Byrne Wallace Shields LLP‘s intellectual property team assists in a range of contentious and non-contentious IP mandates, including brand and design protection. Considered a go-to for clients in the life sciences sector, Colin Sainsbury leads the non-contentious IP offering and regularly drafts and negotiates licensing, supply and service agreements.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘Personal attention to detail and responsiveness makes this team unique.’
  • 'Excellent to deal with good communication and easy to understand.'
  • 'Colin Sainsbury is a long standing and well renowned professional.'
  • ‘Jane O'Grady is clearly a subject matter expert in the Intellectual Property domain and all my questions were comprehensively answered. Jane also adopts a commercial pragmatic approach which is especially helpful.’
  • ‘Strong teamwork and culture. Good coordination amongst partners in terms of responding to client queries.’

Key clients

  • Starbucks Corporation Headstuff Podcasts Corpay Suil Vision UltraGreen.ai/Renew Pharma Neuromod Devices Limited Priothera Limited Xeolas Pharmaceuticals Limited Versono Medical Limited Warburton Technology European Circular Bioeconomy Fund Q3 Medical Devices Limited Univet Limited Phibro Animal Health B. Braun Hospicare Avectas Limited Artugen Therapeutics Limited Selfsense Technologies Limited StatisticaMedica Teagasc Miravo Healthcare Uplift Health Limited Endowave Limited Zymeworks Inc. Kora Healthcare Immunocore Pumpinheart Rose Pharma Arok Healthcare Tonisity International Renew Pharma NioSync Limited Selio Medical Calibre Scientific MVM Partners OrbiMed

Work highlights

Advising MVM Partners (the lead investor) and OrbiMed in relation to the announced $80m Series B financing of ProVerum Limited
Advising StatisticaMedica on the negotiation and successful conclusion of a number of complex master services agreements with multinational life sciences companies.
Practice head

Colin Sainsbury

Other key lawyers

Victor Timon; Laura Greene