‘Hogan Lovells is the pre-eminent life science practice in Europe and the Paris team is one of its strongest offices. Pragmatic advice, quickly delivered. Deep industry expertise and good development of associates. The French team is also well-coordinated with the other European offices and anticipates cross-border issues.’

‘Charlotte Damiano has very deep experience in transactional, clinical, regulatory and market access matters in life sciences and gives pragmatic clear advice that is appropriate to the size and maturity of the organisation she is advising. Advice is delivered fast and is accurate, clear and immediately operational. She is very well connected across the industry and particularly strong in the market access landscape.’

‘One can feel a strong collaboration between the various partners of the firm which allows us to always be in contact with the most relevant person according to the questions and topics to be discussed. The knowledge of this firm on the pharmaceutical industry sector is remarkable and covers various key legal areas: compliance, regulatory, market access in particular’

‘My lawyer is Charlotte Damiano who takes care of all my questions on market access in France. She is my sole interlocutor, which allows a follow-up of the files of a remarkable quality and a real implication in the life of the product. Her knowledge of the sector and its evolution is excellent and her recommendations always relevant in terms of substance and form. She is also a good point of contact for teaching our parent companies about the particularities and complexity of the French market.’

‘Hogan Lovells has a deep bench in the life sciences space. In France, I am most familiar with their product liability expertise. They have a diverse team that is knowledgeable and highly engaged/responsive. They work well with other law firms in a virtual law firm model. They are very good about preparing accurate budgets and providing timely and accurate billing with reasonable billing rates.’

‘Charles-Henri Caron and Emmanuelle Burkic are a pleasure to work with, they are experienced, knowledgeable and responsive.’

‘Mikael Salmela: Excellent legal expert but very pragmatic approach, willingness to offer the services corresponding exactly to the needs of the client, finds effective solutions to the problems raised, transparency and honesty, more than just advice, real work partner.’

‘Very good knowledge of the Biotech sector. The team makes itself very available, a wide range of expertise for all the important areas of Biotech structuring (legal, IP, GRPD, etc.)’

‘Anthony Paronneau: availability, quality advice, management of his teams of lawyers.’

‘The solutions provided by Romain Perray and his team are always presented in a practical and affordable way for internal teams. Beyond the expertise and the treatment of a particular problem, the exchanges between the McDermott team and the internal collaborators are accessible.’

‘McDermott’s personal data protection team is very responsive and available. Romain Perray makes his expertise available to the teams in a perfectly accessible, practical and conciliatory way.’

‘Availability, professionalism and rigor. Compared to other firms with which we have worked, the quality is much higher.’

‘Very strong life sciences team, able to help with implementing technology licences, strategic collaborations, and venture capital. Good industry knowledge and relationships with the various actors. Business-oriented.’

‘Emmanuelle Trombe: strong technically and business-minded.’

‘A team of experts in the field. During our cooperation François fed us with the needs of the client and helped us to build the strategy. We are directed well in terms of procedural requirements like billing etc.’

‘François was clear and helpful at every stage of the work.’

‘The August Debouzy team collaborates very well, amongst their own team and even with others outside the firm, for example, litigators in other jurisdictions. They are very very hard working, and very responsive and knowledgeable. They are a trusted resource for my company.’

‘Grégoire Desrousseaux has great expertise in his field (IP law and litigation). We rely on his expertise and experience and he has been a great resource for what we are trying to accomplish in France.’

‘August Debouzy supported us in a pro bono approach to secure the intellectual property of our product. Their teams were sincerely committed to supporting our project, advising us on all aspects of intellectual property.’

‘Operationally, what distinguishes August Debouzy from other firms is their great availability and responsiveness. We were very pleasantly surprised by these qualities.’

‘Expertise on the corporate part, professionalism and responsiveness.’

‘Relevant, committed, available, listening, and also knows how to surround itself with young, highly competent lawyers, to complete the legal projects submitted.’

‘The Bird & Bird life sciences group provides access to a multidisciplinary team that responds to any type of problem a biotech company may face.’

‘Emmanuelle provides us with her invaluable assistance and is always present on the various projects that our company has had to carry out over the past 10 years, both within the framework of complex and cross-border M&A operations, but also on these aspects more business and life science.’

‘Emmanuelle has in-depth knowledge of the biotech community, M&A operations and the various players in these two sectors.’ 

‘Emmanuelle Porte: very technical, very rigorous, precise, very available.’

‘Great knowledge of the market and relevant sources. Great experience in French healthcare market. Business-oriented approach and full availability throughout the process. Genuine interest in law and possibility to provide best-result for the client.’

‘Cécile is a very approachable partner, always available when needed. She is very experienced and has vast knowledge of the industry. She is always willing to help in a timely manner and her comments and thoughts are always to be considered.’

‘The DGFLA team is unique in its commitment, its knowledge of cases and its responsiveness’

‘Cécile Théard-Jallu: perfect.’

‘Very in-depth knowledge of the field, ability to find solutions, very good analysis of subjects, very close to customers.’

‘Highly skilled and responsive team. Very capable working English to French and vice versa. Excellent on complex law around SPCs.’

‘Emmanuel Larere, Raphaëlle Dequiré-Portier – exceptional partners.’

‘Availability, listening, responsiveness, technical skills, sense of customer service.’

‘Diane Bandon Tourret and Victoire Storksen are recommended.’

‘In-depth knowledge of the law and of our company.’

‘Strengths: skills, strong expertise in health, regulatory, defective product liability, responsiveness, availability, pragmatism.’

‘Diane Bandon Tourret: great expertise, good team, pragmatism, availability.’

‘We have found the firm to have the best expertise in the market to grow and scale medical practices in the highly regulated French market. Drawing from their experience working with the French Medical counsel and previous cutting-edge cases has been very valuable for us.’

‘Gilles Bigot and his team are also very supportive of startups and new ventures. We appreciate their ability to help small but promising ideas which otherwise would not be able to navigate the complex regulatory environment.

‘Gilles has accelerated our learning curve and given us confidence in our ability to get our solution in the market.’

‘Ultra-efficient team, available 7 days a week and always proactive. Have been able to adapt to the increasing and intense workload,’

‘Julie Vern and the team have been entirely dedicated to the mission, very efficient, always friendly and above all extremely available. With great rigor, they know how to manage a very large number of files at the same time while maintaining great efficiency.’

‘Among the best industrial expertise. Adapted the fee structure to the buildup model.’

‘Julie Vern and Gilles Bigot have managed to build a strong trust relationship allowing us to foresee a long-term partnership with the firm.’

‘Extensive expertise in legislation and regulations relating to life sciences, high availability and responsiveness. Flexibility.’

‘The Delsol team stood out in several aspects-: we had to quickly understand concepts that were unfamiliar to us and the team helped a lot in this regard. Understanding of the stakes of an immature company: requirement for speed, need for clear recommendation, flexibility on invoicing. Expertise: we bring organizational and technological innovation to the health sector, and this requires being able to use Delsol’s health expertise while exploring new avenues.’

‘Gaelle Merlier and Bastien Pavec: regulatory expertise in the health sector, available and strong desire to help us achieve our objectives.’

‘A high level of expertise and a (rare) fluidity in exchanges. Deadlines are respected. We have to set up processes due to a major dispute and they are proactive in proposing to centralize via their shared document tool. They don’t have a “heavy hand” on invoicing.’

‘They are pragmatic and proactive. I work with Gaëlle Merlier and Bastien Pavec. They have expertise in different areas of health that allows us to find solutions to the problems encountered.’

‘Marie Fillon provided her advice with complete discretion, respecting the wishes of operational staff and working in harmony with her colleagues.’

‘I am in contact with Gaël Hichri with whom we have developed a good discussion relationship that allows an effective exchange.’

‘The team has very strong experience in competition law, commercial law and health law. It impresses with the quality of the analyses, the simplicity of the communication, the availability to exchange and the pragmatism of the solutions found. Not to mention a real awareness of the budgetary imperatives of the clients that keep the fees reasonable and are adapted to the needs of the company.’

‘Gael Hichri is a rising star in competition law. He makes accessible the subtleties of competition law and is really engaged on the files with his clients. In addition to his pragmatism, legal expertise and commitment, his economic and political skills are also very valuable and useful.’

‘Systemic approach, global presence (particularly in Asia), team diversity.’

‘A team made up of very competent and available collaborators and associates.’