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Simmons & Simmons' Brussels office boasts an extremely experienced team of Life Sciences specialists who have focused on advising and representing the Life Sciences industries for over 25 years, providing advice and assisting clients in regulatory, commercial, competition and intellectual property matters, and more recently in public procurement (tenders), relating to medicinal products, medical devices and (in vitro) diagnostics, digital health technologies, food supplements and other types of products in the Life Sciences sector, including advanced therapy products such as cells and tissues, and other bio technologies.

Strengths of the department lie in the strong academic background of its members, the substantial experience gained from secondments in local and regional (EMEA) Legal Departments of Life Sciences industries, and their outstanding multi-jurisdictional work. The team is on the top of legislative initiatives and assume an efficient combination of capabilities around their key practices: in-depth regulatory expertise in the Life Sciences sector, healthcare compliance, intellectual property (IP), public procurement, data privacy and competition law.

Chambers Review

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Life Sciences: EU - Belgium

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Simmons & Simmons is an established life sciences practice with a significant client base of leading pharmaceutical and medical devices companies. The law firm offers strong expertise in launching new products and EU legislation on medical devices. It also advises clients on collaboration agreements, supply disputes and public procurement.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Annabelle Bruyndonckx
3
Annabelle Bruyndonckx
3
Band 3

Annabelle Bruyndonckx advises international pharmaceutical clients on the import of drugs into the EU, the launch of new products, market authorisation and public procurement matters.

Annabelle Bruyndonckx is always available and practical.

We continue working with Annabelle Bruyndonckx due to her wise insights, creative solutions and good service.

It is so easy to work with Annabelle Bruyndonckx. She knows immediately what we want and gives concise information.

Olivier Mignolet
3
Olivier Mignolet
3
Band 3
Olivier Mignolet has a broad practice advising clients on reimbursement and market access issues. He also acts on medical devices product liability, R&D agreements and regulatory issues.

Olivier Mignolet is a very good, commercial lawyer.

Ranked Lawyers at
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Belgium

Life Sciences: Domestic

Annabelle Bruyndonckx
4
Annabelle Bruyndonckx
4
Band 4
Life Sciences: EU

Annabelle Bruyndonckx
3
Annabelle Bruyndonckx
3
Band 3
Olivier Mignolet
3
Olivier Mignolet
3
Band 3

Members

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Jérémie Doornaert

Michael Bulckaert

Olivier Mignolet

Olivier Mignolet

Head of Department

Vladimir Murovec

Industries

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Biotech

Cosmetics

Food

Healthcare

Life Sciences

Medical Devices

Medicinal Products