Maarten Meulenbelt

MAARTEN MEULENBELT is the head of Sidley’s Global Life Sciences practice in Europe. He focuses his practice on EU regulatory affairs, litigation, and competition law issues affecting the life sciences sector in Europe, covering the full range of the product life cycle.

He acts as a key advisor to companies and industry associations regarding new EU laws, in particular the Pharma Review and the Patent Package proposed in April 2023. As a litigator, Maarten has extensive experience before the EU Courts, national courts and competition authorities, the European Commission, European Medicines Agency committees, national medicines agencies, and pricing and reimbursement authorities in several EU Member States. Maarten has significant competition law experience in a variety of sectors, notably regarding pricing and access to infrastructure, and in cases combating “EU digital protectionism.”