Nishith Desai Associates has a specialised team handling regulatory issues across the pharma, biologics, medical devices, and healthcare spaces, advising on existing and new legislative regimes, drug trials, licenses, and approvals, as well as advising on employment issues for companies across the sector alongside M&A and private equity transactions. The team advises major domestic and international players, regularly acting for the latter as embedded domestic counsel on Indian market entry and regulatory issues. Qualified medical doctor Milind Antani, who has deep experience in the sector, leads the team alongside intellectual property specialist Gowree Gokhale. Associate Eshika Phadke has strong regulatory and commercial expertise, working with a wide range of healthcare and pharma clients. All lawyers mentioned are based in Mumbai.
Testimonials
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- 'The NDA team is very approachable and fully updated with latest legal knowledge required to address any difficult situation. Their research team constantly churns out legal assessment and analysis on all important topics and its shared regularly over emails with their clients.'
- 'Quality of service, promptness in response and practical approach keeping the organizational culture and appetite for legal risk in mind has always been a differentiator. I have worked with Dr. Milind Antani and his team and it's always been a good experience seeking legal advice from them.'
Key clients
- Johnson and Johnson Private Limited
- Ophirex Inc.