Bernitsas Law

Ria is a senior associate with the Firm which she joined in 2006. Her practice is focused on the area of Life Sciences, providing clients in highly regulated industries with support on varied and complex legal issues.

Ria advises clients active in the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, healthcare, medical devices and technologies and biotechnology sectors on issues such as product liability, clinical trials procedures, public procurement tenders, brand protection and regulatory risk, compliance and filings. She also advises on packaging, labelling, distribution and advertising.

Ria advises on commercial agreements, including joint ventures, agency and distribution agreements and undertakes company formation and ongoing corporate governance.

She contributes articles to legal periodicals on pharmaceutical related issues and in 2019 completed a course on Advanced Competitive Strategy authorized by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and offered through Coursera.