Life Sciences & Healthcare

CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo provides advice on all aspects affecting the pharmaceutical industry, including domestic and international corporate transactions as well as regulatory, intellectual property and dispute resolution matters relating to product or other forms of liability.

We boast a team of more than 480 lawyers specialising in healthcare and pharmaceutical law with the support of the Lifesciences Asia-Pacific Network (LAN), enabling us to understand the scientific, commercial and legal obligations affecting pharmaceutical companies. We work with the 100 most important pharmaceutical, medical equipment, biotechnology, agriculture and food companies, including 20 pharmaceutical multinationals and nine of the ten biggest medical equipment enterprises.

With active members in key sector associations such as ABPI, ABPI, BIVDA, PAGB, EUCOMED and EFPIA, we contribute to the design of regulatory frameworks affecting the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors. We advise clients on their daily operational needs, including advertising and promotion, as well as public procurement, price and refund policies, the use of patents, commercial agreements and clinical trials. Moreover, we also provide regulatory advice on complex issues relating to strategic agreements, corporate transactions and legal proceedings for product or other forms of liability.