Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer has announced that Life Sciences Partner Ian Dodds-Smith will assume the position of head of the firm’s London office. Partner Tim Frazer is stepping down after 10 years in the role.

Mr. Dodds-Smith is a senior partner in the London office and a prominent figure in both the firm’s Food, Drug and Medical Device practice and the European Product Liability practice. He will continue to advise and represent companies in the pharmaceutical, medical device, chemical, and food sectors.

Mr. Dodds-Smith commented: “It is a great honour to be stepping into this role and I will seek to build on the legacy that Tim Frazer has created. I am immensely proud of our firm’s ability to provide legal services of the highest quality for our clients around the globe and I look forward to continuing this tradition.”

Now celebrating its 20^th year, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer’s London office has a well-established record for handling ground-breaking cases, representing clients in regulatory, litigation, and transactional matters across a broad range of sectors, including technology, media & telecommunications, life sciences, financial services, and consumer goods. The office’s clients include both multinational and domestic organisations. In recent years, the firm’s London office has continued to grow strategically in scale and scope to meet the needs of its clients.

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