Polsinelli's Life Sciences attorneys combine the resources of our national platform with deep scientific fluency and business acumen to support the businesses and innovations shaping the industry.

We understand that life sciences companies face complex business decisions that intersect across intellectual property, financing, regulatory strategy, commercialization and broader business objectives. As a strategic legal partner, our multidisciplinary team provides coordinated counsel to help emerging and established companies, research institutions and investors navigate these challenges at every stage of growth and to shape their pathways to success.

A Coordinated Approach to Life Sciences Challenges

Frequently serving as outside general counsel, we assemble multidisciplinary teams tailored to each client's business, technology and stage of development. Our experience is comprehensive across the legal needs that arise as life sciences companies innovate, grow and commercialize their businesses, including:

• Company Formation and Financing: Guiding entity formation (including tax considerations), corporate governance, seed and venture capital-stage debt and equity financings, recapitalizations and exit transactions.
• Fund Formation and Investment Transactions: Structuring and completing fund formation, investor-side due diligence and financing transactions, and portfolio company management.
• IP Protection and Commercialization: Advising on patent and trademark strategy and prosecution, freedom-to-operate analyses, trade secret protection, licensing, portfolio management, brand protection and enforcement for companies whose core assets often define enterprise value. 
• Regulatory Strategy & Compliance: Counseling on clinical trials, marketing pathways for human and animal health products, FDA requirements, reimbursement, product safety and effectiveness, state and federal licensure requirements, permitting and government incentives.
• Transactions and Investment Activity: Supporting in-licensing and out-licensing, mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, spin-offs, IPOs, strategic collaborations, transaction and IP diligence involving life sciences companies, assets and technologies.
• Facilities and Workforce Needs: Advising on employment policies, talent acquisition, immigration, restrictive covenants and other labor and employment needs. Handling real estate and construction matters involving specialized facilities, including laboratory, manufacturing and other research environments.
• Litigation and Dispute Resolution: Representing clients in products liability, commercial and intellectual property related disputes, government investigations and enforcement actions, trade secret claims and other litigation affecting life sciences businesses.