All winning firms and individuals for the eighth annual LMG Life Sciences Americas Awards have been announced through an online presentation. The 2020 awards honor top-ranking firms and individuals in the United States and Canada for outstanding legal work in the life sciences sector over the past year.
The awards were announced as a result of a thorough research period conducted by LMG Life Sciences, and present categories that recognize work in four main practice areas, which include: regulatory, intellectual property, financial & corporate, and non-IP litigation & enforcement.
In addition to several firm and individual award categories, many special awards were announced highlighting this year’s LMG Life Sciences Hall of Fame inductees, as well as the Impact Cases and Deals of the Year.
A full list of winners can be read below. Congratulations to all winning firms and practitioners.
For more information on the shortlist, business development and marketing solutions, please contact Nick Heath.
Life Cycle
Life Cycle Firm of the Year – Canada
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
Life Cycle Firm of the Year – United States
Latham & Watkins
Hall of Fame Inductees
David Fox, Hogan Lovells
Gunars Gaikis, Smart & Biggar
Barbara Kosacz, Cooley
Debra Pole, Sidley Austin
William Rakoczy, Rakoczy Molino Mazzochi Siwik
Financial & Corporate
Corporate Attorney of the Year
Effie Toshav, Fenwick & West
Licensing & Collaboration Attorney of the Year
Alan Leeds, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
M&A Attorney of the Year
Catherine Dargan, Covington & Burling
Venture Capital Attorney of the Year
Brian Cuneo, Latham & Watkins
Corporate Firm of the Year
Goodwin Procter
Licensing & Collaboration Firm of the Year
Ropes & Gray
M&A Firm of the Year
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Venture Capital Firm of the Year
Latham & Watkins
US Rising Star – Financial & Corporate
Kristen Riemenschneider, Arnold & Porter
Firm to Watch – Financial & Corporate
Davis Polk & Wardwell
Financial & Corporate In-House Team of the Year
Pfizer
Regulatory
Regulatory Attorney of the Year: FDA Pharmaceutical
Daniel Kracov, Arnold & Porter
Regulatory Attorney of the Year: FDA Medical Device
Vernessa Pollard, McDermott Will & Emery
Regulatory Attorney of the Year: Pricing & Reimbursement
Beth Roberts, Hogan Lovells
US Rising Star – Regulatory
Deepti Kulkarni , Sidley Austin
Regulatory Firm to Watch
Baker McKenzie
Regulatory Firm of the Year
Hogan Lovells
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property Boutique Firm of the Year
Fish & Richardson
Hatch-Waxman Litigator of the Year – Branded
Lisa Pensabene, O’Melveny Myers
Hatch-Waxman Litigation Firm of the Year – Branded
Paul Hastings
Hatch-Waxman Litigator of the Year – Generic
Imron Aly, Schiff Hardin
Hatch-Waxman Litigation Firm of the Year – Generic
Perkins Coie
General Patent Litigator of the Year – California
Morgan Chu, Irell & Manella
General Patent Litigator of the Year – District of Columbia
Michael Morin, Latham & Watkins
General Patent Litigator of the Year – Midwest
James Hurst, Kirkland & Ellis
General Patent Litigator of the Year – New England
Elaine Blais, Goodwin Procter
General Patent Litigator of the Year – New York
Robert Gunther, WilmerHale
General Patent Litigation Firm of the Year
Arnold & Porter
Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – California
Michael Hostetler, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – District of Columbia
Dinesh Melwani, Bookoff McAndrews
Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – Massachusetts
Andrea Reid, Dechert
Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – Midwest
Li-Hsien Rin-Laures, RinLaures
Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – New York
James Haley Jr, Haley Guiliano
Patent Strategy Firm of the Year
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Post-Grant Proceedings Attorney of the Year
Ching-Lee Fukuda, Sidley Austin
Appellate Litigator of the Year – Intellectual Property
Constantine Trela, Sidley Austin
US Rising Star – Intellectual Property
Sophie Wang, Choate Hall & Stewart
Inter-Partes Review Firm of the Year
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Intellectual Property Firm to Watch
Milbank
Firm of the Year – Intellectual Property
Goodwin Procter
In-House Team of the Year – Intellectual Property
AbbVie
Litigation & Enforcement
Product Liability Attorney of the Year
Mark Cheffo, Dechert
Product Liability Firm of the Year
Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum
Government Investigations Attorney of the Year
Daniel Meron, Latham & Watkins
Government Investigations Firm of the Year
King & Spalding
Antitrust Litigator of the Year
Mark Popofsky, Ropes & Gray
Antitrust Firm of the Year
Arnold & Porter
Trial Lawyer of the Year – Non-IP Litigation
Allison Brown, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Firm to Watch – Non-IP Litigation
Zuckerman Spaeder
Canada
Canadian Product Liability Attorney of the Year
Michel Gagné, McCarthy Tétrault
Canadian Product Liability Firm of the Year
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
Canadian Patent Litigator of the Year
Sheldon Hamilton, Smart & Biggar
Canadian Patent Litigation Firm of the Year
Goodmans
Canadian Patent Strategy Practitioner of the Year
Daphne Lainson, Smart & Biggar
Canadian Patent Strategy Firm of the Year
Gowling WLG
Canadian Regulatory Attorney of the Year
Timothy Squire, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
Canadian Financial & Corporate Attorney of the Year
Vanessa Grant, Norton Rose Fulbright
Canadian Financial & Corporate Firm of the Year
Torys
Canadian Rising Star
Graeme Boocock, Borden Ladner Gervais
Canadian In-House Team of the Year
AstraZeneca