Life Sciences
Canada Guide 2025 : Nationwide - Canada
Band 3
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+1 416 362 1812About
Provided by McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Both start-ups and established life sciences businesses rely on McCarthy Tétrault to meet their complex business and legal requirements.
Whether it is advice on corporate finance and mergers & acquisitions, investments or divestitures, cross-border structuring, intellectual property protection, regulatory matters or licensing transactions, McCarthy Tétrault has a long-established track record of delivering timely, practical and effective advice to our life sciences clients.
We are a full-service law firm with extensive experience in life sciences throughout Canada. We deliver comprehensive and coordinated services to our clients. We draw on the expertise of our lawyers across our firm to create client service teams to solve legal and business issues. Our life sciences lawyers are active participants in the life sciences community and have a deep understanding of the industry, including its transactions and trends. As a life sciences client, you will have immediate access to our top life sciences lawyers in each of our offices across Canada.
Chambers Review
McCarthy Tétrault is highlighted for its full-service offering to key life sciences industry players, with a strong track record in both patent litigation and commercial agreements. The team ably represents startup companies and major multinationals in corporate mandates, including securities, financing and cross-border M&A. It offers deep expertise in cross-border matters for US-listed companies, supported by its patent agents registered in both Canada and the USA.
Work Highlights
- McCarthy Tétrault assisted Novartis with the acquisition of Chinook Therapeutics in a transaction valued at up to USD3.5 billion.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"From top to bottom, the McCarthy team is fantastic. This team runs smoothly and relies on each other's strengths, regardless of seniority, to provide the best output."
"McCarthy Tétrault is always very responsive and proactive."
"They are very knowledgeable and provide timely advice.They are also very prompt in responding to inquiries."
"McCarthy Tétraultis in touch with current market trends."
"From top to bottom, the McCarthy team is fantastic. This team runs smoothly and relies on each other's strengths, regardless of seniority, to provide the best output."
"McCarthy Tétrault is always very responsive and proactive."
"They are very knowledgeable and provide timely advice.They are also very prompt in responding to inquiries."
"McCarthy Tétraultis in touch with current market trends."
Notable Practitioners
Philippe Leclerc acts for an impressive number of industry stakeholders, including healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. He provides a suite of business law services, covering corporate finance, commercial agreements and M&A in the life sciences sector. Leclerc divides his practice between the law firm's offices in Québec City and Montréal.