Life Sciences

About

Provided by Trench Rossi Watanabe

Trench Rossi Watanabe is on the forefront of Brazil’s healthcare sector for more than 60 years and has been instrumental in training local authorities to detect counterfeit pharmaceutical products, as well as help clients effectively enter markets, grow their business and obtain successful outcomes in controversies.

The firm's Life Science group has the industry-specific experience and capabilities necessary to execute complex corporate transactions, regulatory matters and strategy and licensing agreements. The team helps clients balance sometimes conflicting regulatory regimes and their impact on their expansion, manufacturing and distribution strategies. In challenging jurisdictions where counterfeiting is rampant, it protects clients' investments through proactive detection and prosecution. It also mobilizes the right talent to coordinate patent and trademark protection, transfer pricing and tax planning, employment strategies, and the efficient resolution of disputes involving product liability and unfair competition. At the patent side, besides lawyers, it has a support team that consists of two pharmacists, which adds substantial weight and accuracy on the analysis and consultancies it provides to clients.

Additionally, since 2020 the strong multidisciplinary team has been highly involved in COVID-19 pandemic matters, showing constant commitment and awareness of the current industry scenario and demonstrating the relevance of its work within it.