Books
We have written or contributed to the following books, loose-leaf works and volumes of legal enyclopedias. They can be ordered on the Amazon website, from specialist legal bookshops (e.g. Hammicks in Chancery Lane, London) or usually from the publishers directly.
Loose-leaf works
Drafting Agreements in the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries (Oxford University Press, 2009)
Review 1: [The book's] multi-jurisdictional approach ...will be invaluable in explaining to those with a common law background the various sensitivities on the part of practitioners and contracting parties who are based in those other jurisdictions. ...One can have every confidence in the drafting, edited as the book is by Mark Anderson... This is a book that can thoroughly be recommended for anyone who is drafting or negotiating agreements in Europe in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors. (Trevor Cook, IP partner, Bird & Bird)
Review 2: A beautiful looseleaf... I highly recommend it. (Duncan Bucknell, IP Thinktank)
Review 3: Drafting Agreements in the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries is a "must-have" reference for life science lawyers and Business Development executives. The short but insightful commentary to each sample form agreement provides the essential context, while the footnote annotations to the clauses of each form drill down for a more focused commentary. Although initially prepared for use in the European market, American readers will benefit greatly from this important compilation. (Brian D. Beglin, Head of Life Sciences Group, Bingham McCutchen LLP, USA)
See details of the book on the publisher's website at Oxford University Press
Hard-cover books
Technology Transfer (3rd edn, Bloomsbury 2010)
Review: The IPKat found both of the earlier editions very much to his liking. Since technology transfer is part heavily-regulated law, part contract which the parties make up as they go along, any book on this topic that is worth its salt must be able to face both ways: clear, dispassionate descriptions of the law, which are really a large number of obstacles for businesses to negotiate when dealing with one another, and sensible, experience-based judgement when it comes to the contractual agreement side of things. This book does just that (IP Kat).
Review of 2nd edition: All practitioners who deal with technology transfer arrangements in England and Wales should own a copy of this work (the Journal of E-commerce, Technology and Communications).
See details of the book on the publisher's website at Bloomsbury Professional
A-Z Guide to Boilerplate and Commercial Clauses (2nd edn, Tottel 2006)
Review: An extremely useful reference work, the book will be of great benefit to in-house counsel drafting commercial contracts (the In-House Lawyer)....a useful addition to the practitioner's library. Anderson's book is to be welcomed (Legal Week). ‘The work’s strength lies in two main features. First, from the point of view of English law (for that is its base) it provides guidance by reference to numerous cases (some of which might well have been overlooked) for the purposes of assisting someone to draft a contract effectively. Secondly, it provides “worked examples”… [The book] is very useful and I hope that it will reach a wider audience.’ (His Honour Humphrey Lloyd QC, The International Construction Law Review). Well done Mark and Victor (IP Kat).
See details of the book on the publisher's website at Tottel Publishing
Drafting and Negotiating Commercial Contracts (2nd edn, Tottel 2007)
Review: The second edition of Drafting and Negotiating Commercial Contracts is extremely welcome... It is one of the best, if not the best, texts on the principles of commercial drafting... The material is extremely well written and accessible. (Student Law Journal).
See details of the book on the publisher's website at Tottel Publishing
Drafting Confidentiality Agreements (2nd edn, Law Society Publishing 2004)
Review: An excellent and practical guide (the Practical Lawyer). The fact that the second edition has emerged a year after the first suggests it has been enthusiastically welcomed by the profession. That is hardly surprising; it is such a wonderful tool-kit. The excellent precedents in the book are also attached in a CD-ROM (Solicitors Journal, 23 September 2005).
See details of the book on the publisher's website at Law Society Publishing
Execution of Documents (2nd edn, Law Society Publishing 2008)
Review: This is, for a highly technical law book, a riveting read. Keep it on your shelves and you'll be confident that you will have the answer to most issues about how to make a legal document work (New Law Journal).
See details of the book on the publisher's website at Law Society Publishing
Modern Law of Patents (chapter on transactions) (LexisNexis 2005)
Review: The Modern Law of Patents is certainly comprehensive and yet its analysis, which is detailed enough to satisfy the requirements of IP practitioners, is also readable and accessible, even for non-specialists (European Intellectual Property Review).
See details of the book on the publisher's website at LexisNexis
Kelly's Draftsman (sections on commercial transactions) (19th edn, LexisNexis 2007)
Review: This latest version of what still remains a practitioner's bible sees a few stylistic changes: the contents are now arranged under four broad heads - general, private client, commercial and not for profit - and there is some tidying-up and amalgamation of chapters (Journal of the Commonwealth Lawyers Association).
See details of the book on the publisher's website at LexisNexis
Volumes and titles of the Encyclopedia of Forms and Precedents (LexisNexis)
- Volume 4(3) - Boilerplate Clauses
- Volume 7(2) - Commercial Contracts
- Volume 12(1) - Contracts for Services
- Volume 12(2) - Deeds (Electronic Signatures)
- Volume 21(1) - Patents and Technology Transfer and Licensing
- Volume 32 - Research and Development
See details of the book on the publisher's website at LexisNexis
