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Patent Litigation

GSK (Tesaro): in Court of Appeal proceedings regarding a dispute with AstraZeneca over the patent licence for Zejula, GSK’s PARP-inhibitor cancer product.
ViiV Healthcare, Shionogi, GSK: in a cross-border patent litigation relating to Gilead's blockbuster HIV treatment, Bictegravir.
Regeneron and Sanofi: in a cross-border patent litigation against Amgen in the UK, France, Germany and beyond, regarding a revolutionary new class of cholesterol-lowering antibody treatments.
Merck & Co., Inc.: in its long-running and high-profile multi-jurisdictional trade mark infringement and breach of contract dispute against Germany-based Merck KGaA regarding use of the “MERCK” name.
Intel: in relation to a patent infringement action by Intellectual Ventures II against internet provider Orange in Germany relating to a patent essential to the ADSL standards.
Seoul Viosys (a sister company of Seoul Semiconductor): advising on and representing in an enforcement campaign at the UPC, concerning patents for a new complex technology increasing the overall efficiency of LEDs.

Investment and funds

We regularly advise funds, investors and financial institutions at all stages of a fund and investment lifecycle. We bring together experts in tax, corporate, regulatory, finance and competition law to advise on aspects of domestic and cross-border fund and investment platform establishment, primary investments (including LBO transactions of different sizes and complexity, public-to-private transactions and refinancings) and all forms of exits, such as IPOs and secondary buyouts.

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Financial transactions

Our tax team provides tailored advice on all types of financial transactions, from vanilla loan agreements to complex securitisations, and regularly advises investment banks and issuer clients on major deals across the global capital markets. We confidently lead on the structuring of some of the most challenging and high-value transactions in the market, including regulatory capital and hybrid financing packages, structured bond transactions, rights issues and other novel methods of raising finance.

Contentious disputes

The number, complexity and scope of contentious disputes with tax authorities is increasing and an ever-greater number of clients are mindful of the possibility of tax litigation. Our tax team works closely with our dispute resolution lawyers to provide advice and guidance at all stages of a potential dispute, from an opinion on a filing position, to advice on responding to enquiries or requests for documents from the tax authority, to negotiation, settlement or, where appropriate, litigation. Our contentious work also extends to managing tax risk and compliance obligations in an increasingly challenging environment.

Crisis management

We draw upon experience from across our network to support clients through their most significant and, in some cases, high profile crises. We regularly advise on complex tax compliance and crisis management matters, help during dawn raids, provide efficient fact finding, represent in tax proceedings and proceedings brought by state prosecution authorities and coordinate individuals’ defence lawyers if required.

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