Our Life Sciences & Chemistry group is one of the largest in Europe, partnering with clients across the world from entrepreneurs, biotechnology and generic research companies, pharmaceutical businesses and horticulturalists to medical device companies, veterinary supply organisations and chemical companies.
We also act for NHS Trusts, research departments and technology transfer companies of many British universities and research institutes.
Heather West, Associate.
Group members offer our clients diversity of expertise, and we accept applications from a wide variety of related degrees. These include biochemistry, biological sciences, chemistry, genetics, microbiology, pharmacy and veterinary science.
"I joined the Life Sciences and Chemistry team following an undergraduate master’s degree in Biochemistry and a PhD in Immunology. I’m particularly interested in the future of personalised medicine and how technology is advancing and adapting to meet our healthcare needs.
In my first few months, I’ve already had the chance to work on a breadth of technologies, including antibody therapies, cell therapies and gene editing technologies." - Heather West, Associate.
We are European patent attorneys with a pan-European client base. As well as serving clients from all over the United Kingdom, we directly advise a number of Swedish, Norwegian, German, Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish chemical, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and research institutes. We also act for a wide range of companies and universities from further afield, especially from the US and Japan.
Our clients include entrepreneurs, biotechnology and genetic research companies, pharmaceutical companies, horticulturalists developing new plant varieties, medical device companies, veterinary supply companies, and a number of chemical companies working in areas as diverse as fuel cells, liquid crystals and cosmetics. We also act for NHS Trusts and the research departments and technology transfer groups of many British universities. We frequently work with university spin-out companies.
Headed by Adrian Tombling, the Life Sciences & Chemistry group includes 14 European patent attorneys and trainee patent attorneys.
Members of the group bring a wide range of academic and professional expertise in biochemistry, genetics, chemistry, microbiology, pharmacy and veterinary science. Five members of the group have doctorates covering subjects as diverse as radiation damage to DNA, gene therapy and DNA vaccines, neuroendocrinology, and advanced analytical chemistry.
