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August Debouzy boasts a comprehensive, multidisciplinary legal expertise, providing unparalleled support to clients across the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and healthcare industries.


Our multifaceted legal prowess encompasses:

  • A rich history of navigating the intricate legal challenges encountered throughout the product and activity lifecycles within these sectors
  • Wide-ranging experience: small molecules, biologics, formulations, medical devices, secondary therapeutic applications
  • Proficiency in steering through the complex maze of intellectual property (IP) and pharmaceutical regulations
  • Extensive experience in managing highly sophisticated IP-related transactions and handling transnational patent litigations before national jurisdictions, the European Patent Office and the Unified Patent Court
  • Extensive experience in providing regulatory advice: ANSM, MAs, P&R, CE marking, litigation before administrative courts.
  • Versatility in addressing a broad spectrum of legal areas, including public and regulatory affairs, labor law, corporate finance, and data protection, ensuring support that is customized to the evolving needs of our clients in these stringently regulated domains.


Our sector-specific expertise is anchored in the profound knowledge of our Pharmaceutical team, which includes attorneys specializing in patent and regulatory disputes characteristic of the pharmaceutical industry, as well as patent lawyers with advanced scientific qualifications.

Chambers Review

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Pharma/Life Sciences - France

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Band 4

What the Team is Known For

August Debouzy joins the rankings this year and is highly reputed for its intellectual property expertise, advising on infringement actions and nullity proceedings. The team acts for a roster of pharmaceutical companies and medical device industry clients. The lawyers are adept at handling cases at the European as well as French level.

Work Highlights

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  • August Debouzy assisted Abbott France with four infringement actions launched by DexCom.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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François Pochart
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François Pochart
1
Band 1

François Pochart is well regarded for his expertise in advising pharmaceutical companies on patent litigation. He is adept at handling cross-border cases.

I think he is super clever. He knows the sector very well, he is quite creative as a lawyer and he is also good to deal with.

François is simply fantastic.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Pharma/Life Sciences: Intellectual Property

François Pochart
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François Pochart
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Band 1

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