King & Spalding LLP has a specialty in representing pharmaceutical manufacturers and healthcare companies in contentious matters, with particular strengths in parallel import, competition law, and trademark rights disputes. Instructions come in at the European level, and the firm has recently acted in number of landmark proceedings before the ECJ. Practice leader Ulf Grundmann has decades of experience in medical device and pharmaceutical law, which is also applied to internal regulatory matters.
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Key clients
- CSL Behring GmbH (Germany)
- Olin Germany Upstream GmbH & Co. KG
- Novartis Pharma AG
- ratiopharm GmbH
- GSK GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare GmbH & Co. KG
- biomo Group
- Teva Pharmaceuticals Europe B.V.
- Teva Deutschland GmbH
- Dr. Willmar Schwabe GmbH & Co.KG
- Deutsche Homöopathie-Union DHU-Arzneimittel GmbH & Co. KG
- Roche Diagnostics
- Chemische Fabrik Kreussler Co. GmbH
Work highlights
Advised CSL Behring GmbH in proceedings against parallel importers.
Advised GSK Consumer Healthcare in a competition dispute concerning advertising claims for the Vitasprint Pro Immune product.
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Practice head
Ulf Grundmann