Hogan Lovells is shipping up to Boston as the global legal giant plans to combine with local litigation boutique Collora in an effort to bolster its health care and life sciences practices.

“The life sciences industry in Boston [has] been exploding for a long time,” said Asher Rubin, global co-head of the life sciences industry group at Hogan Lovells. “And as head of the group here, one of my jobs is really to make sure that the firm is in the regions it needs to be and is both relevant and visible.”