WilmerHale's team is led by Hans-Georg Kamann and focuses on regulatory issues pertaining to the pharmaceutical sector and medical devices. Kamann and Peter Gey regularly join forces in contentious proceedings for pharmaceutical and medical device companies as well as associations. Both act from Frankfurt and Brussels and advise at the interfaces with antitrust, competition and EU law. Martin Braun has data protection expertise and advises on product approvals and data transfers as well as clinical studies.

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Key clients

  • Becton Dickinson GmbH
  • Bundesverband der Pharmazeutischen Industrie (BPI)
  • Deutsches Hörgeräte Institut GmbH
  • Medtronic, Inc

Work highlights

  • Advising Becton Dickinson on, among other things, issues of competition, product liability and distribution law, including advising on disputes relating to advertising for medical devices as well as advising on procurement law issues and contract and antitrust law.
  • Advice and reports on the MDR certification of the Deutsches Hörgeräte Institut GmbH as an independent testing laboratory in accordance with Section 18 MPDG.
  • Successful defense of Medtronic in an IP litigation regarding a new product.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Hans-Georg Kamann

Other key lawyers

Peter Gey, Martin Braun