SaúdeLaw is lauded for its ‘extensive knowledge of the health, pharma and life sciences ecosystems in Mexico’, the team of ’excellent lawyers’ is well-placed to handle regulatory, transactional and contentious mandates for local and multinational industry players. Firm founder Christian López-Silva is the key contact, and he is the founding president of the Mexican Association of Pharmaceutical and Sanitary Regulation. López-Silva’s expertise spans, pharma, medical devices, cosmetics and clinical research services. Gerardo Calderón specialises in antitrust, competition and consumer law.
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Testimonials

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  • 'Christian López-Silva - his background and technical knowledge are a decisive factor in addressing the regulatory and corporate issues of our organisation. The firm has a multidisciplinary group of specialist lawyers that is ideally suited to our strategic agenda.'
  • 'As a boutique firm, they have a wide scope for manoeuvre and a speed and agility that larger firms do not have. Their understanding and customisation of both their economic and service proposition was a key point in allowing us to work with them without lowering standards.'
  • 'The firm's partners and lawyers have extensive knowledge of the health, pharma and life sciences ecosystems in Mexico. In particular, Christian López-Silva has extensive experience that allows him to issue recommendations that go beyond the script and that were not contemplated prior to his services.'
  • 'They are characterised by their availability and knowledge. They are excellent lawyers, and there is warmth, closeness and involvement in the process.'
  • 'The team at SaúdeLaw is excellent. They have extensive experience and knowledge in a field that is quite complex when it comes to regulatory legislation for medical devices. In my experience, they are one of the few law firms that deal with regulatory issues for the introduction of medical technologies, as well as litigation in the regulatory sector.'
  • 'The quality and capacity of Christian López-Silva is exceptional. Christian is a reference not only in Latin America but globally in Life Sciences.'

Key clients

  • AbbVie
  • Eli Lilly
  • Estee Lauder
  • CICSA
  • GenBio
  • GSE Biomedical
  • Chinoin
  • Hospiten
  • Angela Care

Work highlights

Assisted Estée Lauder with a comprehensive regulatory assessment of over 50 products from its newly acquired Deciem business.

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Practice head

Christian López-Silva

Other key lawyers

Gerardo Calderón