Beatriz Cocina > Uría Menéndez > Madrid, Spain > Lawyer Profile
Uría Menéndez Offices
PRÍNCIPE DE VERGARA 187
PLAZA RODRÍGUEZ URÍA
28002 MADRID
Spain
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Beatriz Cocina
Work Department
Healthcare and Life Sciences. M&A. Company Law and Corporate Governance.
Career
Beatriz Cocina is a lawyer in the Pharmaceutical & Healthcare Practice Area of Uría Menéndez. She joined the firm in 2001 and became a counsel in January 2013.
Beatriz regularly advises national and multinational companies in the pharmaceutical, healthcare and food sectors on all contractual, commercial and regulatory aspects of their businesses.
She specialises in distribution policies, commercial agreements (manufacturing, supply, distribution, co-marketing, collaboration and licence agreements), R&D (clinical trials, co-development), pricing and reimbursement of medicines and medical devices, and promotional activities. She represents clients before administrative and contentious administrative courts in regulatory matters, and before civil courts in, among others, product liability and unfair competition claims. She also provides advice on M&A transactions in these sectors.
In recent years Beatriz has been involved in several matters related to the design and implementation of innovative medicine wholesale policies and defending the policies before regulatory and competition authorities and the courts. She has also worked extensively on the negotiation of commercial agreements and the design of compliance/anti-bribery programmes and the monitoring of their practical implementation.
Beatriz is regarded as a leading lawyer in healthcare and life sciences by the main international legal directories, such as Chambers Europe, Best Lawyers and 2015 LMG Life Sciences.
Languages
English
Memberships
- Madrid Bar Association
Education
- Law Degree, Oviedo University, 2000
Lawyer Rankings
Spain > Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
(Next Generation Partners)The ‘highly specialised‘ team at Uría Menéndez maintains its stellar reputation for handling the full gamut of issues within the healthcare and life sciences spaces. In addition to assisting clients with their internal public procurement policies, the group advises investors on their public-private relationships, and regulatory issues surrounding the promotion of medicines. Teresa Paz-Ares
and Montiano Monteagudo co-lead the team from Madrid and Barcelona respectively. Paz-Ares has extensive expertise in corporate and M&A transactions in the life sciences sector, while Monteagudo acts for numerous global pharma laboratories in disputes involving copyright and patents. Beatriz Cocina in Madrid regularly advises medtech, healthcare, and biotech clients on a broad range of mandates, including pricing and market access, promotional disputes, and financing. Working out of the Barcelona office, Francisco Javier García is noted for his deep knowledge of IP issues, with particular emphasis on privacy, unfair competition litigation and drug advertising.
Lawyer Rankings
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences Spain
- Next Generation Partners Spain > Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
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- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
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