Overview
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.