Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences

Overview

The Firm has long been at the forefront of driving transformative changes to the Indian pharmaceutical landscape. We have a deep understanding of the Indian pharmaceuticals and life sciences sector and our extensive experience in advising complex matters in this business sector have enabled us to become trusted advisor for clients in this space. Our expertise in the space can be seen from our involvement in some of the sector’s most complex and path breaking transactions, on an Indian and global level, where we have competently leveraged our multidisciplinary practices for the benefit of our clients.

We offer multi-faceted and holistic advice to our clients in this sector – encompassing both representing clients in connection with investments and M&A transactions in this space and also advising them on complex regulatory and structuring issues that are specific to pharmaceuticals and life sciences sector. This enables us to enable our clients in scaling their operations whether it be through M&As or through facilitating innovative strategies for organic growth. Specifically, we have supported clients in this space in relation to both divestments and acquisitions of multiple businesses in this space (pharmaceutical, diagnostics, hospitals, life sciences, etc.) via various structures, issues concerning exchange control, drug price control, safety and efficacy issues, regulations for drugs and cosmetics, clinical trials, etc. We also have extensive experience in representing clients before regulatory authorities such as the Reserve Bank of India, Securities and Exchange Board of India and Department of Pharmaceuticals on several complex matters and seeking regulatory approvals as well as on matters of intellectual property rights before various IP authorities and courts.

Our clientele includes numerous global and domestic players within this sector, encompassing market leading pharmaceutical companies, diagnostics players, biotechnology companies, prominent hospital networks, telemedicine providers, medical equipment manufacturers, etc. while also including numerous prominent private equity firms that have invested in the Indian pharmaceuticals business.

To provide comprehensive legal services to our clients, we work closely with our General Corporate and Mergers Acquisitions team, Regulatory team, Insolvency & Restructuring Team, Private Equity & Venture Capital team, Capital Markets team, Antitrust / Competition team, Real Estate tea, Intellectual Property team and Dispute Resolution team. This collaborative approach ensures that our clients receive integrated support throughout their projects or transactions.