• Drafting and negotiation of contracts for the management and marketing of intellectual property (transfers, licences, collaboration agreements, technology transfer contracts, distribution and contract manufacturing agreements)
• Drafting and negotiation of research and development contracts (clinical and fundamental research contracts, service contracts, cooperation agreements, confidentiality agreements, material transfer agreements, non-competition and inter-institutional agreements)
• Drafting and negotiating of agreements on the activities of Contract Research Organizations (CRO)
• Drafting and negotiation of foreign subcontracting agreements
• Regulatory compliance (clinical trials, best practices, government grants, clinical research in hospitals)
• Protection of intellectual property (technology commercialization and development companies, legal opinions, litigation)
• Commercial transactions (mergers, acquisitions, asset and stock purchases)
• Business finance (banking, public and private offerings of securities)
• Corporate organization (incorporation, privatization of research centres, joint ventures, organization of research companies)
• Taxation (R&D credits, certificates of competency)
• Immigration of foreign researchers and experts

 REPRESENTATIVE WORK

• We have reviewed more than 2,000 research and development contracts for our various clients.
• We have drafted numerous models of licences, contract manufacturing agreements and distribution contracts in the life sciences industry.
• We assisted in setting up the Centre of Excellence in Personalized Medicine (Cepmed), Sovar s.e.c. (the marketing company for Laval University), and several consortia and institutes.
• We act as counsel to the Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux, particularly with respect to the harmonization of contractual practices in clinical research.