Big Pharma named 16 law firms with the strongest relationships, up from 10 last year. These clients have big needs and are among the largest legal spenders in the world. Look for Big Pharma to spend big before and during development of a drug, and as it goes through the regulatory process. In addition, there is an active licensing, joint venture, and acquisition need as these companies drive their own growth.
Big Pharma use many law firms in different roles—but only 16 firms stand out as having the strongest relationships, reaching Clientopia.
These 16 law firms with the strongest relationships—who are both core and recommended first in the Pharmaceuticals industry—are named by clients in the just-released BTI Industry Power Rankings 2017:
- Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer
- Burr & Forman
- Crowell & Moring
- Dentons
- Erise IP
- Fish & Richardson
- Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman
- King & Spalding
- Mayer Brown
- Schiff Hardin
- Skadden
- Thompson Coburn
- Venable
- Wachtell Lipton
- White & Case
- WilmerHale