The LMG Life Sciences team is pleased to reveal the 2022 Americas Awards shortlists. Read below to view this year's finalists.
The awards program, now in its 10th year, aims to highlight the best in practice in the industry following a thorough survey of the life sciences sector. Practitioners and teams across the United States and Canada are represented in these categories covering the best in regulatory, corporate, intellectual property and litigation.
The annual awards event will be held in-person at the Essex House in New York City on September 8. To inquire about attendance and sponsorship opportunities, please contact george.reeves@euromoneyny.com.
For research-related inquiries, please contact chris.adams@euromoneyny.com.
Congratulations to all recognized firms and individuals.
Life Cycle Firm of the Year – Canada
DLA Piper
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
McCarthy Tétrault
Norton Rose Fulbright
Torys
Life Cycle Firm of the Year – United States
Arnold & Porter
Goodwin Procter
Hogan Lovells
Latham & Watkins
Ropes & Gray
Sidley Austin
WilmerHale
Corporate Attorney of the Year
Steve Abrams, Hogan Lovells
Nathan Ajiashvili, Latham & Watkins
Arthur McGivern, Goodwin Procter
Ryan Murr, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
David Peinsipp, Cooley
Licensing & Collaboration Attorney of the Year
Kay Chandler, Cooley
Judith Hasko, Latham & Watkins
David McIntosh, Ropes & Gray
Karen Spindler, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Randall Sunberg, Baker McKenzie
Cullen Taylor,Hogan Lovells
M&A Attorney of the Year
Michael Aiello, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Barbara Borden, Cooley
Christopher Comeau, Ropes & Gray
Mitchell Nussbaum, Loeb & Loeb
Graham Robinson, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Krishna Veeraraghavan, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Venture Capital Attorney of the Year
Stuart Cable, Goodwin Procter
Jim Krenn, Morrison & Foerster
Jason Kropp, WilmerHale
Cheryl Reicin, Torys
Phillip Torrence, Honigman
Corporate Firm of the Year
Cooley
Goodwin Procter
Latham & Watkins
Ropes & Gray
WilmerHale
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Licensing & Collaboration Firm of the Year
Cooley
Goodwin Procter
Latham & Watkins
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Ropes & Gray
Sidley Austin
M&A Firm of the Year
Cooley
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Latham & Watkins
Ropes & Gray
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Venture Capital Firm of the Year
Goodwin Procter
Gunderson Dettmer
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
WilmerHale
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
US Rising Star – Financial & Corporate
Branden Berns, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Drew Capurro, Latham & Watkins
Jennifer Fang, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Emily Oldshue,Ropes & Gray
Yasin Keshvargar, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Firm to Watch – Financial & Corporate
ArentFox Schiff
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders
Financial & Corporate In-House Team of the Year
AbbVie
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Gilead Sciences
Merck & Co
Pfizer
Thermo Fisher Scientific
Sanofi
Regulatory Attorney of the Year: FDA Pharmaceutical
Stacy Cline Amin, Morrison & Foerster
Daniel Kracov, Arnold & Porter
Scott Liebman, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Paul Rubin, Debevoise & Plimpton
Julie Tibbets, Goodwin Procter
Regulatory Attorney of the Year: FDA Medical Device
J Benneville Haas, Latham & Watkins
Janice Hogan, Hogan Lovells
Gregory Levine, Ropes & Gray
Sonia Nath, Cooley
Vernessa Pollard, McDermott Will & Emery
Regulatory Attorney of the Year: Pricing & Reimbursement
Alice Valder Curran, Hogan Lovells
Margaux Hall, Ropes & Gray
Jeffrey Handwerker, Arnold & Porter
Stuart Kurlander, Latham & Watkins
Joseph Metro, Reed Smith
US Rising Star – Regulatory
Brigid Bondoc, Morrison & Foerster
Dennis Gucciardo, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Elizabeth Richards, Latham & Watkins
Eva Temkin, King & Spalding
FDA Litigation & Enforcement Firm of the Year
Goodwin Procter
Hogan Lovells
King & Spalding
Latham & Watkins
Sidley Austin
Regulatory Firm of the Year
Arnold & Porter
Goodwin Procter
Hogan Lovells
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Ropes & Gray
Intellectual Property Boutique Firm of the Year
Desmarais
Durie Tangri
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Knobbe Martens
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
Hatch-Waxman Litigator of the Year – Branded
David Berl, Williams & Connolly
Juanita Brooks, Fish & Richardson
William Lee, WilmerHale
Jane Love, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Lisa Pensabene, O’Melveny Myers
Adam Perlman, Latham & Watkins
Hatch-Waxman Litigation Firm of the Year – Branded
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Paul Hastings
Venable
Williams & Connolly
WilmerHale
Hatch-Waxman Litigator of the Year – Generic
Imron Aly, ArentFox Schiff
Matthew Becker, Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider
Jake Holdreith, Robins Kaplan
Emily Rapalino, Goodwin Procter
JC Rozendaal, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
William Zimmerman, Knobbe Martens
Hatch-Waxman Litigation Firm of the Year – Generic
ArentFox Schiff
Axinn Veltrop & Harkrider
Goodwin Procter
Perkins Coie
Robins Kaplan
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
General Patent Litigator of the Year – California
Douglas Carsten, McDermott Will & Emery
Daralyn Durie, Durie Tangri
Siegmund Gutman, Proskauer Rose
Brian Kramer, Morrison & Foerster
Edward Reines, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Michelle Rhyu, Cooley
John Sganga, Knobbe Martens
Chad Shear, Fish & Richardson
General Patent Litigator of the Year – DC Metro
Stanley Fisher, Williams & Connolly
Brian Matsui, Morrison & Foerster
Michael Morin, Latham & Watkins
William Raich, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Amy Wigmore, WilmerHale
Matthew Wolf, Arnold & Porter
General Patent Litigator of the Year – Midwest
David Anstaett, Perkins Coie
Sailesh Patel, ArentFox Schiff
Thomas Rein, Sidley Austin
Kenneth Schuler, Latham & Watkins
Amanda Williamson, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
General Patent Litigator of the Year – New England
Elaine Blais, Goodwin Procter
Sarah Columbia, McDermott Will & Emery
Anthony Fitzpatrick, Duane Morris
Lisa Pirozzolo, WilmerHale
Frank Scherkenbach, Fish & Richardson
General Patent Litigator of the Year – New York
Peter Armenio, White & Case
Arlene Chow, Latham & Watkins
John Desmarais, Desmarais
Eric Dittmann, Paul Hastings
Lisa Ferri, Mayer Brown
Nicholas Groombridge, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Elizabeth Holland, Allen & Overy
Elizabeth Weiswasser, Weil Gotshal & Manges
General Patent Litigator of the Year – South
Corrin Drakulich, Fish & Richardson
John Livingstone, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Joseph Mahoney, Mayer Brown
William Peterson, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Paul Skiermont, Skiermont Derby
General Patent Litigation Firm of the Year
Arnold & Porter
Desmarais
Fish & Richardson
Jones Day
Latham & Watkins
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Sidley Austin
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – California
Mika Reiner Mayer, Cooley
Salima Merani, Knobbe Martens
Judy Mohr, McDermott Will & Emery
Vicki Norton, Duane Morris
Vern Norviel, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Catherine Polizzi, Morrison & Foerster
Gargi Talukder, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Lorna Tanner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Michael Wise, Perkins Coie
Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – DC Metro
Les Bookoff, Bookoff McAndrews
E Anthony Figg, Rothwell Figg Ernst & Manbeck
Harold Fox, Honigman
Kirsten Grüneberg, Grüneberg and Myers
Carla Ji-Eun Kim, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Jill MacAlpine, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Mercedes Meyer, Banner Witcoff
Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – Massachusetts
Fangli Chen, Proskauer Rose
David Dykeman, Greenberg Traurig
Heidi Erlacher, Cooley
Rebecca McNeill, McNeill Baur
Andrea Reid, Dechert
Jane Remillard, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
Robert Underwood, Hogan Lovells
Patrick Waller, Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – Midwest
Christopher Betti, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
William Boudreaux, Barnes & Thornburg
Vera Nackovic, Mayer Brown
Jonathan O’Brien, Honigman
Li-Hsien Rin-Laures, RinLaures
Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – New York
Ivor Elrifi, Cooley
David Kappos, Cravath Swaine & Moore
Thomas Kowalski, Duane Morris
Alicia Russo, Venable
Kenneth Sonnenfeld, Ballard Spahr
Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – South
John Kevin Gray, Fish & Richardson
Mary Henninger, McNeill Baur
Alan Herda, Haynes and Boone
Scott Marty, Ballard Spahr
Tina Williams McKeon, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Patent Strategy Firm of the Year
Bookoff McAndrews
Cooley
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
McNeill Baur
Morrison & Foerster
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
Post-Grant Proceedings Attorney of the Year
Steven Baughman, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Eldora Ellison, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Ching-Lee Fukuda, Sidley Austin
Naveen Modi, Paul Hastings
Michael Rosato, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Appellate Litigator of the Year – Intellectual Property
Robert Hochman, Sidley Austin
TO Kong, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Deanne Maynard, Morrison & Foerster
Joshua Rosenkranz, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Matthew Wolf, Arnold & Porter
US Rising Star – Intellectual Property
Elise Baumgarten, Williams & Connolly
Chad Davis, Dechert
Sharonmoyee Goswami, Cravath Swaine & Moore
Megan Raymond, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Manuel Velez, Mayer Brown
Inter-Partes Review Firm of the Year
Knobbe Martens
Robins Kaplan
Sidley Austin
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
WilmerHale
Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
Firm to Watch – Intellectual Property
Allen & Overy
ArentFox Schiff
Grüneberg and Myers
Firm of the Year – Intellectual Property
Arnold & Porter
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Knobbe Martens
WilmerHale
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
In-House Team of the Year – Intellectual Property
Amgen
Bristol Myers Squibb
Gilead Sciences
Pfizer
Regeneron
Teva
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Viatris
Product Liability Attorney of the Year
Peter Bicks, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Allison Brown, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Michael K Brown, Reed Smith
Mark Cheffo, Dechert
Lori Cohen, Greenberg Traurig
Tarek Ismail, Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum
Debra Pole, Sidley Austin
Bart Williams, Proskauer Rose
Product Liability Firm of the Year
Arnold & Porter
Dechert
Goldman Ismail Tomaselli Brennan & Baum
King & Spalding
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
O’Melveny & Myers
Sidley Austin
Tucker Ellis
Government Investigations Attorney of the Year
Jennifer Bragg, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Gary Giampetruzzi, Paul Hastings
Laura Hoey, Ropes & Gray
Mark Jensen, King & Spalding
Michael Rogoff, Arnold & Porter
John Walsh, WilmerHale
Government Investigations Firm of the Year
Arnold & Porter
Hogan Lovells
King & Spalding
Latham & Watkins
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Ropes & Gray
WilmerHale
Antitrust Practitioner of the Year
Robert Atkins, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison
Ben Bradshaw, O’Melveny & Myers
Heidi Hubbard, Williams & Connolly
Brianne Kucerik, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Robert Milne, White & Case
Eric Stock, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Antitrust Firm of the Year
Arnold & Porter
O’Melveny & Myers
Sidley Austin
Weil Gotshal & Manges
White & Case
Williams & Connolly
Canadian Product Liability Attorney of the Year
Michel Gagné, McCarthy Tétrault
David Neave, DLA Piper
Peter Pliszka, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
Sylvie Rodrigue, Torys
Randy Sutton, Norton Rose Fulbright
Canadian Product Liability Firm of the Year
DLA Piper
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
McCarthy Tétrault
Norton Rose Fulbright
Torys
Canadian Patent Litigator of the Year
Andrew Brodkin, Goodmans
Julie Desrosiers, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
Steven Mason, McCarthy Tétrault
Orestes Pasparakis, Norton Rose Fulbright
Nancy Pei, Smart & Biggar
Peter Wilcox, Belmore Neidrauer
Canadian Patent Litigation Firm of the Year
Belmore Neidrauer
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
Goodmans
McCarthy Tétrault
Norton Rose Fulbright
Smart & Biggar
Torys
Canadian Patent Strategy Practitioner of the Year
Jung-Kay Chiu, Norton Rose Fulbright
Micheline Gravelle, Bereskin & Parr
Daphne Lainson, Smart & Biggar
Lisa Melanson, McCarthy Tétrault
Geoffrey Mowatt, DLA Piper
Teresa Reguly, Torys
Canadian Patent Strategy Firm of the Year
Bereskin & Parr
McCarthy Tétrault
Norton Rose Fulbright
Smart & Biggar
Torys
Canadian Regulatory Attorney of the Year
Ranjeev Dhillon, McCarthy Tétrault
Mathieu Gagné, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
Eileen McMahon, Torys
Timothy Squire, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
Alice Tseng, Smart & Biggar
Canadian Financial & Corporate Attorney of the Year
Jean-Raphael Champagne, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
Joseph Garcia, Blake Cassels & Graydon
Noam Goodman, DLA Piper
Janet Grove, Norton Rose Fulbright
Philippe Leclerc, McCarthy Tétrault
Canadian Financial & Corporate Firm of the Year
DLA Piper
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
McCarthy Tétrault
Norton Rose Fulbright
Torys
Canadian Rising Star
Véronique Barry, Norton Rose Fulbright
Dara Jospé, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin
Fiona Legere, McCarthy Tétrault
Mark Pidkowich, Smart & Biggar
Canadian In-House Team of the Year
Apotex
AstraZeneca
Janssen
Medicago
Merck Canada
Pfizer Canada
Teva Canada
