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Taylor Wessing LLP is one of Europe’s leading life sciences firms, thanks in no small part to the Cambridge team of Malcolm Bates and Tim Worden. Bates is company secretary of One Nucleus, the UK’s largest biotechnology trade association. Oxford Biomedica is one of many prominent clients.

Eversheds LLP has Simon Crossley, whose biochemistry background and in-house pharmaceutical company experience make him a natural choice for biotechnology firms in Cambridge. The firm handles regulatory and contractual/commercial matters, for clients including Roche.

Much more competitive than its City rivals’, Mills & Reeve LLP’s life sciences team features Isabel Napper (‘a true gem’), Alasdair Poore and Zickie Lim, and stands out for its expertise in stem cell research and regenerative medicine. It assisted on 30 funding deals in 2010, totalling over £28m.

IP partner Patrick Farrant at Taylor Vinters continues to work with the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council and its sponsored research institutes, including on the establishment of the Genome Analysis Centre.

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