Alston & Bird is committed to supporting the life sciences industry’s phenomenal growth and to ensuring that leading scientific research is rapidly translated into real-world innovation and commercialization. As a firm, we have assembled a team with legal talent and scientific proficiency to address our clients’ legal needs, whether those needs relate to intellectual property procurement and enforcement, regulatory compliance, import-export issues, trade regulation, products liability and commercial litigation, public or private equity and debt financing, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances or other transactional matters. We possess the necessary legal skills, coupled with an understanding of the life sciences industry, to provide comprehensive legal services, solid business counseling and creative strategic thinking. We understand how the multidisciplinary aspects of the law and science must fit together.
Alston & Bird is committed to supporting the life sciences industry’s phenomenal growth and to ensuring that leading scientific research is rapidly translated into real-world innovation and commercialization. As a firm, we have assembled a team with legal talent and scientific proficiency to address our clients’ legal needs, whether those needs relate to intellectual property procurement and enforcement, regulatory compliance, import-export issues, trade regulation, products liability and commercial litigation, public or private equity and debt financing, mergers and acquisitions, strategic alliances or other transactional matters. We possess the necessary legal skills, coupled with an understanding of the life sciences industry, to provide comprehensive legal services, solid business counseling and creative strategic thinking. We understand how the multidisciplinary aspects of the law and science must fit together.
Our client base extends across the United States to Europe, South America and Asia and includes emerging and established biotechnology companies, pharmaceutical and drug delivery companies, nationally acclaimed research centers and universities, health services organizations, medical device companies, investment banking and private equity and venture capital firms targeting life science companies.
WHERE LAW AND SCIENCE CONNECT®
The diversity in our experience and technical training in areas of critical importance to life sciences companies distinguishes Alston & Bird from other law firms. Our life sciences practice includes members who collectively hold more than 30 life sciences degrees in all the major fields of biology as well as in chemistry, chemical engineering and biomedical engineering, 11 of which are doctorates. We bring a depth of knowledge and expertise in a variety of fields, including pharmacology, biotechnology, genomics, proteomics, therapeutics and drug delivery, medical devices and nanotechnology, and in other chemical, agricultural and health care science areas. Our life sciences clients range from some of the largest biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies in the world to cutting-edge startup companies and also include major medical device companies and world-class research universities.
RECOGNITION
Our life sciences team members include former U.S. Senate majority leader Senator Bob Dole, a former CMS administrator, a former associate FDA commissioner and a former associate chief counsel for Enforcement at FDA. Our team also includes a member of the National Advocacy Council for the CDC Foundation, Inc., a vice-chair of the American Health Lawyers Association's Hospitals and Health System Practice Group and a board member of the Southeast BIO Organization. The firm has been recognized by the American Health Lawyers Association as one of the nation's top health care law firms. We are listed in The Best Lawyers in America in both Biotechnology and Health Care.
WHY ALSTON & BIRD?
The life sciences industry continues to expand exponentially. As the science and technology become more sophisticated and complex, so do the legal challenges faced by the industry. Alston & Bird is prepared to be the law firm of choice to life sciences industry companies. Alston & Bird is Where Law and Science Connect.®