Dechert LLP

Dechert LLP’s global team advises leading life sciences companies in both contentious and non-contentious matters. The practice is particularly strong in IP, with figures such as New York-based first-chair attorney Katherine Helm leading in patent litigation. The team is also involved in antitrust and product liability matters, an example of the latter being its role as lead national counsel for GlaxoSmithKline in the multi-district and state-court mass tort litigation concerning allegations that Zantac causes cancer. It has also advised in matters at the increasingly significant intersection of healthcare data privacy and tech. The practice is headed by Boston-based Andrea Reid, an IP counseling and prosecution expert, and New York’s David Rosenthal, who focuses on the team’s corporate and financial transactions work. Jennifer Csik Hutchens joined the Charlotte office from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner in January 2025, expanding the team’s regulatory expertise.