Patrick Edwards
Biography
Patrick Edwards is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie's M&A team, based in London. Since joining Baker McKenzie in 2014, Patrick has advised strategics and PE clients on a number of high-value, cross-border and domestic transactions, with a focus on the healthcare and life sciences industry. His deal experience includes brand divestments, collaboration and development deals, licensing transactions and complex carve-outs involving manufacturing, transitional distribution and net economic benefit arrangements. Patrick is ranked as an “Associate to Watch” in Chambers & Partners and as a “Leading Associate” in the Legal 500, which further describes him as “…extremely strong and efficient…[H]e provides thoughtful advice and consistently delivers to the highest possible standards”.
Representative Legal Matters
- Acting on the divestment of Inceptua to Vesey Street Capital Partners.
- Advising KKR (Health Care Strategic Growth Fund) on the acquisition of the wholesaler and manufacturer, CliniSupplies.
- Advising Sandoz on the divestment of its China business to Aspen Pharma.
- Acting for KKR (Health Care Strategic Growth Fund) on the acquisition of the CRO, Coriolis Pharma.
- Acting for Sandoz on a long-term collaboration agreement with CRO, Just Evotec.
- Acting for Takeda on the divestment of its Austrian manufacturing site to GTCR’s portco Corza Medical.
- Advising Baxter on the spin-out of its kidney product division, Vantive.
- Advising Johnson & Johnson on the spin-out of its consumer health division, Kenvue.
- Advising Ingram Micro on the USD 3 billion divestment of its Commerce & Lifecycle Services division to Ceva Logistics (CMA CGM).
- Acting for ICU Medical on its USD 2.7 billion acquisition of Smiths Medical.
Professional Honors
- Lord Haldane Scholarship, The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
- Hardwicke Entrance Prize, The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Law Society of England and Wales
Admissions
- England & Wales~United Kingdom (2016)
Education
- University of Law (Legal Practice Course, Distinction) (2014)
- City University of London (Graduate Diploma in Law, Commendation) (2012)
- University of Warwick (BSc Philosophy, Politics and Economics) (2011)
Baker & McKenzie LLP, an English partnership, is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.