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Healthcare & Life Sciences - Austria
What the Team is Known For
The healthcare and life sciences practice at Herbst Kinsky has a special focus on clients from the Austrian startup scene and regularly advises new healthtech and biotech companies on venture capital financing rounds and capital markets transactions. Relying on its strong regulatory expertise, the law firm also assists notable pharmaceutical companies with their market entry as well as product advertising, licensing, distribution and IP issues. Herbst Kinsky additionally has experienced advisers to healthcare clients covering data protection, competition, procurement and contractual issues.
Strengths
The Herbst Kinsky team are very business-focused and provide strategic and out-of-the-box legal advice, coming up with new ideas to shape the business.
Herbst Kinsky are nothing short of excellent! The team are proactive, service-oriented and engaged, and know the market and its players very well.
Notable practitioners
Sonja Hebenstreit is recognised for her expertise in providing regulatory and contractual advice to startups and corporates from the life sciences and healthcare industries. With her background in IP, she is especially adept assisting with advertising law, patents and licensing, unfair competition and data protection issues.
She is a true expert with excellent knowledge and experience when it comes to life sciences matters. She also offers a business-oriented and pragmatic approach which makes her the perfect choice.
Sonja Hebenstreit is straight to the point and an excellent sparring partner in strategic and legal discussions.
Philipp Kinsky has a strong background in working on behalf of startups in the life sciences sector using his expertise in financing rounds and M&A deals to the benefit of his clients. He is also able to advise his biotechnology clients on IP and relevant data protection matters.
The direct support of Philipp Kinsky as founder of the law firm is most valuable to us.