Chambers Review
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Pharma/Life Sciences - France
What the Team is Known For
A&O Shearman has a well-regarded team that frequently advises pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers on a broad range of IP and regulatory matters. The team acts in patent infringement and nullity actions, as well as representing clients in litigation relating to pharmaceutical treatments. The law firm also assists with regulations related to medical products and life sciences projects. The lawyers are well versed in cross-border matters concerning a variety of European jurisdictions.
Strengths
A&O Shearman are extremely efficient. The lawyers are superb litigators and get great results.
They know the healthcare and pharma sector extremely well, especially for patents. They are very pragmatic in their advice and come up with quite innovative strategies, and they are very reactive.
Work Highlights
A&O Shearman advised MGI on a patent dispute against Illumina Cambridge.
Notable practitioners
Laëtitia Bénard remains a key name in the market and is recognised for her expertise in domestic and multi-jurisdictional patent litigation. She represents leading global pharmaceutical companies in proceedings at the French and European levels.
Laëtitia is one of the best patent litigators we work with globally.
