Norton Rose Fulbright‘s universities and academic medical centers practice draws on expertise across its business, disputes, and intellectual property teams. Its work in the medical education field is a particular standout, supporting graduate and undergraduate programs with accreditation and compliance matters. The team also advises education sector clients on transactional work, including joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, and other multi-organization structures. Practice co-head Stacey Murphy, in Missouri, specializes in the healthcare sector, with notable experience in both regulatory issues and structuring academic affiliations. In Texas, co-head Susan Feigin Harris is particularly experienced in supporting children’s hospitals with Medicaid-related issues, and Gina Shishima offers deep intellectual property and patent expertise. Andrew Roth, in New York, is the go-to for accreditation of graduate medical education programs in academic medical centers and teaching hospitals.
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- 'Gina Shishima is an exceptionally strategic patent lawyer in the biotech space and is adept at interacting with academic faculty. She and her team have been prosecuting a significant fraction of our biotech IP for over twenty years.'
Key clients
- Texas A&M University System (“TAMU”)
- Baylor University
- Baylor College of Medicine
- Regents of the University of California
- University of California, San Francisco
- University of California, Riverside (“UCR”)
Work highlights
Advised the Regents of the University of California on behalf of its San Francisco campus (UCSF) on a large-scale public-private partnership transaction to develop a cutting-edge oncology and incubator laboratory facility in San Francisco.
Represent Baylor University in a putative antitrust class action alleging that defendant universities and the College Board engaged in price-fixing in violation Section 1 of the Sherman Act.
Represented Baylor College of Medicine in a complex commercial dispute with Aurora Biopharma.
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Practice head
Stacey Murphy; Susan Feigin Harris
Other key lawyers
Andrew Roth; Jennifer McDaniel; Gina Shishima