汉坤律师事务所近日迎来生命科学和医疗健康领域专家顾泱律师加盟。此前，他曾在美国科文顿·柏灵律师事务所上海、华盛顿和纽约办公室执业近八年，并曾在君合律师事务所纽约办公室工作。加盟汉坤后，顾律师将主要在其上海办公室工作。

顾律师专注于生命科学、生物医药及医疗健康领域的公司、监管合规以及交易业务，包括生物安全法及人类遗传资源、临床试验、产品上市许可、GxP合规、跨境医药许可及商业化合作，生命科学行业内投融资及兼并收购、外商投资、对外投资等事宜中的行业监管相关问题等，并就中国药品监督管理局及其他政府机关颁布的法规征求意见稿为客户提供分析并起草相关建议函。

今年1月初，汉坤与上海原本律师事务所达成合并协议，原本团队集体加盟汉坤上海办公室。顾律师的加盟是汉坤上海办公室继合并后的最新一起重要律师引入。

Han Kun adds healthcare expert in Shanghai from Covington

Han Kun Law Offices has hired life sciences and healthcare expert Aaron Gu in its Shanghai office from U.S. law firm Covington & Burling.

Gu joined Covington in 2014, and worked eight years at the firm’s Shanghai, New York, and Washington, D.C. offices. Prior to that Gu spent a year at JunHe’s New York office.

With expertise in life sciences, biopharmacy, and healthcare, Gu advises on corporate, regulatory compliance, and transaction issues, such as biosecurity and human genetic resource issues, clinical trial matters, product marketing authorizations, GxP compliance, drug licensing and collaboration, and regulatory issues involved in venture capital and private equity investments, M&As, and foreign and outbound investments. 

In January, the Shanghai-based boutique firm Young-Ben Law Firm merged with Han Kun, with all their lawyers joining Han Kun’s office in that city. The hire of Gu is the Shanghai office’s first major hire since the merger.

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