Winston & Strawn LLP has a comprehensive healthcare and life sciences offering, allowing the team to advise on PE-backed M&A transactions, strategic partnerships, regulatory litigation and the full remit of contractual matters. The practice group is co-led by experienced partners Gilles Bigot, who specialises in strategic litigation, cybersecurity issues in healthcare and public-private partnerships, and Julie Vern Cesano-Gouffrant, who is noted for the depth of her expertise in complex domestic and cross-border transactions. Rim Khirddine is frequently sought out by health care facilities, clinics, and assisted living communities to advise on regulatory compliance.
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- ‘A brilliant, available and welcoming team.’
- ‘Gilles Bigot is especially strategic. Julie Vern Cesano-Gouffrant is especially strong at thinking through the "chess board" of potential strategic moves.’
- ‘Gilles Bigot and Julie Vern Cesano-Gouffrant demonstrate responsiveness and remarkable results.'
- ‘Gilles Bigot and Julie Vern Cesno-Gouffrant provide personalised, competent support and are accessible to everyone.’
- ‘A close-knit, highly experienced team committed to changing case law and transforming the healthcare system.’
- 'Very strong knowledge of the market, great mix of deep understanding, strategic thinking and practical application.'
Key clients
- Biofutur
- EverImmune
- Imapole
- Ipsos
- JUUL Labs
- La Croix Rouge Française
- Ogènes
- Omnes
- Oradianse
- Bridgepoint
- PointVision
- Proveca
Work highlights
Representing Imapôle in high-profile litigation before the French Council of State.
Advising Telemos Capital—through its radiotherapy platform, Stingray—on the structuring and expansion of its operations in France since inception.
Advising the Evesio CMN Group on the integration of physicians into its professional partnerships and on the structuring of investment schemes to benefit the group’s internal medical partners.
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Practice head
Gilles Bigot; Julie Vern Cesano-Gouffrant
Other key lawyers
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