Alice Tseng > Smart & Biggar > Toronto, Canada > Lawyer Profile

Smart & Biggar
1100-150
York Street
TORONTO, ON, M5H 3S5
Canada

Work Department

Marketing & Advertising, Life Sciences Regulatory & Compliance

Position

Principal

Career

Alice Tseng is a powerhouse in regulatory and marketing/advertising matters, earning acclaim as a “life sciences star” from clients and peers. As both a pharmacist and one of Canada’s leading regulatory lawyers, she counsels clients in highly regulated industries like pharma, medical devices, food, cannabis and cosmetics. She helps her clients navigate a myriad of regulatory regimes and industry codes to maximize commercial objectives while minimizing risk. She specializes in federal and provincial regulatory matters, as well as advertising and marketing, privacy, health care compliance, reimbursement, access to information and consumer product safety matters. In 2019, Alice was chosen as the “Life Sciences Regulatory Attorney of the Year for Canada” by LMG Life Sciences and in 2021 she was named “Toronto Cannabis Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers. Many of her other accolades include rankings in Chambers Canada (Band 1 for Life Sciences: Regulatory / Compliance and Band 3 for Cannabis), The Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, Who’s Who Legal, The Best Lawyers in Canada, The Legal 500 Canada, Euromoney LMG Expert Guides: Women in Business Law, Lexpert’s Special Edition on Technology and Health Sciences, LMG Life Sciences, for Life Sciences, Biotechnology, Advertising & Marketing, Cannabis and Privacy, as well as Thomson Reuters for being a Stand-Out Lawyer. She is a Pharmacist, Patent Agent and Lawyer. Called to the Ontario Bar in 1998.

Memberships

  • Fellow, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada

Education

Lawyer Rankings

Canada > Cannabis

(Leading individuals)

Alice TsengSmart & Biggar

Intellectual property powerhouse Smart & Biggar leverages its firm-wide focus on life sciences, regulatory law, IP strategy, and marketing and advertising to excel in representing cannabis clients on compliance and IP-related issues. As a qualified pharmacist and patent agent, Toronto-based department head Alice Tseng is highly sought after for her life sciences expertise, including cannabis-related matters. Toronto-based Graham Hood is also noted for brand protection and trademark-related work.