Ammina Rao

Biography

Ammina is a UK-qualified solicitor and has expertise in intellectual property, healthcare and regulatory law. She advises clients on a range of matters in her areas of practice and regularly drafts a variety of different commercial agreements, including IP licensing/transfer agreements, technology transfer agreements, collaboration agreements, operation and management agreements, and healthcare facility and licensing agreements.

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Recent Experience

Intellectual Property:

• Drafting a variety of IP assignments, IP licenses, R&D/collaboration agreements, technology transfer agreements, NDAs, commercialization/supply and other commercial agreements for a wide range of clients (including local and international clients in a variety of sectors including pharma and tech).
• Working on and managing large scale legislation gap analysis projects for various governmental entities and providing legislative amendment recommendations.
• Conducting and managing IP due diligence / drafting transaction documents for international and local technology and pharmaceutical clients as part of large corporate transactions.
• Advising companies in various industries including tech and pharma regarding IP protection strategies in various MENA countries.
• Acting for large scale pharmaceutical clients (most recently, Abbvie/Pharmacyclics) in patent opposition proceedings.
• Advising local and international clients in relation to IP infringement strategies and issuing proceedings in the UAE and elsewhere in the GCC.
• Advising and drafting Freedom to operate opinions for various clients..
• Assisting clients (including universities) in strategizing and identifying IP objectives and drafting innovation and IP policies and guidelines accordingly.
• Managing pharmaceutical patent portfolios in the various GCC countries and working closely with patent attorney team members on substantive prosecution work.
• Advising on a range of pro bono commercial matters.
• Working on several high-profile patent litigation cases in the UK and Europe for various tech and pharma companies.

Healthcare/Regulatory:

• Drafting operation & management, white label, service and other commercial agreements with a particular focus in the healthcare and life sciences sectors.
• Advising on healthcare and regulatory compliance requirements for local and international clients including (interalia) facility set up / licensing and management agreements, healthcare research requirements and medical device and pharmaceutical product regulation from federal and emirate level perspectives.
• Advising clients regarding healthcare and personal data law requirements. Also advise on consumer protection issues that arise with regards to healthcare products/devices. Also advising clients regarding medical malpractice claims.
• Advising on and facilitating the process of market entry of various healthcare products within the UAE.
• Working on M&A transactions and conducting and managing healthcare/regulatory and technology due diligence for international pharmaceutical clients and large local companies.