Services
Intellectual Property & Legal Advisory
Protecting and maximising the value of your IP assets throughout the deal lifecycle.
Intellectual property is often the most critical and most complex component of a life sciences transaction. From freedom-to-operate analysis to contract negotiation, BDC provides, through its partners, integrated IP advisory that strengthens both BD and valuation work.
What We Do
- →IP strategy and portfolio advisory
- →Freedom-to-operate (FTO) analysis
- →Patent landscape and prior art review
- →IP due diligence for in-licensing and M&A
- →License agreement drafting and negotiation support
- →IP valuation and royalty benchmarking
- →IP strategy for fundraising and investor presentations
Our Approach
We treat intellectual property as a value driver, not a box-ticking exercise — and we integrate IP work directly into business development and valuation through our network of specialist IP and legal partners.
Our role is to translate legal and patent complexity into commercial language that management and investors can act on, so that freedom-to-operate, diligence and contract negotiation all reinforce the same deal objective.
Typical situations we support
- →Freedom-to-operate review before committing to a programme
- →IP due diligence on an in-licensing or acquisition target
- →Structuring and negotiating licence terms
- →Strengthening the IP story ahead of a fundraising
Have an IP or contract question?
Tell us about your situation — we will bring in the right expertise.