About

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Our Life Sciences Group in Asia Pacific, headed by Alison Wong, comprises a team of leading lawyers across the firm's practices areas. We have extensive industry knowledge and experience in the life sciences sector and we provide a one-stop and all rounded legal service to our clients in this sector.

We advise on every aspect of the business cycle of a life science product or service, specifically including technology transfers, IP licensing and transactions, regulatory and privacy issues, competition law, R&D collaborations, clinical trials, marketing arrangements, multi-jurisdictional trade mark and patent disputes and product liability. Our dedicated team consist of many dual qualified lawyers with additional degree in medicine, pharmacy, biochemistry and biology who are able to quickly understand the business and scientific needs of our clients, which enables us to deliver a top tier level of service to our clients.

Our clients range from start-ups to some of the largest pharmaceutical and leading medical device companies in the world. We also represent a significant number of regional, global banks, private investors, financial institutions, universities and research bodies. According to the Forbes “World’s Biggest Company Report”, more than half of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies choose to instruct us.

Chambers Review

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Life Sciences - Asia-Pacific Region
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Band 1
What the team is known for

Bird & Bird has an enviable reputation for IP protection across the region, particularly in Hong Kong and the PRC, and is a popular choice with leading biotech companies. It offers extensive Asia-Pacific reach, with dedicated corporate, regulatory and litigation practitioners based in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore, plus an increasingly prominent life sciences practice in Australia. The firm additionally advises life sciences sector clients on employment, advertising and consumer law issues.

Notable practitioners

Hong Kong-based Alison Wong leads the firm's Asia life sciences and healthcare group and is a key contact for clients.

Work Highlights

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  • Bird & Bird advises Elixinol on the management of its global trade mark portfolio.

  • Bird & Bird advised Denmark-based pharmaceutical company ALK-Abelló on its data protection projects, including the implementation of a comprehensive Personal Information Protection Law (PIPL) compliance project.

Strengths

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Members

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Alison Wong

Head of Department

Anan Sivananthan

Andrew Robinson

Hank Leung

Pattie Walsh

Troy Gurnett

Clients

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Actavis Group PTC EHF

Allergan, Inc.

Generic Health Pty Ltd

Home Instead Inc

Spectrum & Precision Group

Industries

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Healthcare

Life Sciences

MedTech