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Industry focus: Healthcare and life sciences

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Legance - Avvocati Associati

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Giovanni Nardulli leads the ‘brilliant and highly qualified’ team at Legance - Avvocati Associati, which is well-equipped to assist clients with joint ventures and M&A, spin-offs, and data protection issues. Pietro Merlino is well-known for his expertise in both EU and Italian competition law, often handling matters involving licensing and distribution issues, in addition to investigations into restrictive practices. Lorenzo Gentiloni Silveri is a key contact for pharma companies, healthcare facilities, and medical device clients. Filippo Pacciani and Monica Riva are both key figures within the team.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘Brilliant and highly qualified team of professionals. They are capable of handling complex issues with a very high degree of efficiency and quality and with a deep knowledge of the healthcare industry. ’

  • ‘Lorenzo Gentiloni Silveri is a true leader in the field and a great professional. His dedication and attention to the client are incomparable. ’

  • ‘The lawyers are very competent and capable of understanding clients' needs. They have a unique capability of finding an excellent way to solve each problem. Every task is done on time. If you have an urgent question, they will be there for you because there is a lawyer for you in all areas of law.’

  • ‘Lorenzo Gentiloni and the healthcare team are unique in terms of organisation. The healthcare team can work with in-house counsel with respect and competence and achieve remarkable results.’

  • ‘This practice is well consolidated and integrated within a firm which can provide 360° support.’

  • ‘Pietro Merlino knows the pharma industry very well and has real passion for it.’

  • ‘Working in the healthcare and life science sector is very difficult because it needs a strong general preparation plus many specific aspects. What characterises Legance is its very strong preparation in all fields of law.’

  • ‘Avv. Gentiloni is an outstanding lawyer, complete in his preparation, curious about new challenges.’

Key clients

  • A. Menarini Industrie Farmaceutiche Riunite
  • AbbVie
  • Agilent Technologies
  • Allergy Therapeutics
  • Amplifon
  • Bracco
  • Casa di Cura La Madonnina
  • C.O.T. Cure Ortopediche Traumatologiche
  • Eusphera
  • Farmindustria

Work highlights

Assisted Gruppo San Donato in a joint venture agreement with Generali Italia to establish Smart Clinic, a joint venture aiming at the creation of a healthcare facilities network throughout Italy and based on an integrated private healthcare-insurance ecosystem
Assistance to Metall Zug AG on Italian law aspects related to the creation of a new joint venture in the infection control and life science domain with Miele & Cie. KG.
Assistance in the establishment of Gruppo San Donato East Europe, a Romanian-registered company controlled by Policlinico San Donato that will carry out medical activities in Romania, with a focus on the field of cardiac surgery.

Lawyers

Practice head

Giovanni Nardulli

Other key lawyers

Pietro Merlino; Lorenzo Gentiloni Silveri; Filippo Pacciani; Monica Riva; Ada Esposito