Ehlers, Ehlers & Partner specialises in medical law and impresses with its expertise in AMNOG and legislative proceedings. Other competencies include the advice on market access, product development and compliance issues as well as issues at the digitisation interface; the latter includes telematics, data protection, digital medical devices and digital healthcare services. Among the client roster are pharmaceutical companies and medical device manufacturers, which also benefit from the team's experience in restructuring and transactions. The practice is led by medical lawyer Alexander Ehlers and Christian Rybak, who is regularly instructed by US-based clients.

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Testimonials

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  • 'An exceptional team.'
  • 'Christian Rybak: An absolute expert on all health policy and legal issues with an incomparable network at the political levels and with all important stakeholders in the healthcare system in Berlin.'
  • 'Diverse team, always well informed, oriented towards solutions.'
  • 'Alexander Ehlers: Good leader, charming, excellently connected.'
  • 'Christian Rybak: Excellently informed, good conversationalist, committed and ready to work.'
  • 'Julian Bartholomä: Excellent lawyer with vision and good understanding of the market. Excellently networked.'
  • 'Combination of legal expertise with a business strategic focus.'

Key clients

  • Bundesministerium für Gesundheit
  • CKM Shared Services GmbH
  • CSL Behring
  • CytoSorbents Europe
  • Eurozyto
  • Ipsen
  • Jazz Pharmaceuticals
  • LEO Pharma
  • Haemonetics Corporation
  • MSH Europe
  • ResMed
  • LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.
  • Reaction Biology Corporation
  • UPD

Work highlights

  • Advising a pharmaceutical company on the implementation of new reimbursement options.
  • Advising a MedTec company on the takeover of a competitor.

Lawyers

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Alexander Ehlers, Christian Rybak

Other key lawyers

Julian Bartholomä