Uhl joins Nixon Peabody

Boston law firm Nixon Peabody LLP is expanding its life sciences and intellectual property practices with the addition of Jill Uhl as counsel.

Uhl, formerly US patent counsel for EMD Serono Inc., an affiliate of the German biotechnology company Merck KGaA, focuses her practice on all aspects of biotech and pharmaceutical patent prosecution, business transactions, client counseling, and litigation, Nixon Peabody said.
(By Chris Reidy, Globe staff)