Steven Horowitz

Steven Horowitz

March 27, 2023 | New York Law Journal

The FDA and Patent Office React to Biden's Call to Action on Drug Patents

The president directed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) to propose ways the two agencies could collaborate towards this end. The agencies responded with a joint proposal to change how patents protecting drugs are examined, prompting responses from a wide range of industry participants.

By Sona De and Steven Horowitz

8 minute read

January 12, 2009 | New York Law Journal

The Joint Venture as an Alternative Source of Capital

Steven Horowitz, a partner at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, and Ann Seung-Eun Lee, Rhys Hefta and Mirna Zwitter-Tehovnik, associates with the firm, write that the joint venture model offers flexibility to provide varying degrees of retained ownership and/or control and to accommodate the tax objectives of distressed owners. In the coming down-cycle, this structure will enable investors to acquire interests in properties from distressed owners who might otherwise be less willing to transact, thereby offering a means of recapitalizing properties while waiting for market conditions to improve.

By Steven Horowitz, Ann Seung-Eun Lee, Rhys Hefta and Mirna Zwitter-Tehovnik

11 minute read