Matthew is a corporate lawyer who specialises in advising clients in the life sciences sector. He advises on a wide range of corporate matters including venture capital investments, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and IPOs and other securities issues. 

Matthew has worked with companies at all stages of development, from early-stage pre-revenue biotechnology companies through to listed plcs, as well as investment funds and investment banks operating within the sector.

Prior to joining Osborne Clarke, Matthew was General Counsel for one of the world’s largest life-sciences, nutrition and wellness focused venture capital investors. Before his move in-house Matthew worked for a number of international law firms both in the UK and in Australia.

Matthew Edwards is praised for his ‘smooth and successful’ handling of transactions.

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BioNTech SE

Advised BioNTech SE  on its acquisition of InstaDeep Ltd, a leading global technology company in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning, for to total consideration of up to £562 million.

Icon Group

Advised Icon Group, Australia's leading oncology provider, on its acquisition of Cancer Centre London.

BioNTech SE

Advised BioNTech SE, on its investment in Crescendo Biologics in connection with a wider multi-target discovery collaboration to develop novel immunotherapies for the treatment of patients with cancer and other diseases.

Constructive.Bio

Advised Constructive.Bio, the pioneering synthetic genomics company, on its $58 million Series A Financing round.

Foodsteps

Advised shareholders of Foodsteps, the UK-based environmental impact assessment platform, on its acquisition by Registrar Corp, a Paine Schwartz Partners' company.

Basecamp Research Ltd

Advised Basecamp Research Ltd ("Basecamp"), a company that designs protein products based on the largest knowledge graph of natural biodiversity in existence, on a $20 million Series A funding round led by climate investor, Systemiq Ventures.

WG Partners LLP, Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited and Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited

Advised WG Partners LLP, Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited and Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited on the conditional £34.3 million placing for AIM-quoted Redx Pharma plc, the clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on discovering and developing novel, small molecule, highly targeted therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and fibrotic disease. 

Grifols

Advised global healthcare leader Grifols on the agreement with the Hong Kong’s Tiancheng International Investment Ltd. to acquire 100% of the shares of Tiancheng Pharmaceutical Holdings AG, which holds approximately a stake of 89.88% of Biotest ordinary shares and 1.08% of Biotest preferred shares for approximately EUR1.1bn.  

Endeavour Vision

Advised Endeavour Vision on its investment in Lumeon, a leader in care pathway orchestration. The investment is part of Lumeon's $30M Series D investment round.

hVIVO plc

Advised AIM-quoted hVIVO plc, an industry leading services provider in viral challenge studies and laboratory services, in relation to its recommended proposed £12.96 million all-share merger with Open Orphan plc.  

RHYTHM AI

Advised RHYTHM AI, a UK company focused on the treatment of Atrial Fibrillation (AF), on the closure of its seed financing, and various follow-on financing rounds. 

Turbine

Advised Turbine, a company simulating cellular decision making to unlock novel oncology therapies, on raising EUR 5.7 million (USD 6.85m) as part of the successful closing of its pre-Series A round, and various follow-on financing rounds. 

SCVC

Advised SCVC, a leading UK VC investing in early-stage deep tech spin-outs, on its portfolio investments including Imophoron, Forefront RF, Carbometrics, Portal Biotech and Scarlet Therapeutics. 

Uniphar plc

Advised Uniphar plc on the acquisitions of UK-based brand commercialisation and pharmaceutical marketing agency, Events4Healthcare, and UK-based pharmaceutical distributor Devonshire Healthcare Services.

The Research Partnership Limited

Advised the shareholders of The Research Partnership Limited (Research Partnership) on its acquisition by Ashfield Huntsworth for an undisclosed amount .

Mogrify

Advised Mogrify, a biopharmaceutical company transforming the lives of patients through a novel class of in vivo reprogramming therapies, on its $46 million Series A financing round.