In life sciences, small details can carry major regulatory risk. LS Law's legal experts help you identify issues early and turn complex regulation into clear decisions.
In life sciences, legal teams are under pressure: lean budgets, fast-moving markets, and increasingly complex regulation. Too often, legal is brought in at the last minute creating delays, friction, and avoidable risk. We help legal and compliance functions become what they should be: proactive business enablers, not bottlenecks.
When in-house legal teams are stretched, risk doesn’t wait.
Today's life science legal leaders are expected to be strategic business partners. When in-house legal teams have to wear multiple hats, it means there's less time to do the actual work that keeps organisations compliant.
The challenge facing life science legal teams
Legal leaders are now expected to shape business strategy as well as manage risk. But lean teams and high attrition mean capacity is tight. When someone leaves, the gap is immediate. Finding the right expertise quickly is rarely simple.
That's where LS Law comes in...
Our consultants are experienced life science legal professionals who can step into a role quickly and effectively. The result: immediate expertise, less pressure on your internal team, and continuity for the legal work that matters most.
The world has changed: AI, data, and digital health are moving faster than regulators can write rules. The result is more ambiguity — and higher risk of unintended missteps. We help you navigate those grey areas with practical, implementable legal guidance. Giving leadership teams the clarity to make confident decisions.
LS Law helps life science legal teams get stuff done.
We understand exactly what you're going through. All our consultants have experience of working in-house at major Pharma and Biotech companies. We understand the constraints and the challenges that in-house teams come up against because we've faced them ourselves.
That's why we don't just provide legal expertise; we're problem solvers, mentors, and so much more...
Common challenges we help solve
Resource Constraints
Do you have a gap in your team?
Workload Increases
Do you have a sudden surge in workload?
Headcount Freeze
Do you have a headcount freeze, but need additional resource?
Need Flexibility
Do you need support which can be flexed in line with business needs?
Require Specific Expertise
Are you struggling to find legal/compliance industry experts?
Bespoke Solution Design
Are you struggling to find a partner who can help you find a solution?
Our approach
LS Law combines deep industry experience with flexible access to specialist expertise, helping legal teams respond quickly when capacity or knowledge gaps arise.
Industry Experience
Our consultants are experienced legal and compliance professionals who have all worked within pharmaceutical and biotech organisations. We understand the regulatory environment and the realities of operating inside the business.
Specialist Expertise
LS Law provides a team of legal and compliance specialists across multiple levels of experience, ensuring the right expertise is available for the needs of your organisation. This allows us to match the right consultant to your specific regulatory, commercial or compliance challenge.
Flexible Support
We tailor our support to fit your needs, whether interim, part-time, full-time or project-based, giving you access to the right capability when you need it. This flexible model ensures legal expertise can be aligned with the changing demands of your organisation.
Immediate Capability
Our consultants can step in quickly to close temporary gaps in your team, providing immediate support while allowing resources to scale up or down as business demands change. This ensures continuity and momentum when your legal team is under pressure.
Services designed to support life science legal teams
Designed by experienced in-house General Counsel, our compliance, legal support and data privacy services help pharmaceutical and biotech companies bring products to market, expand internationally and navigate complex regulatory requirements.
LS Law was engaged to provide an outsourced legal function to the UK arm of Urgo Medical, offering a range of ad-hoc legal services. This includes support for the development of Apps, distribution arrangements, joint working, and development and partnership arrangements with third parties, including the NHS.
Urgo Medical continues to engage LS Law as its outsourced legal function, to maintain operational efficiency and regulatory compliance.
LS Law was engaged to provide an outsourced legal function to the UK arm of Urgo Medical, offering a range of ad-hoc legal services. This includes support for the development of Apps, distribution arrangements, joint working, and development and partnership arrangements with third parties, including the NHS.
Urgo Medical continues to engage LS Law as its outsourced legal function, to maintain operational efficiency and regulatory compliance.
LS Law, led by Wendy Lloyd-Goodwin, has been a fresh and welcome addition to the life sciences legal network. LS Law market themselves as being seen as part of the in-house function, and they are able to deliver exactly that. They have supported our needs in an agile manner, helping us to anticipate demand, and with a range of candidates with different experience they have helped us to add additional and talented resources, while remaining cost conscious and finding solutions which work within our budget.
Legal & Compliance Director, Multinational Pharmaceutical Company
LS Law, led by Wendy Lloyd-Goodwin, has been a fresh and welcome addition to the life sciences legal network. LS Law market themselves as being seen as part of the in-house function, and they are able to deliver exactly that. They have supported our needs in an agile manner, helping us to anticipate demand, and with a range of candidates with different experience they have helped us to add additional and talented resources, while remaining cost conscious and finding solutions which work within our budget.
Legal & Compliance Director, Multinational Pharmaceutical Company
Wendy and her team of attorneys has provided expert advice at key moments for our company. We have received timely feedback to ensure our legal contract templates are suitable for our UK and EU/EEA customers. We trust LS Law to provide life sciences-specific information that is relevant to our industry, which is a benefit of working with your law firm.
Shannon O'Neill, Senior Counsel, Standard BioTools
Wendy and her team of attorneys has provided expert advice at key moments for our company. We have received timely feedback to ensure our legal contract templates are suitable for our UK and EU/EEA customers. We trust LS Law to provide life sciences-specific information that is relevant to our industry, which is a benefit of working with your law firm.
Shannon O'Neill, Senior Counsel, Standard BioTools
We have been absolutely delighted with the support LS Law has provided us during their time here, the consultant we have been working with is a strong ambassador for their business model!
I will definitely contact them if the need arises again in the future.
Legal Director UK & Ireland and Global Competition Law Head - Multinational Pharmaceutical Company
We have been absolutely delighted with the support LS Law has provided us during their time here, the consultant we have been working with is a strong ambassador for their business model!
I will definitely contact them if the need arises again in the future.
Legal Director UK & Ireland and Global Competition Law Head - Multinational Pharmaceutical Company
Frequently Asked Questions
Here are some of the things we often get asked when we are speaking to life science companies. If you have a question that isn't listed here, please get in touch using the form below.
LS Law provides specialist legal and compliance support to organisations operating in the pharmaceutical, biotech and wider life sciences sector. Our consultants help companies navigate complex regulatory environments, manage legal risk, and maintain effective legal and compliance functions.
We support a wide range of life sciences organisations, from large pharmaceutical multinationals to growing biotech companies that may not yet have an in-house legal function. Our clients operate globally across sectors such as pharmaceuticals, medical devices, R&D and consumer health.
Unlike traditional law firms, LS Law consultants have predominantly worked in-house within life sciences organisations. This means we understand the commercial realities of the business and provide practical, business-focused solutions rather than purely theoretical legal advice.
Our consultants support organisations across a wide range of areas including regulatory compliance, clinical trials, healthcare professional interactions, intellectual property collaborations, contract management, supply chain legal issues, and data privacy.
Yes. Many of our clients already have an in-house legal or compliance team. We provide interim support, project assistance, or specialist expertise to help teams manage workload spikes, cover team attrition, or deliver strategic initiatives.
Yes. For organisations that do not have their own legal or compliance department, LS Law can operate as an outsourced legal and compliance function, providing experienced professionals on a flexible basis.
Our services are designed to be flexible and scalable. We offer ad-hoc support, project-based work, interim secondees, and subscription models so organisations can access legal expertise when they need it.
LS Law works with a global network of legal and compliance experts across regions including the UK, EU, US, Middle East, Australia and Asia-Pacific, allowing us to support organisations operating internationally.
LS Law was founded in 2015 by Wendy Lloyd-Goodwin, a life sciences legal expert with over 20 years of experience working in pharmaceutical companies. The firm was created to address the challenge of quickly finding lawyers with niche industry expertise.
You can book a call with one of our experts to discuss your current challenges. We will assess your needs and recommend the most appropriate level and type of legal or compliance support.
LS Law's Vision
Learn more about the vision and the values that underpin the way LS Law partners with life science professionals. Our goal is to provide a world-class service to enable you to get to market quicker, easier, and safer.
The vision for Life Science Law grew out of a desire to solve the seemingly impossible challenge I had faced whilst working within the industry – obtaining immediate, ad-hoc additional support from lawyers and compliance professionals with industry expertise.
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