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Dentons

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In a challenging environment of tremendous progress in medicine, limited budgets and regulatory restrictions, Dentons in Germany helps companies in the Healthcare and Life Sciences sectors make the economic and strategic decisions needed to achieve their goals. Our carefully selected team of specialists has many years of experience and provides top-level interdisciplinary and global advice.

Key Service Areas

We support you in all legal matters relating to:

  • pharmaceutical law, law on medical devices and pharmacy law
  • hospital law, including hospital planning, hospital financing and chief physician contract law
  • regulatory requirements for health insurance funds
  • privacy laws in the health care sector
  • regulatory and compliance requirements for physicians
  • competition and antitrust law
  • public procurement law
  • employment law
  • corporate, commercial and contract law
  • mergers and acquisitions, PE transactions, privatizations and restructuring
  • structuring and financing of emerging companies
  • license agreements, R&D cooperations and technology transfer
  • acquisition, use and enforcement of intellectual property rights and know-how
  • regulatory issues (clinical trials, marketing authorizations, certifications, production, distribution)
  • product marketing (law on health care advertising) 
  • employee inventions
  • antitrust matters
  • real estate and tax law
  • litigation, arbitration and mediation

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Healthcare - Germany

What the Team is Known For

Dentons offers expertise in the life sciences area, advising on data protection issues, as well as licensing agreements and venture investments, with a standout focus on medical cannabis and CBD product regulation and distribution. The team utilises its broad international network to assist with cross-border transactions and matters pertaining to multi-jurisdictional product recalls.

Wofür das Team bekannt ist
Dentons bietet Expertise im Bereich Life Sciences und berät zu Datenschutzfragen sowie zu Lizenzverträgen und Venture-Investitionen. Ein besonderer Schwerpunkt liegt dabei auf der Regulierung und dem Vertrieb von medizinischem Cannabis und CBD-Produkten. Das Team nutzt sein umfassendes internationales Netzwerk, um bei grenzüberschreitenden Transaktionen und Produktrückrufen in mehreren Jurisdiktionen zu unterstützen.
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Work Highlights

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  • Dentons advised Novartis in a pharmaceutical crime case involving trade mark and patent law infringements.

  • Dentons beriet Novartis in einem pharmazeutischen Strafverfahren wegen Marken- und Patentrechtsverletzungen.

Notable Practitioners

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  • Ilka Diane Mehdorn
    Ilka Diane Mehdorn

    Ilka Diane Mehdorn

    Ilka Diane Mehdorn has strong regulatory expertise and advises on compliance, commercial contracts and data protection.

    Ilka Diane Mehdorn verfügt über ausgeprägte regulatorische Expertise und berät zu Compliance, Handelsverträgen und Datenschutz.

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