挑战。
我们的生命科学业务团队提供全方位的法律服务,包括以下领域:
- 交易
- 知识产权
- 《药品价格竞争与专利期补偿法》(Hatch-Waxman)咨询及诉讼
- 许可
- 争议解决
- 反垄断及竞争
- 风险管理、调查及合规
- 政府及全球贸易
- 税务及转移定价
- 监管及环境
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执业经验
Our Life Sciences practice provides advice on the full range of issues, including:
Transactions
Intellectual Property
Hatch-Waxman Counseling & Litigation
Licensing
Dispute Resolution
Antitrust and Competition
Risk Management, Investigations and Compliance
Government and Global Trade
Tax and Transfer Pricing
Regulatory and Environmental
Transactions
Clients turn to us for advice in structuring, managing and documenting their transactions, including their most complex, time-sensitive and critical deals.
We have represented domestic and multinational clients in all forms of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures/disposals, contested transactions, management and other buyouts, recapitalizations, reorganizations, tender offers and joint ventures. Our team has extensive experience in assisting with all aspects of a given transaction, including: marketing and promotion arrangements; product development alliances; clinical trial agreements; licenses; site separation mechanics; shared facility agreements; business, site and other service agreements; lease agreements; toll and contract manufacturing agreements; supply agreements; power arrangements; and IP-related agreements.
We provide competition and antitrust advice on a variety of cross-border transactions to ensure compliance with regulations and other guidelines in the United States, Europe and Asia. We also draw upon our litigation experience to assist companies in evaluating potential product and commercial liability risks in formal and informal due diligence, including risks of existing or emerging toxic torts, product liability and commercial disputes.
We work with most of the Fortune 100 companies, most leading global banks and many of the world’s largest broker-dealers, asset managers and insurance companies, providing legal knowledge, market experience and international insight with the financial products central to these financial institutions. The upshot of this experience is that our clients gain thoughtful, creative solutions to the challenges encountered in capital markets transactions.
Our experience in the life sciences industries allows us to quickly and seamlessly provide the proper context for the regulatory, disclosure and other commercial issues that arise during the course of a capital markets transaction. There is no substitute for having lawyers on a deal team who have a sophisticated understanding of their client’s business.
With our multi-jurisdictional capabilities and deep understanding of the capital markets and structured finance (including securitization), we are ideally placed to advise on global project finance. The firm’s award-winning Project Finance Group is regularly involved in some of the largest and most innovative projects across the globe. Our experience ranges across sectors and hemispheres, including countries in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
The depth and quality of our domestic and international teams bring together skills in risk assessment, project appraisal and project documentation — including concession agreements, project development agreements, partnership and joint venture agreements, acquisition agreements, management agreements and sub-contracting arrangements — for a diverse group of clients, including developers, sponsors, investors, contractors, operators, commercial and investment banks, and governments and public agencies.
Intellectual Property
The firm’s IP practice offers a full range of services, including litigation and enforcement, counseling, patent and trademark prosecution, transactional support and agreement drafting. Our global IP capabilities, coupled with our multidisciplinary approach to today’s emerging issues in the development, protection and exploitation of intellectual property assets, are well-matched for life sciences companies.
We offer comprehensive assistance from our locations in key business centers around the world. Many of our IP lawyers in the United States are admitted before the US Patent and Trademark Office (PTO). In addition, several of our US IP lawyers have technical degrees in such fields as biochemistry, chemistry, pharmacy, microbiology, electrical, mechanical and chemical engineering and computer science, and a number of them worked as scientists and engineers before becoming lawyers.
Our European lawyers deal with cross-border patent issues and strategically manage some of the largest and most recognized global brands. In Asia, we have a highly experienced team of focused IP lawyers who have practiced in Hong Kong, China and the broader Asian region for many years. As a result, we know not only IP law, but also its practical application.
Hatch-Waxman Counseling and Litigation
In Hatch-Waxman and other patent litigation, Mayer Brown has successfully represented innovator pharmaceutical companies against generic manufacturers and other parties alleging non-infringement, patent invalidity, inequitable conduct and antitrust violations. In these cases, we have used creative strategies to develop new data—and new arguments—supporting patentability, which were later upheld by the Federal Circuit.
Because almost every new drug product will be the subject of generic attack, we routinely counsel our clients on Hatch-Waxman and product management issues. We recognize that IP is the lifeblood of the life sciences industries, and that optimal success is achieved by a product management process aligning the business, regulatory and patent assets and objectives. Our counseling activities have included:
- Pre-litigation analysis of Orange Book listed patents at an early stage (e.g., upon FDA approval of the NDA) to identify possible risks and avoid the 45-day pressure of having a ready legal and scientific team upon the receipt of a Paragraph IV certification.
- Assessments of extending FDA and patent exclusivities throughout the entire product lifecycle based on, for example, new formulations, new strengths or indications, improved pharmacokinetic profiles, dosage form dissolution profiles, and new salt, enantiomeric or polymorphic forms. Our creativity and experience in this area help our clients maximize the value of their IP.
- Due Diligence assessments of Hatch-Waxman and antitrust litigation relating to the purchase of pharmaceutical products and companies where we have been involved — both as sellers’ and buyers’ counsel — in extensive document reviews and witness interviews.
- Preparation of detailed timelines and scenario planning to align the business, regulatory and patent objectives and likely outcomes.
- Strategic advice regarding patent term extensions.
- Analyses and strategies for non-Orange Book eligible patents.
- Advice and representation before the FTC and courts with respect to settlements of ANDA litigation.
Licensing
Mayer Brown has extensive experience in representing both major pharmaceutical companies and academic research institutions in negotiating IP licenses covering a wide range of technologies.
Our European offices have handled a broad range of licensing and regulatory issues, including advice on centralized and decentralized procedures for drug licensing with the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) as well as orphan drug designation licenses and related proceedings with national agencies, including the German Federal Agency for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM). The advice on regulatory compliance matters also comprises all kinds of marketing and sales issues and other European Union regulatory matters. Our European offices also closely interact with the Federal and State pharmaceutical authorities in Europe.
Likewise, our Asian offices regularly represent multi-national clients in protecting trademarks and other IP rights in virtually every major country in southeast Asia. This practice includes the Peoples Republic of China, where our Beijing office provides an on-the-ground presence that few other US firms can offer.
Dispute Resolution
We have successfully handled the entire spectrum of litigation that affects life sciences companies, including civil and criminal enforcement actions, IP litigation, environmental litigation (statutory cleanup actions, refusal of environmental permits and environmental prosecutions), products liability cases, and mass tort and toxic tort actions. We have experience with large cases that combine governmental investigations or prosecutions and mass civil claims. Our work has included defending pharmaceutical and chemical companies, suppliers and insurers against a wide range of consumer and product liability claims, and we have worked on matters dealing with some of the most well-known pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and substances (such as asbestos) to those on the cutting edge of emerging claims and litigation.
Of particular interest to the life sciences industries, the firm’s Supreme Court & Appellate practice has comprehensive experience in the area of preemption, and has been deeply involved in shaping the preemption defense as it applies to life science companies. Lawyers in the group have been involved in virtually every Supreme Court product liability preemption case of the past 10 years, representing either a party or an amicus. And, unlike many other firms, we believe in an integrated trial approach in which our appellate group regularly assists at the trial level, briefing and arguing pre-trial motions, handling post-trial motions and working closely with trial counsel to shape legal strategy and properly preserve the record for appeal. Our litigation teams regularly represent life sciences companies in litigating preemption issues, and have successfully obtained dismissals on federal preemption grounds in lawsuits and purported class actions in a wide spectrum of cases, including products liability claims against life sciences manufacturers, automobile companies, and others, state attempts to interfere with federal environmental rules (including the Clean Air Act), and state schemes that interfere with federal regulatory systems governing numerous industries.
We also provide advice on a broad range of commercial disputes, including various forms of breach of contract and warranty, post-closing matters, business torts, qui tam and “whistleblower” litigation, securities and ERISA “stock drop” litigation and employment litigation.
In addition to our work in courtrooms around the world, we have extensive experience in international arbitrations and other domestic arbitrations and mediations of disputes. Supporting our dispute resolution work is our leadership in electronic discovery and records management.
Antitrust and Competition
Mayer Brown’s Antitrust & Competition practice works with clients on a broad variety of issues as they apply to the life sciences industries, including mergers and acquisitions, internal investigations, government investigations and enforcement proceedings, and civil litigation related to price fixing, allocation of markets, monopolization and other abuse of dominance charges.
We are experienced in representing clients in the life sciences arena in matters involving the US Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission, the European Commission and various national competition authorities, and in private damages actions brought by civil plaintiffs around the world. We also are ideally placed to advise clients with respect to the new competition regime in China thanks to our 2008 combination with leading Asian law firm JSM (formerly Johnson Stokes & Master). In addition, we regularly advise and counsel our clients on all aspects of antitrust compliance and risk assessment.
Furthermore, we are active at the intersection of pharmaceutical intellectual property and antitrust law. With partners and associates who themselves have played important roles in the US antitrust agencies’ intellectual property work, we can represent patent-owning chemical and pharmaceutical clients vigorously and credibly in governmental antitrust/competition investigations and litigation, and help them manage antitrust/competition law risk in utilizing their intellectual property. Similarly, we have deep experience in representing major clients in the chemical and pharmaceutical industries in a wide variety of important antitrust litigation, including both criminal and civil matters.
Risk Management, Investigations and Compliance
Our experience allows us to identify weaknesses in internal controls and business activities that could present risks of enforcement actions. Our lawyers help companies evaluate and enhance their best compliance practices and develop appropriate procedures and policies in response to the changed regulatory landscape, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Regulation FD, the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and the increasingly aggressive enforcement efforts of prosecutors and regulators across the globe. Using our insight into how prosecutors apply criminal law to alleged business crimes, we work with clients to undertake compliance audits and draft, implement and monitor compliance plans.
Our defense team conducts independent internal investigations on behalf of corporate management, boards of directors, audit or special litigation committees, government agencies and other investigators; we have suggested corrective measures that have resolved or lessened later enforcement actions. We are able to staff these matters with a diverse team of seasoned criminal defense and compliance lawyers whose prior government and investigative experience make them the optimal choice for these assignments.
In addition to these broad capabilities, we are advocates of the concept of “product stewardship,” which is aimed at spotting potential problems and minimizing the associated risks as early as possible. We can also advise on whether and how to augment insurance coverage in connection with potential product liability claims.
An analytical approach is the foundation of our insightful risk management advice that helps clients reduce and manage the risks of litigation and claims on an ongoing basis. We provide practical ways that companies can limit their risk exposure and we help them to develop model supplier and vendor agreements, review product labels, draft and review compliance programs, develop document retention policies and assess existing or contemplated processes for potential risks and advise on ways to minimize potential litigation or regulatory exposures.
Government and Global Trade
Mayer Brown’s Government and Global Trade practices have earned international recognition for using sophisticated political experience and leading-edge legal knowledge to help shape government and trade policy, legislation and regulations in the United States, Europe and key countries and regions around the world. The lawyers, lobbyists and other professionals in our groups are strategic thinkers who help clients to advance their domestic and global goals.
Tax and Transfer Pricing
With more than 100 tax lawyers worldwide, the breadth of Mayer Brown’s tax practice is difficult to match. We provide legal services to approximately 80 percent of the members of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA). When it comes to tax and transfer pricing advice in particular, we have advised 10 of the world’s 20 largest pharmaceutical companies. Our experience includes companies ranging from among the industries’ largest publicly held conglomerates to privately owned specialty companies that are leaders in specific therapeutic areas.
Our lawyers regularly advise on domestic and cross-border restructurings and related planning projects and have represented clients in many major corporate transactions. We also represent companies of all sizes in any phase of a tax dispute, from before a tax audit begins through litigation.
We have particular experience in the area of transfer pricing and have advised life sciences companies on the tax, customs and VAT ramifications of all facets of their value chains, including the development, transfer and use of high-value intangibles, related and unrelated party manufacturing and worldwide distribution. Our team understands that if incorrectly designed, implemented and defended, transfer pricing policies can become unwieldy, interfere with business flexibility and, in some cases, even compromise a company’s ability to protect its intellectual property.
Thus, the development of successful transfer pricing policies requires careful coordination with other disciplines within the company to protect the company’s most valuable assets. For this reason, we emphasize coordination with the company’s non-tax personnel, including business and finance staff, manufacturing experts, IP attorneys and litigation and transactional counsel.
Mayer Brown has experience with many tax issues often encountered in the industries, including some that have been identified by the US Internal Revenue Service as “Tier 1” and “Tier 2” compliance issues:
- Issues arising across the value chain: research, manufacturing, product launch, marketing, and life cycle management;
- Taxation of government payments and Department of Justice settlements;
- Treatment of upfront fees, milestones, royalties and deferred income items;
- Research and development tax credits;
- Section 936 exit strategies and other outbound migrations or cost sharing of intangibles;
- Section 199 domestic manufacturing deductions; and
- Section 965 Homeland Investment Act repatriations.
Regulatory
The life sciences industries, and the products they create, are subjected to intensive legal regulation throughout all jurisdictions, particularly at a very early and crucial stage. Mayer Brown’s highly experienced FDA Regulatory lawyers take a strategic, life-cycle approach to client counseling and advocacy in regulatory and compliance matters that are subject to the jurisdiction of the US Food and Drug Administration.
Our team has extensive experience in the regulation of drugs, biologics, human cell/tissue products, medical devices, combination products, and veterinary drugs. We have counseled and represented clients in all phases of the product life cycle including product research and development, preclinical testing, clinical trials, clearance and approval, licensing agreements, manufacturer and distributor agreements and compliance, government inspections, product and ingredient notifications and recalls, product corrective actions, regulatory and due diligence audits, labeling and promotion, Good Laboratory Practices, Good Clinical Practices, Good Manufacturing Practices, and Quality Systems Regulation requirements.
Our lawyers defend clients against FDA enforcement actions, including seizure, product recalls, inspections and civil monetary penalties. We also bring affirmative actions on behalf of our clients against FDA under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).
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奖项荣誉
LMG Life Sciences 2021/22
Twelve Mayer Brown partners have been named “Leading Life Sciences Lawyers” in the 2021/22 edition of Euromoney’s Legal Media Group (LMG) Life Sciences guide:
- Financial & Corporate: Philip Brandes, David Carpenter, and Reb Wheeler (all New York);
- Intellectual Property: Lisa Ferri (New York), Joseph Mahoney (Charlotte), Vera Nackovic (Chicago), Brian Nolan (New York); and
- Non-IP Litigation & Enforcement: Debra Bogo-Ernst (Chicago), Hank Bullock (New York), Chris Kelly (Palo Alto), Michael Olsen (Chicago), and Dan Ring (Chicago).
In addition, Mayer Brown was “Recommended” in General Patent Litigation, Hatch-Waxman Patent Litigation (Branded) and Product Liability.
Managing IP 2021
The 2021 edition of Managing IP, a guide to the world’s top intellectual property firms and practitioners, recognized Mayer Brown in the United States in Copyright & Related Rights, ITC Litigation, Life Sciences IP, Patent Contentious and PTAB Litigation.
Legal 500 United States 2021
Ranked Tier 3 for Healthcare: Life Sciences – United States
“Fielding a sizeable group of attorneys with backgrounds in medicine, pharmacy and biochemistry, the team at Mayer Brown is a well-known name among start-ups, leading pharmaceutical and biotech companies, funds and investors in life sciences. Recently, it has been especially active in consulting clients on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic through various online platforms.”
LMG Life Sciences 2020
Thirteen Mayer Brown partners named “Life Sciences Stars” in the 2020 edition of Euromoney’s Legal Media Group (LMG) Life Sciences:
- Financial & Corporate: Philip Brandes, David Carpenter, Reb Wheeler (all New York);
- Intellectual Property: Lisa Ferri (New York), Joseph Mahoney (Charlotte), Vera Nackovic (Chicago), Brian Nolan (New York); and
- Non-IP Litigation & Enforcement: Debra Bogo-Ernst (Chicago), Hank Bullock (New York), Chris Kelly (Palo Alto), Michael Olsen (Chicago), Dan Ring (Chicago), Andrew Tauber (Washington DC).
In addition, Mayer Brown was “Recommended” in General Patent Litigation, Hatch-Waxman Patent Litigation (Branded) and Product Liability & Recall.
The guide is an annual resource for in-house counsel identifying leading lawyers and firms in the intellectual property, regulatory, transactional and non-IP litigation practice areas.
Managing Intellectual Property’s “World IP Handbook and Survey” 2019
Nine partners across five of the firm’s global offices were recognized as “IP Stars” in the 2019 edition of Managing Intellectual Property’s “World IP Handbook and Survey,” an annual analysis of the IP market. The lawyers were nominated by their peers and clients, and final inclusion was based on extensive research, including surveys and interviews with IP professionals conducted by the publication. Three Mayer Brown partners – Lisa Ferri, Joseph Mahoney and John Mancini – were recognized in two categories.
The Mayer Brown 2019 IP stars are:
Patent Stars – Jamie Beaber, Jim Ferguson, Lisa Ferri, Alan Grimaldi, Gary Hnath, Joseph Mahoney, John Mancini and David Wang.
Trademark Stars – Lisa Lisa Ferri, Gabriela Kennedy, Joseph Mahoney and John Mancini.
In addition, Mayer Brown received top rankings in the Copyright & Related Rights and Trademark Contentious categories in Hong Kong. The firm was ranked nationally in the US in the following categories: Copyright & Related Rights, International Trade Commission Litigation, Life Sciences, Patent Contentious and Patent Trial and Appeal Board Litigation.
Mayer Brown was also “recommended” in the Copyright & Related Rights category for New York; Copyright (foreign firms) category for China; Patent Contentious category for California, Illinois, New York and Washington DC; and the Trademark category for Illinois.
LMG Life Sciences 2019
Thirteen Mayer Brown partners named “Life Sciences Stars” in the 2019 edition of Euromoney’s Legal Media Group (LMG) Life Sciences:
- Financial & Corporate: Philip Brandes, David Carpenter, Reb Wheeler (all New York);
- Intellectual Property: Lisa Ferri (New York), Joseph Mahoney (Chicago), Vera Nackovic (Chicago), Brian Nolan (New York); and
- Non-IP Litigation & Enforcement: Debra Bogo-Ernst (Chicago), Henninger Bullock (New York), Chris Kelly (Palo Alto), Michael Olsen (Chicago), Dan Ring (Chicago), Andrew Tauber (Washington DC).
In addition, Mayer Brown was “Recommended” in General Patent Litigation, Hatch-Waxman Patent Litigation (Branded) and Product Liability & Recall.
The guide is an annual resource for in-house counsel identifying leading lawyers and firms in the intellectual property, regulatory, transactional and non-IP litigation practice areas.
LMG Life Sciences 2018
Sixteen Mayer Brown partners named “Life Sciences Stars” in the 2018 edition of Euromoney’s Legal Media Group (LMG) Life Sciences:
- Financial & Corporate: Philip Brandes, David Carpenter, Reb Wheeler (all New York);
- Regulatory: Chris Mikson (Washington DC);
- Intellectual Property: Lisa Ferri (New York), Alan Grimaldi (Washington DC), Colleen Tracy James (New York), Joseph Mahoney (Chicago), Vera Nackovic (Chicago), Brian Nolan (New York); and
- Non-IP Litigation & Enforcement: Debra Bogo-Ernst (Chicago), Henninger Bullock (New York), Chris Kelly (Palo Alto), Michael Olsen (Chicago), Dan Ring (Chicago), Andrew Tauber (Washington DC).
In addition, Mayer Brown was “Recommended” in General Patent Litigation, Hatch-Waxman Patent Litigation (Branded) and Product Liability. The guide is an annual resource for in-house counsel identifying leading lawyers and firms in the intellectual property, regulatory, transactional and non-IP litigation practice areas.
Managing Intellectual Property’s “World IP Handbook and Survey” 2018
Mayer Brown was ranked nationally in the US in the Life Sciences category.
Eleven partners across four of the firm’s global offices were recognized as “IP Stars” in the 2018 edition of Managing Intellectual Property’s “World IP Handbook and Survey,” an annual analysis of the IP market. The lawyers were nominated by their peers and clients, and final inclusion was based on extensive research, including surveys and interviews with IP professionals conducted by the publication. Three Mayer Brown partners – Lisa Ferri, Joseph Mahoney and John Mancini – were recognized in two categories.
The Mayer Brown 2018 IP stars are:
Patent Stars – Stephen Baskin, Jamie Beaber, James Ferguson, Lisa Ferri, Alan Grimaldi, Gary Hnath, Colleen Tracy James, Joseph Mahoney, John Mancini and David Wang
Trademark Stars – Lisa Ferri, Gabriela Kennedy, Joseph Mahoney and John Mancini
Law360 2017
Mayer Brown was named “Firm of the Year” by Law360 for earning seven “Practice Group of the Year” awards, including the Life Sciences category. The award recognizes law firms that “know their strengths, focus on constant improvement and don't shy away from high-stakes work.”
LMG Life Sciences 2017
Fifteen Mayer Brown partners named “Life Sciences Stars” in the 2017 edition of Euromoney’s Legal Media Group (LMG) Life Sciences:
- Finance & Transactional – Philip Brandes, David Carpenter and Reb Wheeler (all New York);
- Intellectual Property – Joseph Mahoney (Chicago), Lisa Ferri, Colleen Tracy James, Brian Nolan (all New York) and Alan Grimaldi (Washington DC);
- Non-IP Litigation – Debra Bogo-Ernst, Michael Olsen, Daniel Ring (all Chicago), Henninger Bullock, Michael Martinez (both New York) and Christopher Kelly (Palo Alto); and
- Regulatory – Mark Mansour (Washington DC).
In addition, Mayer Brown was “Highly Recommended” in Product Liability and “Recommended” in General Patent Litigation and Hatch-Waxman Patent Litigation (Branded).
BTI Power Rankings 2016
Mayer Brown was recognized as part of a select group of 10 firms for especially strong client relationships in the pharmaceutical industry by BTI Power Rankings 2016.
IP Stars –Top 250 Women in IP 2013
Mayer Brown partners Lisa Ferri and Terri Gillis listed among top 250 women in intellectual property law
Euromoney Legal Media Group “2013 Impact Patent Cases of the Year”
Mayer Brown represented Mayo Collaborative Services in a patent infringement case that was named one of two “2013 Impact Patent Cases of the Year” in the inaugural LMG Life Sciences Awards sponsored by Euromoney Legal Media Group.
LMG Life Sciences 2013
Seven Mayer Brown partners named “Life Sciences Stars” in 2013:
- Intellectual Property— Alan Grimaldi (Washington, DC), Joseph Mahoney (Chicago) and Lisa Ferri (New York);
- Litigation & Dispute Resolution— Henninger Bullock (New York) and Debra Bogo-Ernst (Chicago); and
- Corporate & Securities— David Carpenter and Philip Brandes (both New York).
Chambers Europe 2013
“The members of this life sciences team combine legal expertise with their backgrounds as qualified doctors and chemists.”
The Legal 500 US 2013
“‘Excellent all round’ and ‘very sensitive to business needs and realities,’ the team handles M&A-related matters and antitrust litigation, as well as offering niche expertise in healthcare issues and appellate representation.”