Ashwin Sapra Email & Phone Number

Delhi, Dl, In

New Delhi Area, India

Part of the Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences practice at India's premier full service Law Firm• Regulatory and Compliance: Advising clients on regulatory issues pertaining to approvals and import of drugs, cosmetics and medical devices in India. Providing advice on anti-corruption and anti-bribery issues.• Intellectual Property: Advising clients on Indian IP Laws, policies and procedures. Strategizing and overseeing patent and Trade Mark prosecution. Freedom to operate opinions. Trade Mark/ Patentability analysis. Portfolio management. IP due diligence. • Corporate Structuring/ M&A: Providing advice and guidance to international and domestic clients on issues of corporate entity structuring and formation, corporate compliance, continuing corporate governance and entity development.• Transactional/ Commercial: Advising clients on Technology transfer, R&D, Confidentiality, Procurement, Supply, Manufacturing, Distribution, Franchising, Licensing and Outsourcing Agreements. • Public Policy/ Legislative Affairs: Actively monitoring legislative and policy developments in the IP and Healthcare sector. Advising clients on specific actions needed to address potential threats and opportunities with respect to new regulations.

New Delhi Area, India

New Delhi, Delhi, India

New Delhi Area, India

Heading the IP and Healthcare Practice for Clasis Law- A full service law firm with offices in Delhi, Mumbai and London.

New Delhi Area, India

Acting as Off Counsel- Indian Law.• Advising local mission staff and various functional government departments on legal issues arising out of operations in India.• Providing overall legal advice on Contract Affairs, Litigation, Employment Law issues, Trade Secret protection, Real Estate transactions and other regular business transactions. • Interacting with counterpart officials in parent government, agencies, and regional missions across the Asian region towards finding solutions to common law, immigration policy and protocol related problems.• Representing functional business departments before local Indian Authorities.• Advising on issues of diplomatic immunity and risk mitigation.

New Delhi, India

Part of the IP/ Trade/ Corporate team at Luthra & Luthra Law Offices, a full service Indian law firm with offices in Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore.• Prosecution, enforcement and commercialization of Intellectual Property Rights in the pharmaceutical, automotive, FMCG and applied engineering sector. • Regulatory and compliance issues pertaining to the development, manufacture and marketing of drugs, cosmetics and medical devices.• Anti-Corruption/ Anti Bribery Laws.• Transactional advisory. • Litigation advisory. • Active business development.

Herndon, Va, Usa

Senior member of the corporate legal team. • Transactional: Contract development, review, management and implementation. Risk mitigation. Active point of contact. • Healthcare/ Regulatory Compliance: Conception, development, review and implementation of company wide compliance programs under the FDA, OIG and PhRMA regulations. Responsible for maintaining active compliance's under Federal and State regulations. • Intellectual Property: Portfolio management. Patent and Trade Mark prosecution. IP due diligence, litigation management. Active interaction with retained law firm counsel (domestic and international). • Corporate Advisory: Advising senior management, department heads and staff in Clinical Operations, Commercial Sales Operations, Medical Affairs, Regulatory Affairs, IT, Human Resources and Finance on complex legal issues. • Corporate Governance: Corporate entity creation and regular compliance filings.

Reston, Va, Usa

• Patent Litigation: Prepared pleadings, document requests, deposition queries, trial binders. Document management, review and production. Witness depositions. Active trial management. Managed document production. • Patent Prosecution: Patentability assessment opinions. Due diligence. USPTO patent data research. Prior art research and analysis. Office action review and analysis. Patent landscaping.

Washington D.C.

• Patent Litigation. Reviewed and analyzed pleadings and documents in complex pharmaceutical patent infringement matters. Conducted extensive document review on Concordance. Assisted attorneys and paralegals in document production. Maintained litigation files. Tracked litigation matters using the PACER portal.• Patent prosecution. Assisted attorneys and patent agents in reviewing office objections from the USPTO. Researched patent data and prior art references. Tracked patent applications using PAIR

New Delhi Area, India

• Transactional: Drafted and negotiated Confidentiality Agreements, Master Service Agreements, Clinical Trial Agreements, Software Licensing Agreements.• Corporate: Company formation, registration, compliance. Director consents. Company valuation. • Retainer Advisory: Legal Advisor to the consular division of a significant High Commission in Delhi (confidential) on legality of documents submitted as part of immigration applications. Advised on real estate and employment matters. • Litigation and Arbitration. Trial strategy. Drafting of pleadings. Document review. Presenting and arguing pleadings and motions before courts at the Supreme Court, High Court and District Courts. Drafted and prosecuted claims and objections before arbitral tribunals. Land Acquisition. • Company matters: Shareholder derivative suits. Company winding up. Minority Share Holder matters before the Company Law Board. Valuation of Company/ Partnership assets. Amalgamation proceedings. • Family Law: Divorce, custody, maintenance. Testate and intestate succession. Family partition. Family settlements. • Negotiation and Mediation. Out of court settlements. Private international trade agreements. Minimum liability drug development and licensing contracts. Mediation of interpersonal disputes. • Real Estate: Landlord-tenant disputes. Easement right disputes. Property transactions- Sale and Lease. Due diligence title searches. Represented clients in landlord-tenant disputes, disputes over abuse of easement and derived rights. • Finance: Debt recovery actions. Financial and debt re-organization. Bankruptcy proceedings.

Master Of Laws (Ll.M.), Ip/ Pharmaceuticals

LLM in IP Law with a focus on Patents and Pharmaceuticals

Llb, Law

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Life Sciences

Life Sciences