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The team at Goodwin maintains its strong reputation for providing ‘high quality’ advice to a broad client base, which notably includes Johnson & Johnson Innovation, Sofinnova Partners, and Kiro. Practice head Anne-Charlotte Rivière is noted for her longstanding expertise in M&A, venture capital, and private equity related issues, having advised on fundraisings and series financing deals. Leading the firm’s IP practice, Marie Fillon is particularly adept at advising on manufacturing and distribution agreements, and R&D. Xavier Leroux joined the team in July 2023 from Bird & Bird, bringing his wealth of expertise in technology.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Very good knowledge of the pharmaceutical/health market.’

  • ‘Marie Fillon and Louis de Chazelle form an extremely responsive team, with great analytical and editorial skills.’

  • ‘Marie Fillon has an excellent understanding of business issues and a good approach to negotiations, both contractually and commercially.’

  • ‘Pragmatic approach; listening to the customer and looking for solutions to reach an agreement with the co-contractor’

  • ‘Marie Fillon Marie was able to successfully lead negotiations with a co-contractor who had a less good understanding of market practices for collaboration contracts.’

  • ‘The team demonstrates great professionalism, availability as well as vast experience due to the quality of its members of an office as well as their ability to call on their colleagues in the Goodwin network around the world. The service provided is always of high quality, incorporating current developments relevant to the subject to be discussed.’

  • ‘Marie Fillon - professionalism, availability and expertise.’

  • ‘Marie Fillon is a very sophisticated lawyer on intellectual property and health product licensing matters, responsive and with a very useful commercial vision.’

Key clients

  • Affluent Medical
  • AlgoTx
  • Arkhn
  • Biomunex
  • Bpifrance
  • Cathay Capital
  • Cerba Healthcare
  • DNA Script
  • DentalMonitoring
  • DTA Medical
  • eCential Robotics (former Surgivisio)
  • EW Healthcare Partners
  • Genfit
  • Germitec
  • Graegis Pharmaceuticals
  • Go Capital
  • IK Investment Partners
  • Johnson & Johnson Innovation
  • Kurma Partners
  • Lauxera Capital Partners
  • LBO France
  • Qynapse
  • Robocat
  • Sofinnova Partners
  • SpineVision
  • Vivalto Partners

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Anne-Charlotte Rivière

Other key lawyers

Marie Fillon, Thomas Dupont-Sentilles, Xavier Leroux, Louis de Chezelles