Raft of firms appointed to embryology panel
(cz) Beachcroft, Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW), Herbert Smith and Morgan Cole have won places on the first ever panel for the Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority (HFEA), the independent regulator that licences and monitors IVF, artificial insemination and human embryo research.
Panel members will advise on public law, corporate governance, judicial review, employment, contracts and procurement, medical law and training. They have been appointed for a three-year period.
The HFEA also has two in-house lawyers, senior legal adviser David Gomez and lawyer Catherine Drennan.
The FFW team advising the authority is led by public law and regulatory partner Sarah Ellson. Ellson said: “We are delighted to have been selected for the HFEA’s legal panel at a time when there are so many new developments in the field of fertility treatment and embryo research. more…
From: »The Lawyer«