Ms Malin von Heideken > Hammarskiöld > Stockholm, Sweden > Lawyer Profile

Hammarskiöld
SKEPPSBRON 42
PO BOX 2278
103 17 STOCKHOLM
Sweden

Work Department

Position

Partner

Career

Malin von Heideken specialises in life sciences, commercial, competition and procurement law. Malin is a sought-after advisor for various commercial issues. Combining many years of experience from advising clients as external counsel, with a unique commercial experience from working in-house at a pharmaceutical company, she provides clients with outstanding expert advice which is practical, useful and to the point. She also supports with strategic thinking and pro-active business solutions to help clients meet their goals.

Malin heads Hammarskiöld’s growing Life Sciences team. Her work within life sciences mainly focuses on regulatory advice, including Compliance issues in relation to industry-specific ethical rules, and commercial matters within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device sectors as well as health and medical care. Over the past years, data privacy issues have also become more important. Due to her sector specific knowledge, Malin is also often retained as expert to support stock market listings of life sciences companies. As a leader in her field, she frequently handles commercial disputes and argues cases against central government agencies before the administrative courts in Sweden.

As to EU and competition law, Malin von Heideken has many years of experience of issues relating to merger filings, vertical restraints, abuse of dominant position, cartels and state aid.

Languages

Swedish, English and French

Memberships

Swedish Bar Association

Education

University of London, Queen Mary (2002);
University of Lund (juris kandidat, LL.M., 2003);
Université Toulouse 1 Sciences Sociales, Toulouse (France), Master 2 EU law (2006-2007)

Lawyer Rankings

Sweden > Healthcare and life sciences

(Next Generation Partners)

Malin von Heideken – Hammarskiöld

The ‘outstandingMalin von Heideken leads the team at Hammarskiöld, which handles a vast range of issues for its varied client base of generics manufacturers, parallel traders and pharma companies. The practice is well versed in non-contentious matters, including the drafting and negotiation of license and R&D agreements. Von Heideken is noted for her broad experience in representing clients before the Swedish administrative courts in commercial cases against government agencies. Sofia Falkner has a great deal of regulatory expertise, with her primary areas of focus being the pharma and medtech sectors. Falkner also has deep knowledge of Swedish and EU competition law, advising on a number of cartel investigations and the management of internal investigations.