Baker & McKenzie adds London life science litigator

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Baker & McKenzie adds London life science litigator

Hiroshi Sheraton has joined Baker & McKenzie from McDermott Will & Emery, where he was co-head of the IP practice

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Sheraton, who specialises in patent litigation and life sciences, will be part of the global IP group.

He trained as a medicinal chemist in industry and has advised clients in the fields of microarray technology, enzymatic research tools, antibody production, microfluidics and medical devices.

He has also contributed comment and articles to Managing IP, including:

Pharma industry attacked over patent strategies

ECJ fails to resolve repackaging question

Biotech generics battle on

Europe’s patchwork patent enforcement

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