Cooley Receives Seven Leading Life Sciences Awards

New York – September 6, 2024 –Cooley received seven major accolades at the 12th annual LMG Life Sciences Americas Awards. The firm’s three practice awards include recognitions as Antitrust Firm of the Year, Hatch-Waxman Litigation Firm of the Year (Branded), and Corporate Firm of the Year.

In addition to the three firmwide practice recognitions, the publication honored four Cooley partners with prestigious individual awards, naming Betsy Flanagan as General Patent Litigator of the Year (Midwest), Chad Shear as General Patent Litigator of the Year (California), Div Gupta as Corporate Attorney of the Year, and Marc Recht as Venture Capital Attorney of the Year.

LMG Life Sciences also noted the firm for its successful representation of Horizon Therapeutics in connection with its $28 billion acquisition by Amgen. Cooley successfully defended Horizon against a Federal Trade Commission challenge to the deal.

This marks the fourth consecutive year that LMG Life Sciences has honored Cooley with at least one major award. Cooley was shortlisted across 20 total categories, including six additional practice area recognitions: US Life Cycle Firm of the Year; Intellectual Property Firm of the Year; General Patent Litigation Firm of the Year; Licensing & Collaboration Firm of the Year; M&A Firm of the Year; and Venture Capital Firm of the Year.

Earlier this year, Cooley’s life sciences practice received multiple LMG Life Sciences EMEA Awards, including an honor as Venture Capital Firm of the Year, an individual recognition as Financial Rising Star, and work on four Impact Deals of the Year.

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