LMG Life Sciences Americas Awards 2025: shortlist revealed

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LMG Life Sciences Americas Awards 2025: shortlist revealed

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LMG Life Sciences Americas Awards is thrilled to present the 2025 shortlist

LMG Life Sciences Americas is delighted to reveal the 2025 shortlist, honouring the law firms, legal departments, and individual practitioners leading the way in the life sciences industry across the US, Canada, and Brazil.

This year's finalists represent the pinnacle of legal innovation and sector-specific excellence in areas including corporate, regulatory, product liability, IP and more.

Winners will be announced on September 4 2025 during a gala event at 583 Park Avenue in Manhattan.

Each shortlisted nominee was selected following a comprehensive research process that included firm submissions, market feedback, and independent analysis by the LMG Life Sciences research team.

For questions regarding our research process, please contact Jose Martinez.

For information regarding attending the gala event and how to further promote your success, please contact George Reeves.

Now without further ado…

A preview of the 2025 shortlist categories for Financial & Corporate:

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Firm Awards

  • Corporate Firm of the Year

    Cooley
    Fenwick & West
    Goodwin Procter
    Latham & Watkins
    Ropes & Gray
  • Licensing & Collaboration Firm of the Year

    Cooley
    Fenwick & West
    Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
    Goodwin Procter
    Latham & Watkins
    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
  • M&A Firm of the Year

    Cooley
    Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Fenwick & West
    Goodwin Procter
    Latham & Watkins
    Ropes & Gray
  • Venture Capital Firm of the Year

    Cooley
    Fenwick & West
    Goodwin Procter
    Gunderson Dettmer
    Mintz
    WilmerHale
    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

Individual Awards

  • Corporate Attorney of the Year

    David Peinsipp, Cooley
    Effie Toshav, Fenwick & West
    Gaby Morales-Rivera, Goodwin Procter
    Natasha Aijashvili, Latham & Watkins
    Jeffrey Hartlin, Paul Hastings
  • M&A Attorney of the Year

    Randall Sunberg, Baker McKenzie
    Michael Davis, Davis Polk & Wardwell
    Doug Cogen, Fenwick & West
    Eric Schiele, Paul Hastings
    Emily Oldshue, Ropes & Gray
    Sally Wagner, Sidley Austin
  • US Rising Star - Financial & Corporate


    Jiqiang Lin, Cooley
    Joel T. Diamond, Gunderson Dettmer
    Lauren Leonard, WilmerHale
  • Licensing & Collaboration Attorney of the Year

    Oren Livne, Baker McKenzie
    Stefano Quintini, Fenwick & West
    Ryan Murr, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
    Goodwin Procter, Shane Albright
    Aaron Gardner, Latham & Watkins
    Sarah Hogan, WilmerHale
    Alexander Key, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
  • Venture Capital Attorney of the Year

    Josh Seidenfeld, Cooley
    Ian Goldstein, Fenwick & West
    Danielle Lauzon, Goodwin Procter
    William Hicks, Mintz
    Stuart Falber, WilmerHale

LMG Life Sciences is a sister publication and supported by IFLR but is run independently from IFLR1000 research.

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