Pieter Wyckmans > Quinz > Vilvoorde, Belgium > Lawyer Profile
Quinz Offices
MEDIALAAN 28B
1800 VILVOORDE
Belgium
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Pieter Wyckmans
Work Department
Life Sciences & Technology
Intellectual property
Position
Pieter Wyckmans provides expert advice to companies and organizations active in the (bio-)pharmaceutical, biotech and smart devices sectors. He advises multinationals, SMEs, spin-offs and start-ups in (strategic) transactions, intellectual property matters and regulatory affairs. He has both years of experience as an M&A and commercial transactions lawyer and as in-house counsel of multinationals, particularly in the Life Sciences industry.
Career
Partner – Quinz | September 2011 – Present
External Legal Counsel (secondee) – UCB Pharma | January 2010 – August 2011
Senior Legal Counsel – GDF SUEZ | October 2008 – December 2009
Senior Legal Counsel – BASF Antwerpen NV | January 2006 – September 2008
Senior Associate – Loyens & Loeff | October 2002 – December 2005
Associate – Linklaters | October 2000 – September 2002
Languages
Dutch, French and English
Memberships
Brussels Bar; Licensing Executive Society, European Centre for Clinical Research Training
Education
- Université de Montpellier, D.E.A. ‘Droits des Contrats d’Affaires’
- Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven), LL.B. 1997 and JD 2000 (cum laude)
Lawyer Rankings
Belgium > Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences
(Leading individuals)With an ‘unsurpassed level of excellence‘, the team at Quinz is hailed by clients as the ‘finest life sciences and healthcare practice in Belgium‘, dispensing advice to international consortiums and biotech companies on both domestic and international projects. Practice co-head Olivier Van Obberghen stands out for his ‘visionary passion‘ for strategic transactions, including supply chain and spin-off projects, in addition to pharma compliance work. Co-head Pieter Wyckmans is noted for his ‘unequalled‘ regulatory knowledge surrounding clinical development, pricing and reimbursement, and market access issues. Michiel D’herde is particularly adept at advising on international research collaborations, while Marion Lapage is known for handling a broad range of issues arising throughout product life cycles, such as logistics services, licensings, and R&D outsourcing projects.
Comparative Guides
| Belgium: Pharmaceutical Advertising | December 2023 | This country-specific Q&A provides an overview of Pharmaceutical Advertising laws and regulations applicable in Belgium. |
Lawyer Rankings
- Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences Belgium
- Leading individuals Belgium > Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences