Christian López Silva

Practice Areas

Christian is the head of Healthcare & Life Sciences Industry Group in Mexico, as well as a member of the Steering Committee of the North American and Latin America Healthcare Group. He has more than 17 years of experience in regulation of life sciences, pharmaceutical law and biotechnology matters, having worked in the private and public sectors and at the national and international level. For several consecutive years, Christian has led the rankings for Life Sciences both nationally (Chambers Latin America) and internationally (Chambers Global).

Christian regularly advises on regulatory, transactional and intellectual property matters for the manufacturing, import, distribution, advertising, labeling, commercialization and post-market vigilance of medicines, medical devices, food and beverages, cosmetics, seeds, veterinary products, chemicals, alcohol and tobacco.

He has experience in government relationship, administrative proceedings, registration of products, as well as consultancy and contractual work.

Professional Memberships

Health and Life Sciences Committee for the IBA (International Bar Association) based in London - Member

Mexican Association for Health Law and Regulation (AMDERSA) - Founding President

British Chamber of Commerce in Mexico - Life Sciences & Healthcare Business Group - Member

International Law Association - Committee on International Law on Biotechnology based in London - Member

National Association of Corporate Lawyers (ANADE) - Committee on Health Regulation - Coordinator

Publications

Co-author, "Mexico's COVID-19 Vaccination Program - The Federal government establishes the conditions for the participation of local governments and private sector," Baker McKenzie InsightPlus, 28 January 2021

Co-author, "COVID-19 impact on biopharma clinical development in the EU and Mexico (Podcast)," Baker McKenzie InsightPlus, 1 October 2020

Co-author, "Increased enforcement of notification obligations by health authorities in manufacturing sites of all industries, regarding operations, physician rooms and dining rooms," 18 September 2020

Author, "International trade law and local health law: regulatory harmonisation and regulatory convergence," IBA Committee on Healthcare & Life Sciences Newsletter, Vol 3 (1), September 2018

Author, "Increased attention of antitrust authorities on the healthcare industries in Mexico," IBA Committee on Healthcare & Life Sciences Newsletter, Vol 2 (1), September 2017

Author, "A legal model for predictive medicine," Chapter X, Medicine Models and Law Models, Coordinators, Jose Ramon Cossio and Ruy Perez Tamayo, Ed. Tirant Lo Blanch, Mexico, 2015

Languages Spoken

English

Spanish

Education