Law firms Consolidating pharma giants to drive global M&A as advisers secure major deals from Novartis and Shire Legal Business · 4 December 2013 · 4 min read Corporate and M&A The pharmaceutical industry is the driving force behind a number of recent high-value M&A transactions as drugs companies look for new ways to consolidate, and address patent expiration in a trend forecast to continue.Your limit of 1 article in 30 days is up. Please login for full access or subscribe. Corporate users - click here for simple access (no password needed). For more information, please contact [email protected] Related ContentMore in this categoryA-list firms call the tune on Sony’s multibillion-dollar music catalogue acquisitionLaw firmsEliza Winter13 May 2026Ashurst EMEA energy and infrastructure M&A head set to join Vinson’s City baseLaw firmsWill Lewallen11 May 2026Latham and Davis Polk gear up for $2bn Lime IPOLaw firmsWill Lewallen11 May 2026‘$20m isn’t much once you deduct the essentials’ – LB’s best quotes of the yearLaw firmsElisha Juttla23 Dec 2024Talent wars, private equity and number crunching: LB’s most read features of 2024Law firmsGeorgina Stanley23 Dec 2024Youle, Dejonghe, Levine and the top women in private equity – LB’s most popular interviews of 2024Law firmsGeorgina Stanley23 Dec 2024Life After Law – Roger BarronLaw firmsAnna Huntley4 Nov 2024Insights from HSF’s private equity teamLaw firmsLegal Business1 Nov 2024Staying activeLaw firmsLegal Business31 Oct 2024