Winners for the 11th annual LMG Life Sciences Americas Awards were revealed on September 7 during an in-person dinner in New York City. The full list of honorees can be read below. To view the 2023 shortlists, please visit here.
If you are recognized and would like to inquire about attendance or sponsorship opportunities, please contact george.reeves@euromoneyny.com.
Last year's winners resulting from the 2022 research period can be found here.
A gallery of photos from the event can be viewed here.
Life Cycle Firm of the Year – Canada
McCarthy Tétrault
Life Cycle Firm of the Year – United States
Arnold & Porter
Firm to Watch – United States
Groombridge Wu Baughman & Stone
Corporate Attorney of the Year
Charlie Kim, Cooley
Licensing & Collaboration Attorney of the Year
Stefano Quintini, Fenwick & West
M&A Attorney of the Year
Barbara Borden, Cooley
Venture Capital Attorney of the Year
Matthew Rossiter, Fenwick & West
Corporate Firm of the Year
Cooley
Licensing & Collaboration Firm of the Year
Goodwin Procter
M&A Firm of the Year
Cooley
Venture Capital Firm of the Year
WilmerHale
US Rising Star – Financial & Corporate
Laura Turano, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Financial & Corporate In-House Team of the Year
Merck
Intellectual Property Boutique Firm of the Year
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Hatch-Waxman Litigator of the Year – Branded
James Monroe, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Hatch-Waxman Litigation Firm of the Year – Branded
Williams & Connolly
Hatch-Waxman Litigator of the Year – Generic
JC Rozendaal, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Hatch-Waxman Litigation Firm of the Year – Generic
ArentFox Schiff
General Patent Litigator of the Year – California
William Gaede, McDermott Will & Emery
General Patent Litigator of the Year – DC Metro
Matthew Wolf, Arnold & Porter
General Patent Litigator of the Year – Midwest
Kenneth Schuler, Latham & Watkins
General Patent Litigator of the Year – New England
Elaine Blais, Goodwin Procter
General Patent Litigator of the Year – New York
Eric Dittmann, Paul Hastings
General Patent Litigator of the Year – South
Corrin Drakulich, Fish & Richardson
General Patent Litigation Firm of the Year
Paul Hastings
Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – California
Terri Shieh-Newton, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo
Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – DC Metro
E Anthony Figg, Rothwell Figg Ernst & Manbeck
Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – Massachusetts
Andrea Reid, Dechert
Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – Midwest
Jonathan O'Brien, Honigman
Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – New York
Thomas Kowalski, Duane Morris
Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – South
John Kevin Gray, Fish & Richardson
Patent Strategy Firm of the Year
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Post-Grant Proceedings Attorney of the Year
Arlene Lee Chow, Latham & Watkins
Appellate Litigator of the Year – Intellectual Property
Gabriel Bell, Latham & Watkins
US Rising Star – Intellectual Property
Caleb Bates, Fish & Richardson
Inter-Partes Review Firm of the Year
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Firm of the Year – Intellectual Property
Paul Hastings
In-House Team of the Year – Intellectual Property
Sanofi US
Product Liability Attorney of the Year
Tarek Ismail, Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum
Product Liability Firm of the Year
Williams & Connolly
Government Investigations Attorney of the Year
Michael Rogoff, Arnold & Porter
Government Investigations Firm of the Year
King & Spalding
Antitrust Practitioner of the Year
Peter Carney, White & Case
Antitrust Firm of the Year
White & Case
Regulatory Attorney of the Year: FDA Pharmaceutical
Stacy Cline Amin, Morrison & Foerster
Regulatory Attorney of the Year: FDA Medical Device
Jonathan Kahan, Hogan Lovells
Regulatory Attorney of the Year: Pricing & Reimbursement
Jeffrey Handwerker, Arnold & Porter
US Rising Star – Regulatory
Joshua Oyster, Ropes & Gray
FDA Litigation & Enforcement Firm of the Year
Goodwin Procter
Regulatory Firm of the Year
Arnold & Porter
Practitioner of the Year – Brazil
Benny Spiewak, SP Law
Firm of the Year – Brazil
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Product Liability Attorney of the Year – Canada
Peter Pliszka, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
Product Liability Firm of the Year – Canada
McCarthy Tétrault
Patent Litigator of the Year – Canada
Peter Wilcox, Belmore Neidrauer
Patent Litigation Firm of the Year – Canada
Norton Rose Fulbright
Patent Strategy Practitioner of the Year – Canada
Micheline Gravelle, Bereskin & Parr
Patent Strategy Firm of the Year – Canada
Smart & Biggar
Regulatory Attorney of the Year – Canada
Mathieu Gagné, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
Financial & Corporate Attorney of the Year – Canada
Cheryl Reicin, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo
Financial & Corporate Firm of the Year – Canada
McCarthy Tétrault
Rising Star – Canada
Brook Wong, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo
In-House Team of the Year – Canada
Janssen
Impact Cases & Deals
Impact Deals of the Year – United States
Amgen acquisition of Horizon Therapeutics’ for $28.3 Billion
Firms involved: Cooley (Horizon) and Sullivan & Cromwell (Amgen)
Merck acquisition of Prometheus Biosciences for $10.8 billion
Firms involved: Paul Weiss (Merck) and Latham & Watkins (Prometheus)
Merck and Kelun-Biotech $9.5 Billion Collaboration to Develop Antibody-Drug Conjugates
Firms involved: Goodwin Procter (Kelun-Biotech) and Morgan Lewis & Bockius (Merck)
ACELYRIN $621 million IPO
Firms involved: Cooley (ACELYRIN) and Davis Polk (advised underwriters)
Akeso and Summit Therapeutics $5 billion licensing and collaboration agreement to develop a bispecific antibody
Firms involved: Sidley Austin (Akeso)
Impact Deals of the Year – Canada
Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine Spinout of OmniaBio
Firms involved: Mintz Levin (OmniaBio and Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine)
SK Capital Acquisition of Apotex
Firms involved: Kirkland & Ellis and McMillan (SK Capital), and Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg (Apotex)
Non-IP Impact Cases of Year – United States
In Re: Zantac Products Liability Litigation (SD Fla 2022)
Firms involved: King & Spalding (Boehringer Ingelheim)
In Re: Opana ER Antitrust Litigation (ND Ill 2022)
Firms involved: Williams & Connolly and Dechert (Endo Pharmaceuticals)
In Re: Zofran Products Liability Litigation (1st Cir 2023)
Firms involved: Williams & Connolly (GSK)
Patent Impact Cases of Year – Canada
Teva Canada Limited v Janssen (2023 FCA 68)
Firms involved: Belmore Neidrauer represented Janssen.
Pharmascience v Bristol-Myers Squibb Canada (2022 FCA 142)
Firms involved: McCarthy Tetrault (Bristol-Myers Squibb)
Patent Impact Cases of Year – United States
Amgen v Sanofi (US Supreme Ct 2023)
Firms involved: Arnold & Porter (Sanofi)
Ravgen v Laboratory Corporation of America (WD Tex 2022)
Firms involved: Desmarais (Ravgen)
Jazz Pharmaceuticals v Avadel CNS Pharmaceuticals (CAFC 2023)
Firms involved: Latham & Watkins (Avadel)
Natera v ArcherDX (D Del 2023)
Firms involved: McDermott Will & Emery (Natera)
Amgen v Sandoz (CAFC 2023)
Firms involved: Sidley Austin (Amgen)
University of Massachusetts v L’Oréal (CAFC 2022)
Firms involved: Paul Hastings (L’Oreal)
Launched in 2020, the LMG Life Sciences Europe Awards is the latest effort to capture one of the most dynamic life sciences markets. For more information about the research and methodology, visit here.
A full list of the 2023 winners for Europe can be found here.
Research has concluded for the 2023 awards program covering the United States, Brazil and Canada. The shortlist results reflect the latest research conducted in the Spring and Summer of 2023. The next research cycle for the awards will commence in March 2024.
