Healthcare & Life Sciences

Our experts will offer you comprehensive advice in all relevant legal areas relating to the healthcare sector.

In the area of healthcare, which touches on a variety of legal areas, we combine the expertise of our specialised lawyers in order to offer you optimal expert support that is both rapid and comprehensive.

Our advice is always personal, target-oriented and practical.

We combine specialised legal knowledge with extensive knowledge of the sector.

Healthy prospects – with us

Strict requirements – increasing need

The healthcare sector in Germany is highly regulated, defined by numerous different interests and has been undergoing a continual process of charge for years now. On top of this, the demographic change is increasing the need for medical services. For players in the healthcare market, this poses a constant challenge.

Combined expertise for effective solutions

In order to find a quick and effective solution for you and your challenges, we combine specialised legal knowledge with extensive knowledge of the sector. In our healthcare sector group, our lawyers address current issues from a variety of legal areas and exchange legal knowledge in the process.

We offer you our comprehensive expertise in all areas of the healthcare sector. Our specialised lawyers advise companies in the fields of:

Healthcare business
Associations
Health insurance providers
State-owned and private hospitals
Nursing care facilities
Doctor's offices and laboratories
Pharmacies
Manufacturers of medical devices
Medical technology companies
Investors
Banks and public-sector clients

We also offer legal and strategical advice for a variety of practice-related matters.

Here you will find our current brochure healthcare.

Our advisory specialisations:

Corporate law / M&A

Founding and arrangement of medical supply centres under corporate law, participation models for medical supply centres
M&A, company acquisition and company participations
Merger control
Ongoing corporate law advice
Advice and litigation in case of shareholder disputes
Arrangement of non-profit companies (e.g. registry companies)

Distribution law and antitrust law

National and international commercial and distribution law
European and German antitrust law
Contracts with commercial agents / distributors
Terms and conditions for purchase and sale
Distribution systems
Licensing agreements
Consignment warehouse agreements
Contracts with purchasing groups
Commission and indemnity claims
Non-compete provisions
Litigation and (international) arbitration
International compliance (FCPA)

Health law

Medical devices law
Medicinal products law
Pharmacy law
Social insurance law, particularly the German Social Code V (SGB V), XI (health and nursing care insurance)
Private health insurance law
Medical supply centre / hospital law
Care home law
Compliance, particularly Sec. 299 a/b of the German Criminal Code (StGB), industry codes (e.g. FSA, BVMed) etc.
Professional regulations for healthcare professionals
Protection of health data
Laws regarding the advertisement of therapeutic measures
Food and cosmetics law

IP

Registration and protection of all forms of intellectual property in the healthcare market
Legal advice on all trademark and brand law issues with special expertise with regard to the lists of goods and services in the healthcare sector
E-health and health 2.0
Health tech projects
Mobile advices and health apps
Telematics
Data protection
Representation in court proceedings, in the case of written warnings and in proceedings for interim legal protection

Labour law

Arrangement and implementation of restructuring measures under labour law
Advice regarding transfers of business according to Sec. 613 a of the German Civil Code (BGB)
Arrangement and negotiation of service contracts (including social compensation plans)
Temporary staffing
Non-compete clauses in employment contracts
Labour law advice regarding special considerations in the healthcare sector concerning church institutions: special employment regulations for church institutions, employee representation law, employment contract regulations (AVR) etc.
Laws concerning supplementary pension funds
Status determination processes (e.g. regarding the status of locum doctors)

Procurement law

Support of tendering procedures pursuant to SGB V
Implementation / management of complex technology and infrastructure projects in the healthcare sector
Optimisation of procurement structures in the hospital sector
Legal representation in procurement review proceedings
Strategic advice of clients and tendering procedures
Safeguarding / supporting projects involving structuring, restructuring and investment in the healthcare sector regarding state aid law

Real estate law

Arrangement of lease agreements for doctor's offices, medical supply centres, retirement homes and nursing homes as well as hospitals
Ongoing advice for operators of retirement and care homes as well as hospitals in matters of lease law and tenancy law
Real estate transactions, particularly performing due diligence reviews, preparation and negotiation of contracts and assisting in real estate transactions
Litigation

Restructuring

Restructuring and reorganisation of hospitals and medical supply centres owned privately, publicly, by charitable organisations or by church institutions
Conducting debtor-in-possession insolvency proceedings (involvement as CRO / fully authorised representative)
Restructuring advice prior to insolvency
Preparing and implementing insolvency plans