Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP's ‘highly knowledgeable and professional’ team is well-equipped to assist clients with leases, as well as services and consultancy agreements. The group acts for a diverse client base of health tech companies, lab equipment suppliers, and medical research charities. Praised by clients for her ’remarkable’ level of expertise, practice head Rachel Bradley is well-known for her specialism in manufacturing and material transfer issues, in addition to software and trademark licensing work within the biotech industry. Employment expert Hilary Aldred is well-equipped to assist with the full range of biotech-related work concerning reorganisations.
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‘Responsive knowledgeable, approachable and pragmatic.’
‘Highly knowledgeable and professional team, coming back with thorough proposals to address all our legal requirements. Very approachable team, providing support in a timely manner.'
'Our projects are quite complex in nature, covering complex clinical trial needs. The team is highly skilled, providing clever solutions to cover these needs. ’
‘Rachel Bradley is very knowledgeable, always willing to help and meet our tight timelines. Her level of expertise is remarkable. Rachel has found solutions to complex contracts with trial sites.'
‘Complex multi-party research contracting.’
Key clients
- Abcam PLC
- Abzena Limited
- Motor Neurone Disease Association
- Organox
- Osler Diagnostics
- Molecular Dimensions Ltd
- Life Science Intermediate Holdings LLC
- SciQuip Limited
- CalibreScientific Inc
- Syntherix Limited
- Flatiron Health Inc.
- Cytocell/Oxford Gene Technology
Work highlights
Advised EU/Japan Legal Director International of Flatiron Health on the UK and EU Data protection implications relating to new products for the clinical trial IT platform and advising on changes required to customer contracts.
Advised Leading UK charity Prostate Cancer UK on its significant grant funding agreement for novel prostate cancer screening in the UK with 4 leading UK universities and research centres.
Advising Syntherix on the drafting and negotiation of a master services agreement with a UK university relating to research using the company’s proprietary molecules.
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Practice head
Rachel Bradley
Other key lawyers
Hilary Aldred; Emily Davies; Alice Kochar