Allen & Overy Adds Five Goodwin Intellectual Property Lawyers

Allen & Overy is expanding its footprint in life sciences by recruiting five intellectual property litigators and adding an office in Boston.

The partners are from Goodwin Procter and include Elizabeth Holland, who will become U.S. head of the firm’s life sciences practice, Allen & Overy said in a Thursday statement.

The aim is “to become the only elite global law firm to offer scaled, coordinated, top tier intellectual property litigation capabilities to life sciences businesses across the U.S., UK, continental Europe and Asia-Pacific,” senior partner Tim House said in the statement.

The additions follow Allen & Overy’s opening of ...