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Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences

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Diane Bandon-Tourret, Alain de Belenet, and Raphaël Apelbaum all jointly lead the group at LexCase, which is known for its ‘well-founded expertise and professionalism’. The group is well equipped to advise on collective claims relating to medical devices, and marketing authorisation issues. Bandon-Tourret regularly assists medical device manufacturers and pharma companies with product liability matters, while de Belenet stands out due to his knowledge spanning the full range of public law issues concerning healthcare products. Apelbaum is an expert in contractual penalties and local public health agency inspections, while Clémentine Calvet focuses on the data protection aspects of healthcare, including e-health projects.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘Great team with great expertise.’

  • ‘Lexcase is one of the leading law firms in the healthcare and life sciences sector. The high-quality handling of complex matters is characterised by its well-founded expertise and professionalism. You can expect not only outstanding support, but also excellent advice on any issue. Collaborating with LexCase is invariably highly professional.’

  • ‘The collaboration with Diane Bandon-Tourret has always been professional. Her depth of knowledge, which is not only limited to the sectors of healthcare and life sciences, coupled with her years-long experience in these fields guarantees excellent legal advice.’

  • ‘Team has excellent legal and technical expertise in the health sector. Very business-oriented with perfect knowledge of our activities and therefore our constraints. Very strong responsiveness and strong in proposing practical training/presentations.’

  • ‘A high-level team that knows the law and our business.’

  • ‘This team is very responsive and seeks to offer solutions that go beyond simply reading texts - it understands the operational challenges of clients well.’

Key clients

  • Fujifilm
  • Medtronic
  • Philips France Commercial
  • Philips RS North America
  • Philips Koninklijke NV
  • Pierre Fabre Group
  • Pierre Fabre Dermo-Cosmetique
  • Pierre Fabre Medicament
  • Olympus
  • Essilor Luxotica
  • Colgate Palmolive
  • SNITEM

Work highlights

Advising a leading international medical devices group regarding the withdrawal and replacement of life saving devices and other devices worldwide, following the implementation of a full-scale field safety corrective action, before the competent authorities and French courts, in particular in the context of a major collective action.
Assisting several clients of the Conference Bleue Network in their discussions with the relevant French authority (ANSM) to obtain marketing rights for the French market through derogatory proceedings, in close coordination with European law firms.
Assisting Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nice, a leading public institution and healthcare provider in France, with structuring and financing its research projects and drafting public partnership agreements.

Practice head

Diane Bandon-Tourret; Alain de Belenet; Raphaël Apelbaum; Maxime Büsch

Other key lawyers

Clémentine Calvet