Baker McKenzie

Pharmaceutical and Health Law

Montserrat has extensive experience in pharmaceutical and health law, as well as in compliance, contract law, licensing, competition law and acquisitions in the pharmaceutical sector. She is the coordinator of the healthcare practice in the Barcelona office.

She assists healthcare companies throughout the life cycle of healthcare products (drugs, IVD and medical devices, combination products, cosmetics and food supplements), from R&D to commercialization and more specifically in the areas of clinical trials (agreements, regulatory procedures, processing of personal data), market access (pricing and reimbursement), products and companies regulations (MA/CE-marking, vigilances, required licenses, product classification, labelling), commercial relations between healthcare industries (distribution, (co)promotion, manufacturing, supply, licensing, partnership agreements), relations with healthcare professionals and/or patients including compliance (anti-gift and transparency laws); communication and advertising, e-health (connected devices, telemedicine, hosting of health data) and product liability. Her practice encompasses both advisory and litigation matters.

She also has considerable experience in the drafting of codes of professional ethics and conducting compliance audits, and advising on advertising and promotion of medicines and medical devices, including via the internet, online advertising and social media. Montserrat advises on a wide range of agreements related to the pharmaceutical industry, such as license and distribution agreements, clinical trial agreements, and supply and manufacturing agreements.

Catalan, English, French, Spanish

Barcelona Bar Association (1992) Head Barcelona office Healthcare Practice Group, Baker McKenzie Head Barcelona office International Commerce & Trade Practice Group, Baker McKenzie

Autonomous University of Barcelona (Political Science) (1996) Université de Droit, Strasbourg (Diploma in Advanced Studies in International Law) (1990) Université de Droit, Strasbourg (Diploma in Advanced Studies in Community Law) (1989) University of Barcelona (Law Degree) (1988)