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Pharma/Life Sciences: Intellectual Property - France
Individual Editorial
Dual-qualified in France and the UK, Denis Schertenleib of Schertenleib Avocats impresses with his expertise in domestic and multi-jurisdictional patent infringement, revocation and nullity litigation, especially with regard to generic drugs.
Strengths
He is brilliant and creative, and has a good technical background. He has the legal knowledge but also the technical skills.
Denis is very intelligent, very sophisticated and tenacious, and he understands the different international perspectives.
Denis is a true leading lawyer in his field.
Denis is a pre-eminent practitioner and the first choice for many pharmaceutical clients.
He has good advocacy skills on technical subjects in front of judges. He is very fact-based and very clear in order to convince the judges, and he succeeds where others don't.
Intellectual Property: Patents - France
Individual Editorial
Dual-qualified in France and in England and Wales, Denis Schertenleib is well versed in advising on contentious matters involving infringement actions, validity claims and revocation proceedings. He is frequently retained by clients from the pharmaceutical and life sciences sectors.
Strengths
He is a litigator who will push beyond the boundaries of what has been done before in the interest of the client. He is very strategic, highly innovative and very clever. He is a confident litigator.
He is characterised by his high-quality legal advice, which is always very reliable and prompt.
He is an exceptional French lawyer and he is also qualified as an English solicitor. This helps him translate the French civil system to clients more accustomed to common law systems.
I am extremely satisfied with the support and collaboration with Denis.
Denis is excellent all round.