Patrick Edwards
Biography
Patrick Edwards is a senior associate in Baker McKenzie's M&A team, based in London. Since qualifying in 2016, 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 a "Leading Associate" in the Legal 500 and as an "Associate to Watch" in Chambers & Partners, which further describes him as "extremely bright" and as being "excellent at distilling complicated issues".
Representative Legal Matters
- Acting for Bon Secours Mercy Health on its acquisition of Centric Health.
- Advising Medtronic on the separation and IPO of its diabetes division, MiniMed.
- Acting for GSK on the divestment of its Rockville manufacturing site to Samsung Biologics.
- Advising Sino Pharmaceuticals on the divestment of its invoX Pharma division.
- Acting for Johnson & Johnson on the global spin-off of its orthopaedics division, De Puys.
- 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.
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 is a member of Baker & McKenzie International.