Trench Rossi Watanabe’s life sciences team is highly experienced across a wide range of sectors, including healthcare, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, cosmetics, and other key life sciences products. The team has also been actively involved in productive development partnerships (PDP) and local development and innovation programmes (PDIL). It is jointly led by Henrique Frizzo, based in São Paulo, and Marcela Trigo De Souza, who is based in Rio de Janeiro. Frizzo, who brings extensive experience in contractual and regulatory matters, takes the lead on transactions within the healthcare sector and often represents clients in CMED administrative proceedings. Souza specialises in IP matters, focusing on patent, industrial secret, and data-related disputes.
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Testimonials
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‘The team has experience and market vision.'
‘Henrique Frizzo is an excellent professional, with high competence, experience and flexibility to serve us in the best possible way.’
‘We have a special collaboration with the firm, which allows for a closer and more frequent partnership. They are very quick and objective in responding to queries, providing creative solutions that are appropriate to the case under discussion, but always with a partnership and joint construction approach.’
‘Henrique Frizzo is a very approachable partner with extensive technical knowledge in the area. His distinguishing feature is his ability to seek legal solutions that focus on the business. Carla Moraes is a lawyer with vast and excellent specialist knowledge in the area. She has a very practical and objective methodology, which adds a lot of value to their day-to-day work and becomes a positive differentiator.’
‘The life sciences practice of Trench Rossi Watanabe has exceptional quality in all aspects of analysis: technical quality, client understanding, corporate tact, business orientation, efficiency and trust. It is a very cohesive team that provides essential legal support so that the company can explore new opportunities in the Brazilian market whilst complying with current regulations and legislation.’
‘Henrique Frizzo is a partner with the technical quality and corporate understanding essential to driving business in the Life Sciences area, ensuring legal certainty and optimising the company's resources. Carla Moraes has extensive regulatory experience and assertive legal opinions.’
Key clients
- Abbott
- Alexion
- Allergan (Abbvie)
- Alnylam
- Amicus Therapeutics
- Astellas
- Astrazeneca
- Baxter Hospitalar Ltda.
- Biogen
- Biotronik
- Biolab
- Bio-Rad
Work highlights
Advised Novartis on pursuing a patent term compensation case, based on a new reading of the Brazilian laws.
Advised AbbVie, Procter & Gamble, Celanses, Novonevis, Shire Pharmaceuticals, Tessaro Inc. and others on managing patent and design portfolios, in Brazil and abroad.
Advised several pharmaceutical companies on the structuring of PDP projects in a comprehensive manner.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Carla Moraes
Practice head
Henrique Frizzo; Marcela Trigo De Souza
Other key lawyers
Felipe Zaltman; Carla Moraes