Pharmaceuticals and healthcare

Kurt Geiger counsel steps back into pharma

Kurt Geiger general counsel Suzanne Smith is to leave the company to return to the pharmaceuticals sector, joining global biotechnology corporation Genzyme. Smith joined Kurt Geiger a year ago from ­pharma company Phoqus ­Pharmaceuticals, where she was general counsel. She joined Phoqus in February 2005 and was appointed company secretary in ­January 2007. Smith will join US ­company Genzyme later this year […]

Willkie Farr & Gallagher scores role on £2.5bn pharma M&A job

Willkie Farr & Gallagher has advised US dermatology company Stiefel Laboratories on its $3.6bn (£2.5bn) takeover by pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Willkie Farr & Gallagher has advised US dermatology company Stiefel Laboratories on its $3.6bn (£2.5bn) takeover by pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), in what is one of the biggest M&A transactions to hit the market […]