UGGC Avocats houses a ‘close-knit and technically advanced’ team which acts for both domestic and global pharma companies and venture capital firms. Practice co-head Sylvie Welsch is an expert in mass litigation concerning medical liability and mandates involving the promotion of health products. ’Highly skilled professional’ Malka Marcinkowski co-leads the team and is noted for assisting clients with issues concerning CE marking and product distribution, while Alison Leroy is a key contact for real estate projects within the pharma industry, often assisting healthcare institutions.
Testimonials
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‘Malka Marcinkowski is extremely pragmatic and knowledgeable. We found the team to be strong and personable, and really easy to work with and collaborative in its approach. Clearly there is a strong team bond and we felt supported and part of a very effective friendly team. We had an urgent matter that the team supported us with efficiently in the timeframe.’
‘Malka Marcinkowski is a highly skilled professional - she stands out as being trustworthy, easy to work with and indeed enjoyable to work with.’
‘A close-knit and technically advanced team.’
‘The UGGC team is a team that excels in its practice, strategic proposals and advice.’
‘Sylvie Welsch has a very high level of competence, and she makes strong proposals in particularly complex and sensitive situations. She also knows how to be available and attentive to the needs of the client.’
‘Alison Leroy's team stands out for its great responsiveness and its ability to interact with ease with our business teams, and to understand both the legal and operational issues of the projects we entrust to it. I particularly appreciate their ease in taking on projects as if they were real members of our internal legal department.’
‘I am mainly in contact with Alison Leroy who has demonstrated an ability to assist us with great pragmatism while maintaining high legal quality. Alison has been able to help us on projects even at the last minute, always with the same sympathy and professionalism. She is a real Swiss army knife for our team.’
Key clients
- Les Laboratoires Servier
- AdBio partners
- Tridek-One
- Bpifrance
- Therinvest
- ANS
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Guadeloupe
- Advent France biotechnology
- Innothera Group
- Olmix Group
- DocCity
Work highlights
- Advised Servier in connection with the Innovative Health Initiative (IHI) consortium, an EU public-private partnership funding health research and innovation, and more specifically in the overhaul of its governance of the existing and future consortium.
- Advised Servier and BioLabs on the establishment of the Spartners incubator in France.
- Advised Servier in connection with the opening of the Servier R&D Institute in Paris-Saclay, the renovation of its headquarters in Suresnes, and the closure of certain research centres to open them in the Servier Institute in Paris-Saclay.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Sylvie Welsch, Malka Marcinkowski