Headquartered in Los Angeles, the team at Latham & Watkins is well-positioned to handle a broad range of complex IP transactions, cross-licensing, and collaboration matters, with deep specialism and global footprint in technology and life sciences. The firm’s healthcare and life sciences licensing practice is led by San Diego-based Steven Chinowsky, who represents key biopharmaceutical companies in global licensing and development agreements, as well as in corporate transactions. Other key team members include New York-based Aaron Gardner, who focuses on mergers and acquisitions and licensing transactions for clients across the life sciences industry, and San Francisco-based Kate Hillier, who focuses on the discovery, development, and marketing of biopharmaceuticals, vaccines, and medical devices.
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Key clients

  • Verdiva Bio Limited
  • GlaxosmithKline Services Unlimited
  • Manifold Biotechnologies
  • Novavax
  • George Medicines Pty Limited
  • Beacon Biosignals
  • Merus N.V.
  • AbbVie
  • Ollin Biosciences
  • LEO Pharma
  • DNS Capital
  • Sobi

Work highlights

Represented Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on rare neuroendocrine diseases, in a global licensing agreement with LG Chem Life Sciences (LG Chem) for LB54640, an investigational oral MC4R agonist.
Represented Zentalis® Pharmaceuticals on its exclusive, worldwide license agreement with Immunome, Inc. (Nasdaq: IMNM) under which Immunome has licensed from Zentalis ZPC-21, a preclinical ROR1 antibody-drug conjugate (ADC) with best-in-class potential on track for IND submission in 1Q 2025, and Zentalis’ proprietary ADC platform technology.
Represented Ericsson on a new joint venture with some of the world’s largest telecom operators, including América Móvil, AT&T, Bharti Airtel, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Reliance Jio, Singtel, Telefonica, Telstra, T-Mobile, Verizon, and Vodafone, to combine and sell network Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) on a global scale to spur innovation in digital services.

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Practice head

Steve Chinowsky

Other key lawyers

Aaron Gardner; Kate Hillier