Barclay Damon announces the formal launch of its national Pharmacy Team, a multidisciplinary group of attorneys providing full-service legal services across the pharmacy, pharmaceutical, and health-innovation industries. The team builds on decades of advising retail, specialty, compounding, infusion, long-term care, and 340B pharmacies as well as wholesalers, manufacturers, investors, and startups into a nationally focused, industry-specific practice.
“We’ve advised pharmacy clients through every stage of growth and challenge,” said Linda Clark, co-chair of the Pharmacy Team. “This launch reflects Barclay Damon’s commitment to delivering coordinated, industry-specific counsel that helps our clients stay compliant, protect their businesses, and seize opportunities in a complex regulatory and contractual environment.”
Comprehensive Legal Services for a Rapidly Evolving Industry
As pharmacies and related businesses navigate a wave of regulatory change, pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) pressure, consolidation, and innovation, Barclay Damon’s Pharmacy Team offers legal support that is as broad as it is deep. The team includes attorneys with experience across key practice areas, including:
- Regulatory compliance and PBM enrollment, audits, investigations, and terminations
- Government investigations and enforcement defense
- Licensing and operational strategy
- Corporate transactions, investments, and rollups
- Data security, HIPAA compliance, and digital health
- Intellectual property, trademarks, and tech licensing
- Employment, workforce strategy, and tax planning
- Real estate and pharmacy site development
“Our attorneys don’t just know the law, we understand how pharmacy businesses actually operate,” said Brad Gallagher, Pharmacy Team co-chair. “Whether we’re advising a startup or defending a multistate provider, our focus is always on delivering clarity, minimizing risk, and driving results.”
Who We Serve
The Pharmacy Team provides tailored legal counsel to individuals and entities across the entire supply chain, including:
- Retail, specialty, compounding, infusion, long-term care, and 340B pharmacies
- Pharmacy owners, executives, and licensed pharmacists
- Wholesalers, distributors, and pharmaceutical manufacturers
- Private equity firms and other strategic investors
- Health care startups, digital health companies, and technology innovators
- Consultants, vendors, and service providers supporting the pharmacy sector
Why Clients Choose Barclay Damon
Barclay Damon offers clients more than legal advice—we offer industry fluency, rapid response, and strategic execution. Our attorneys are closely aligned with pharmacy stakeholders and bring actionable insight into evolving regulations, enforcement priorities, and operational realities.
Representative matters include:
- Recovering reimbursements and reversing PBM terminations and enrollment denials, including through litigation and emergency injunctions
- Defending clients in complex federal and state audits and investigations, including those led by the Department of Justice (DOJ), Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), Office of the Inspector General (OIG), and Office of the Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG0
- Leading asset and equity sales of pharmacy businesses of all sizes
- Advising startups and innovators on tech licensing, HIPAA compliance, funding, and go-to-market strategies
“We’re more than legal counsel,” Gallagher added. “We’re long-term partners. Our team brings legal precision and business insight clients rely on when the stakes are high.”
Thought Leadership and Industry Experience
Barclay Damon’s Pharmacy Team is recognized as a thought leader across the national pharmacy landscape. Team attorneys are frequent speakers at major industry conferences, including those hosted by the National Association of Specialty Pharmacy (NASP), the National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA), and the Pharmacists Society of the State of New York (PSSNY).
In addition to speaking engagements, our attorneys serve on key industry committees and advisory boards, contributing to the development of policy, compliance frameworks, and best practices that impact providers, investors, and innovators nationwide.
About Barclay Damon
Barclay Damon attorneys team across offices and practices to provide customized, targeted solutions grounded in industry knowledge and a deep understanding of our clients’ businesses. With approximately 300 attorneys, Barclay Damon is a leading regional law firm that operates from a strategic platform of offices in Albany, Boston, Buffalo, New Haven, New York City, Rochester, Syracuse, Washington DC, and Toronto. Our firm serves clients across the country and, for some practices, provides US legal services around the globe. For more information, visit our award-winning website at Homepage | Barclay Damon.