Adv Helena Nilsson > Setterwalls > Malmo, Sweden > Lawyer Profile

Setterwalls
STORTORGET 23
PO BOX 4501
203 20 MALMÖ
Sweden

Work Department

Life Sciences, Dispute resolution

Position

Partner

As an attorney,  Helena Nilsson assists companies in the Life Sciences sector in a wide variety of issues, often with a regulatory connection.

Helena specializes in Life Sciences and thus work with legal issues in, for example, the pharmaceutical, medical technology, cosmetics and food sectors. She focuses primarily on regulatory issues, such as market access as well as marketing and distribution within the mentioned sectors and in other strictly regulated industries, but also work with commercial disputes.

Helena’s daily work includes various types of permits, price and subsidy issues, substitution, data protection, collaboration between industry and health care and medical personnel, information and marketing, and various types of agreements in the area, such as research, development – and other cooperation agreements. Her work also includes commercial disputes in both court and arbitration.

For many years Helena worked with pharmaceutical and pharmacy legislation at the Swedish Government Offices and she has been deeply involved in the Government’s reform work in the pharmacy market, first as first secretary to the report that led to the deregulation of the pharmacy market, and thereafter as subject specialist at the Swedish Ministry of Health and Social Affairs.

Helena is also trained judge and associate judge of appeal in the Court of Appeal of Skåne and Blekinge. In addition, she is also a speaker at seminars and conferences in the relevant industries and has written a large number of articles in Life Sciences.

Career

2011- Setterwalls
2001-2010 The Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, expert and enquiry secretary
2000-2001 Skåne and Blekinge Court of Appeal, associate judge
1999-2000 Malmö District Court, reporting clerk
1998-1999 Skåne and Blekinge Court of Appeal, reporting clerk
1996-1998 Kalmar District Court, law clerk.

Languages

Swedish, English

Memberships

Swedish Bar Association

Education

1996, Lunds University, LL.M.

Lawyer Rankings

Sweden > Healthcare and life sciences

Rated by clients as being ‘in a league of its own‘, Setterwalls maintains its stellar reputation for handling the full spectrum of mandates for diagnostic companies, drug distributors, and medical device clients. The group exhibits broad expertise in M&A, licensing and supply agreements, and disputes concerning generics and biosimilars. Leading the practice out of the Malmö office, Per Lidman is known for his longstanding IP expertise, regularly acting for pharma and medtech clients in patent disputes. Martin Levinsohn maintains an IP and competition-focused practice, with his caseload including market exclusivity and marketing-related issues within life sciences. Regulatory specialist Helena Nilsson is well-versed in mandates involving clinical studies, and classification and distribution issues.