Katya Ascher is a partner with HBC Avocats. She advises her clients on the structuring and negotiation of strategic agreements, including collaboration, licensing, option, and technology acquisition deals, with a particular expertise in the life sciences sector. She also assists companies in negotiating manufacturing, service and supply, marketing, and distribution agreements.  Admitted to the New York and Paris Bars and as solicitor in England and Wales, and holding degrees in law and biology, Katya has practiced at leading law firms in the United States, the United Kingdom and France. Katya also gained valuable insight into the operations and specific concerns of non-profit research institutions while heading the Intellectual Property division of the Legal Department of the Pasteur Institute.