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Laura is an associate in the Life Sciences Transactions team of our New York office. She advises companies in the healthcare, pharmaceutical and biotech space on a variety of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, licensing agreements, and commercial agreements. Prior to joining Freshfields, Laura worked at a global law firm where she represented clients in complex trade secret and patent litigation matters involving diverse technologies.
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- Novartis in its global license agreement with Monte Rosa Therapeutics for VAV1-directed molecular glue degraders.
- CVC on its $925m carve-out acquisition of Therakos from Mallinckrodt.
- Grünenthal on its acquisition of Valinor Pharma and its product Movantik® (naloxegol).
- SERB Pharmaceuticals on its acquisition of RSDL® (Reactive Skin Decontamination Lotion) kit from Emergent BioSolutions Inc.
- Johnson & Johnson on its $13.1 billion acquisition of Shockwave Medical, Inc.

Laura Zhu
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