Dona Ardeman > Mills & Reeve LLP > Cambridge, England > Lawyer Profile

Mills & Reeve LLP has a large, cross-office life sciences practice led by experienced partner James Fry in Cambridge. The firm is a key adviser to numerous global organisations, among them GSK, as well as new startups, high-growth companies, and highly regarded university research groups. The multi-disciplinary offering service calls up on funds specialist Dona Ardeman, corporate partner Jonathan Greenwood, employment expert Melanie James, corporate finance adviser Zickie Lim and many others to support biotechnology clients. Fry recently assisted F-star Therapeutics with a collaboration and licence agreement with a global pharmaceutical company.

The charities and social enterprise practice at Mills & Reeve LLP has an ‘exceptional team‘ and clients praise practice head Neil Burton as ‘an outstanding lawyer and refreshing to work with‘. The firm has a deep, multi-disciplinary group in its Cambridge office, which supports national and regional charities such as Francis Crick Institute and Royal Society of Chemistry. Charity finance partner Sarah Seed, fundraising specialist Dona Ardeman, and employment expert Nicola Brown are among the key advisers to the not-for-profit sector. Lucinda Brown, who joined from Broadfield Law UK LLP in late 2023, is a specialist in resolving issues affecting trusts and estates, and she works closely with the charities teams.