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Kate Badr is an associate in the corporate practice group in the London office.
Ms. Badr's practice covers a broad range of transactional and advisory matters, including mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, strategic investments, corporate governance and general corporate and commercial advisory work, with a particular focus on the branded goods and life sciences industries.
- Redx Pharma plc, an AIM-quoted drug discovery and development company on a placing, subscription and open offer raising approximately £12 million by means of accelerated book build.
- AstraZeneca in connection with the divestment of its rights to Rhinocort Aqua outside the U.S.
- AstraZeneca in connection with the acquisition of Takeda’s Respiratory Business.
- Oxford BioMedica plc, a bio-pharmaceutical company listed on the London Main Market:
- a follow-on financing to raise £8.1 million pursuant to a placing of new ordinary shares with both new and existing investors; and
- on a firm placing, subscription, related party subscription and open offer to raise up to £23.7 million.
- A global pharmaceutical company in connection with its entry into a drug discovery joint venture with a partner in Japan.
- Bacardi Limited in relation to the negotiation and implementation of a global working capital syndicated multicurrency loan facility.
- Silence Therapeutics plc, an AIM-quoted gene therapy company on a placing to raise up to £11.4 million by means of accelerated book build.
- Giorgio Armani S.p.A. on a joint venture with an Indian property consortium for the import, sale and distribution of Armani branded goods in India.
- A leading U.S. multinational pharmaceutical company on its international post-merger integration and restructuring programme.
- A software company in relation to its share reorganisation and its negotiation of a loan facility.
Pro Bono
- Advising an international charitable organisation that provides micro financing to the world’s lowest-income entrepreneurs on various corporate issues.
Previous Experience
- Secondment to Microsoft, providing strategic counsel in relation to a full spectrum of commercial, litigious and contentious matters, data protection and intellectual property issues.
October 7, 2016
LONDON—Covington advised AstraZeneca on its agreement with Cilag GmbH International, an affiliate of Johnson & Johnson, for the divestment of the rights to Rhinocort Aqua outside the U.S. Rhinocort Aqua is a nasal spray indicated for allergic and non-allergic rhinitis (inflammation of the inside of the nose), and for the treatment of nasal polyps (swelling of ...
December 17, 2015
LONDON, 17 December, 2015 — Covington advised AstraZeneca on its acquisition of Takeda’s respiratory business. Under the terms of the agreement, AstraZeneca will make a payment of $575 million, and approximately 200 staff will transfer to AstraZeneca upon completion. The deal will include the expansion of rights to roflumilast (marketed as Daliresp in the ...
July 10, 2014
LONDON, 2 June, 2014 — Oxford BioMedica plc, a Main Market listed gene based biopharmaceutical company, announced that it intends to raise gross proceeds of up to £25.7 million through a fundraising by means of a placing and subscriptions and an open offer. Covington & Burling advised the company on the transaction. The proceeds of the fundraising will be used ...
November 17, 2013, CovBrands
Launched by Sara Blakely in 2000, Spanx is a well-established women’s shapewear brand with worldwide brand recognition. Since Spanx’s launch, numerous competitors have flooded the market. Among them is Yummie Tummie, which was founded by reality TV personality Heather Thomson in 2008. Yummie Tummie and Spanx are now embroiled in a design patent dispute in...… ...
August 12, 2013, CovBrands
You may remember that, back in May, CovBrands reported that Rihanna was suing Topshop for selling a t-shirt, which bore her image, without her consent. The judgment is in and the High Court has ruled that Topshop is liable on the grounds of passing off. However, the court did not take the opportunity to introduce...… Continue Reading
June 5, 2013, CovBrands
Africa’s Maasai tribe is thinking about trademarking their name and designs, the BBC has reported. Isaac ole Tialolo, a Maasai leader and elder, who is also chair of a new organisation, the Maasai Intellectual Property Initiative, has, together with Light Years IP (an NGO which specialises in securing IP rights in developing countries), been travelling...… ...
May 28, 2013, CovBrands
Rihanna is suing Topshop for allegedly selling a t-shirt, which bears her image, without her consent. The t-shirt in question, which was on sale in Topshop stores in the UK at the end of 2012, had an image of Rihanna’s face from her “We Found Love” music video, reports WWD. The case will be heard...… Continue Reading
May 1, 2013, CovBrands
Louis Vuitton is a staunch protector of unauthorized uses of its trademarks, including its well-known ‘Toile Monogram’ pattern. Trademark infringement is the unauthorized use of another’s mark in a way that creates a likelihood of confusion as to source or sponsorship. Louis Vuitton’s success, however, has been mixed. This suggests that the decision whether ...
April 11, 2013, CovBrands
Buying counterfeit goods in New York could soon be made illegal if a proposed law is passed. The effect: shoppers could find themselves presented with a fine or, in extreme cases, a jail sentence, if caught buying a counterfeit bag. A bill was first put forward in 2011 to outlaw counterfeit shopping and punish the...… Continue Reading
March 18, 2013, CovBrands
The European Commission is to crack down on aggressive commercial practices which are discouraging consumers from shopping at online stores in other EU member states. The Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (the Directive) introduced a standardized set of rules across the EU, including a general prohibition on unfair business-to-consumer commercial practices. ...