LMG Life Sciences Awards Americas 2022: winners announced!

Winners for the 2022 LMG Life Sciences Americas Awards were revealed on September 8 at the Essex House in New York City. The full list of the year's recognized firms and attorneys can be found below. The LMG Life Sciences team sends its sincerest congratulations to all of this year's deserving winners.

If you are recognized and would like to inquire about attendance or sponsorship opportunities, please contact george.reeves@euromoneyny.com.

To view this year's finalists, please visit here.

Last year's winners resulting from the 2021 research period can be found here.

 

 

Life Cycle

 

Life Cycle Firm of the Year – Canada

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin

 

Life Cycle Firm of the Year – United States

Ropes & Gray

 

 

Financial & Corporate

 

Corporate Attorney of the Year

Arthur McGivern, Goodwin Procter

 

Licensing & Collaboration Attorney of the Year

Kay Chandler, Cooley

 

M&A Attorney of the Year

Barbara Borden, Cooley

 

Venture Capital Attorney of the Year

Stuart Cable, Goodwin Procter

 

Corporate Firm of the Year

Latham & Watkins

 

Licensing & Collaboration Firm of the Year

Cooley

 

M&A Firm of the Year

Ropes & Gray

 

Venture Capital Firm of the Year

Gunderson Dettmer

 

US Rising Star – Financial & Corporate

Emily Oldshue, Ropes & Gray

 

Firm to Watch – Financial & Corporate

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

 

Financial & Corporate In-House Team of the Year

Pfizer

 

 

Regulatory

 

Regulatory Attorney of the Year: FDA Pharmaceutical

Julie Tibbets, Goodwin Procter

 

Regulatory Attorney of the Year: FDA Medical Device

Janice Hogan, Hogan Lovells

 

Regulatory Attorney of the Year: Pricing & Reimbursement

Jeffrey Handwerker, Arnold & Porter

 

US Rising Star – Regulatory

Dennis Gucciardo, Morgan Lewis & Bockius

 

FDA Litigation & Enforcement Firm of the Year

Goodwin Procter

 

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

Juanita Brooks, Fish & Richardson

 

Hatch-Waxman Litigation Firm of the Year – Branded

WilmerHale

 

Hatch-Waxman Litigator of the Year – Generic

Jake Holdreith, Robins Kaplan

 

Hatch-Waxman Litigation Firm of the Year – Generic

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

 

General Patent Litigator of the Year – California

Edward Reines, Weil Gotshal & Manges

 

General Patent Litigator of the Year – DC Metro

Michael Morin, Latham & Watkins

 

General Patent Litigator of the Year – Midwest

David Anstaett, Perkins Coie

 

General Patent Litigator of the Year – New England

Elaine Blais, Goodwin Procter

 

General Patent Litigator of the Year – New York

John Desmarais, Desmarais

 

General Patent Litigator of the Year – South

John Livingstone, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

 

General Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

Fish & Richardson

 

Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – California

Gargi Talukder, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

 

Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – DC Metro

Jill MacAlpine, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner

 

Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – Massachusetts

David Dykeman, Greenberg Traurig

 

Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – Midwest

Christopher Betti, Morgan Lewis & Bockius

 

Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – New York

David Kappos, Cravath Swaine & Moore

 

Patent Strategy Attorney of the Year – South

Scott Marty, Ballard Spahr

 

Patent Strategy Firm of the Year

Morrison & Foerster

 

Post-Grant Proceedings Attorney of the Year

Michael Rosato, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

 

Appellate Litigator of the Year – Intellectual Property

Joshua Rosenkranz, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

 

US Rising Star – Intellectual Property

Sharonmoyee Goswami, Cravath Swaine & Moore

 

Inter-Partes Review Firm of the Year

Knobbe Martens

 

Firm to Watch – Intellectual Property

Allen & Overy

 

Firm of the Year – Intellectual Property

Fish & Richardson

 

In-House Team of the Year – Intellectual Property

Viatris

 

 

Litigation & Enforcement

 

Product Liability Attorney of the Year

Bart Williams, Proskauer Rose

 

Product Liability Firm of the Year

O’Melveny & Myers

 

Government Investigations Attorney of the Year

Gary Giampetruzzi, Paul Hastings

 

Government Investigations Firm of the Year

Ropes & Gray

 

Antitrust Practitioner of the Year

Robert Milne, White & Case

 

Antitrust Firm of the Year

White & Case

 

 

Canada

 

Canadian Product Liability Attorney of the Year

Sylvie Rodrigue, Torys

 

Canadian Product Liability Firm of the Year

McCarthy Tétrault

 

Canadian Patent Litigator of the Year

Julie Desrosiers, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin

 

Canadian Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin

 

Canadian Patent Strategy Practitioner of the Year

Daphne Lainson, Smart & Biggar

 

Canadian Patent Strategy Firm of the Year

Bereskin & Parr

 

Canadian Regulatory Attorney of the Year

Mathieu Gagné, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin

 

Canadian Financial & Corporate Attorney of the Year

Philippe Leclerc, McCarthy Tétrault

 

Canadian Financial & Corporate Firm of the Year

Torys

 

Canadian Rising Star

Mark Pidkowich, Smart & Biggar

 

Canadian In-House Team of the Year

Merck Canada

 

 

Impact Cases & Deals

 

Hatch-Waxman Impact Cases of the Year

Adapt Pharma v Teva (Fed Cir 2022)

Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox

 

Biogen v Mylan (Fed Cir 2021)

Perkins Coie

 

Celgene v Mylan (Fed Cir 2021)

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

 

GlaxoSmithKline v Teva (Fed Cir 2021)

Fish & Richardson

 

Novartis v Accord (Fed Cir 2022)

Skiermont Derby

 

 

Patent Impact Cases of the Year

Juno Therapeutics v Kite Pharma (Fed Cir 2021)

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe; Fish & Richardson

 

Nippon Shinyaku v Sarepta Therapeutics (Fed Cir 2022)

Morgan Lewis & Bockius

 

Collegium v Purdue (PTAB 2021)

Robins Kaplan

 

Plexxikon v Novartis (ND Cal 2021)

Durie Tangri

 

ModernaTx v Arbutus (Fed Cir 2021)

Williams & Connolly; Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

 

Auris Health v Intuitive Surgical (Fed Cir 2022)

Sidley Austin

 

 

Impact Deals of the Year -- in association with CAS

Intellia Therapeutics $690 million underwritten public offering

Goodwin Procter

 

Pfizer $11.6 billion acquisition of Biohaven

Ropes & Gray; Sullivan & Cromwell

 

Poseida Therapeutics $3.6 billion research collaboration with Takeda

Cooley; Baker McKenzie

 

 

Impact Deals of the Year - United States

Novartis $1 billion license agreement with BeiGene

Arnold & Porter; Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo

 

ProKidney $825 million SPAC combination with Social Capital Suvretta Holdings

Davis Polk & Wardwell; Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo; Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz

 

Sanofi $6.15 billion collaboration with IGM Biosciences

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

 

 

Non-IP Litigation Impact Cases of the Year

Stephens v Monsanto et al (Superior Ct of CA 2021)

Proskauer Rose

 

Ramirez v Gilead Sciences (CA Court of Appeal 2021)

Cooley

 

Hunter v Johnson & Johnson et al (Supreme Ct of Oklahoma 2021)

O’Melveny & Myers

 

 

Impact Cases of the Year - Canada

Seedlings v Pfizer (2021 FCA 154)

Belmore Neidrauer

 

Merck Canada et al v Canada (2022 QCCA 240)

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin

 

Janssen et al v Sandoz Canada (2021 FC 1265)

Fineberg Ramamoorthy

 

 

Impact Deals of the Year - Canada

Aptose Biosciences $408 million license agreement with Hanmi Pharmaceutical

McCarthy Tétrault

 

Government of Canada agreement with Moderna

Torys

 

Pfizer’s acquisition of Trillium Pharmaceuticals for $2.2 billion

Norton Rose Canada, Baker McKenzie Canada

 

 

About the awards

 

Europe

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 2021 winners for Europe can be found here.

North America

Research has concluded for the 2022 awards program covering the United States and Canada. The results above reflect the latest research conducted in the Spring and Summer of 2022. The next research cycle for the awards will commence in March 2023.