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Klaus Brandenburg receives praise for his performance as head of legal at Sandoz, a position he occupied until the end of 2013. In this role, he systematically strengthened the position of individual employees and has transferred responsibilities for important cases to team members. This has been a vital step in a legal department that is dealing with a high volume of complex and international work on a daily basis, such as construction projects in Russia, which Brandenburg describes as a particular highlight. Since the beginning of 2014, Brandenburg has been part of a team in charge of biopharmaceuticals of the Novartis business unit Sandoz which brought new, added global responsibilities and new challenges. Law firms he works with should put emphasis on sector knowledge, which in his experience ‘is not always regarded as absolutely necessary for providing legal advice’ based on the view that the firm has capabilities in the overall legal area. ‘I don’t think this approach is sustainable’.