Chambers Review
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Pharma/Life Sciences - France
What the Team is Known For
Winston Taylor boasts a talented bench of partners in the pharma/life sciences space. The team demonstrates its ability to represent investment funds and healthcare groups in acquisitions and corporate mandates. The law firm is adept at handling cross-border matters.
Strengths
They provide an excellent service. I like their availability and their insights in supporting us through the transaction.
Winston Taylor's lawyers are recognised specialists in healthcare services. We have known them for many years and they are the best we have ever interacted with.
I would highlight the team's creativity and pragmatism in highly regulated environments.
The team has the ability to manage multifaceted issues and choose the right path when there is a whole range of options, based on in-depth legal and field experience.
Winston Taylor gives tailored and thoughtful advice.
Work Highlights
Winston Taylor advised the shareholders of BCF Life Sciences on the sale of a majority stake in the company to Sonae Group.
Notable practitioners
Gilles Bigot boasts longstanding experience advising on transactional matters, including primary LBOs. He also assists healthcare clients with structuring and partnership mandates.
Gilles Bigot is a real expert in the healthcare sector with a real ability to think outside the box and to innovate in terms of the appropriate legal structure for new activities.
Gilles is a great lawyer and a visionary.
Gilles is a reference in my sector. He has a unique track record in France on healthcare in general and knows how to keep abreast of the latest regulatory and business developments.
Gilles Bigot is recognised as one of the leading figures in healthcare law in France. What distinguishes Gilles Bigot from his peers is above all his long-term strategic vision.
Julie Vern Cesano-Gouffrant advises pharmaceutical and medical devices companies on M&A and corporate matters.
Julie is responsive, diligent and solution-oriented for her clients.
Julie is a unique negotiator, who works with precision and she is a great listener.
Julie is a very good professional who is growing in strength.
Julie has very strong competence in healthcare law.
What distinguishes her is her ability to combine a perfect technical mastery of corporate law, tax law and healthcare law with a concrete and pragmatic approach to cases.
À propos de l’équipe
Winston Taylor a une équipe d'associés talentueux dans le secteur pharmaceutique et des sciences de la vie. L'équipe démontre sa capacité à représenter des fonds d'investissement et des groupes de santé dans le cadre d'acquisitions et de mandats de droit des sociétés. Le cabinet d'avocats est expert dans la gestion des dossiers transfrontaliers.
Points forts
Ils offrent un excellent service. J'apprécie leur disponibilité et leur expertise qui nous ont permis de bien comprendre la transaction.
L’équipe est capable de gérer des problèmes complexes et de choisir la voie appropriée parmi un large éventail d’options, grâce à une expérience juridique et de terrain approfondie.
Je tiens à souligner la créativité et le pragmatisme de l'équipe dans des environnements hautement réglementés.
Les avocats de Winston Taylor sont des spécialistes reconnus du secteur de la santé. Nous les connaissons depuis de nombreuses années et ce sont les meilleurs avec lesquels nous ayons jamais collaboré.
Winston Taylor offre des conseils personnalisés et judicieux.
Dossiers marquants
Le cabinet Winston Taylor a conseillé les actionnaires de BCF Life Sciences lors de la vente d'une participation majoritaire dans la société au groupe Sonae.
Avocats notables
Gilles Bigot bénéficie d’une longue expérience en conseil en matière transactionnelle, y compris les LBO primaires. Il assiste également des clients du secteur de la santé dans le cadre de mandats de structuration et de partenariat.
Julie possède de très solides compétences en droit de la santé.
