Armand Aviges > ADVANT Altana > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile
ADVANT Altana Offices
45 RUE DE TOCQUEVILLE
75 017 PARIS
France
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Armand Aviges
Work Department
Business Litigation
Product Liability
Intellectual Property
Position
Partner
Career
Armand Aviges advises, assists and represents both French and international industrial players, particularly in the pharmaceutical sector, in product liability matters before various jurisdictions (civil, administrative and criminal). He notably handles complex serial claims and has developed a strong expertise in healthcare class actions and notably represents a leading pharmaceutical group in the first two pharmaceutical class actions in France. His practice has a decidedly international bent, as he manages and coordinates mass disputes on an international level.
Armand Aviges is also regularly consulted in the context of reflexions and proposals concerning draft bills or the modification of the French legal system.
He assists pharmaceutical industries in all matters relating to intellectual property law (with particular focus on fields such as patents, trademarks, know-how and employee’s invention) and has developed a significant practice in the field of customs legislation related to falsified / counterfeit medicinal products.
Languages
French, Italian, English
Education
Paris Bar admission: 2005
Graduate of University of Paris I – Panthéon-Sorbonne, University of Paris II – Pantheon-Assas and the University of “La Sapienza” (Rome)
Lawyer Rankings
France > Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
(Leading individuals)ADVANT Altana houses an experienced team which handles the full spectrum of issues relating to international healthcare class actions and IP protection, enforcement, and registration. The group, jointly led by Armand Aviges and Jean-Nicolas Soret, is also acts in high-profile patent infringement actions concerning generics. Aviges is known for representing both domestic and international pharma companies in product liability disputes involving serial claims. Soret has a great deal of expertise advising biotech and medtech players on multijurisdictional private M&A. Gilles Gaillard regularly assists start-ups with a range of corporate financing issues, including joint ventures and partnerships.
France > Intellectual property: Patents
ADVANT Altana is active in contentious patent matters, and often advises on patent infringement, invalidity and ownership claims and injunction actions. Cross-border disputes are a key driver of work for the group, which acts for clients in the telecoms, electronics and medical industries. The practice, which is led by the triumvirate of Armand Aviges, Pierre Lubet, and Jean-Guy de Ruffray, is equally adept at assisting with non-contentious matters, and the team is well versed in assisting with R&D agreements, the management of patents pertaining to inventions, patent audits and licensing matters, to name a few areas of strength.
Lawyer Rankings
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences France
- Leading individuals France > Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Intellectual property: Patents France
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Construction
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
- Intellectual property: Trade marks and designs
Firm Rankings
- Insurance
- Intellectual property: Copyright
- Data privacy and data protection
- Dispute resolution: White-collar crime
- Employment
- Insolvency
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation
- EU, competition and distribution
- Industry focus: IT and internet
- Intellectual property: Patents
- Administrative and public law
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Tax