

Medical Devices and Technologies
Our global medical devices and technologies group acts for companies and institutions across the sector and provides advice to ensure that clients are well placed to manage the challenges they face to capitalise on opportunities
Our global medical devices and technologies group acts for companies and institutions across the sector and provides advice to ensure that clients are well placed to manage the challenges they face to capitalise on opportunities.
Our team spans disciplines including intellectual property (contentious and non-contentious), regulatory, product liability, mergers and acquisitions, commercial transactions (including licensing and collaborations), and capital markets and finance matters.
Our international network ensures that we have a ready resource of expertise in a wide range of jurisdictions and that we are well positioned to advise on cross-border work. Our lawyers have been advising clients in the sector for many years and have developed a deep understanding of the issues affecting the industry. This ensures that we add value to any matter and there is no learning curve.
For example, our team has been closely following the current proposed changes to the European medical devices regulatory framework. We have also been tracking and advising our clients on regulatory issues in the context of emerging technologies such as device/drug combinations, medical apps and other “connected health” initiatives. In these areas we use our broad and interdisciplinary experience to help our clients navigate what may often be rapidly evolving or uncertain regulatory pathways and manage the risks of new product development.
Our clients in the medical devices sector include Biomet, Samsung, GE Healthcare, Johnson & Johnson, Fresenius, Covidien, St Jude Medical and Novartis.
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News: 12 FEBRUARY 2021
Allen & Overy advises Biogroup on two high-yield bond issues and a new senior facilities agreement
PARIS – Biogroup, the leading private medical laboratory services group in France and Belgium, has successfully completed through its two main subsidiaries the issuance of EUR800million in aggregate…
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News: 01 FEBRUARY 2021
Allen & Overy continues to make gains with FTSE clients
In the Adviser Rankings 15th anniversary guide A&O is ranked 3rd for FTSE 100 with 23 clients, up from 17 in 2010, and A&O is one of only two magic circle firms to have grown their total stock market…
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Publications: 11 JANUARY 2021
Will the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement facilitate investment by EU companies in China?
The European Union (EU) and the People’s Republic of China concluded the negotiations on their investment treaty, the EU/China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI), on 30 December 2020.
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Publications: 21 DECEMBER 2020
In the fourth in our series of webinars, members of Allen & Overy’s Global Employment team discussed the significant issues and challenges that employers need to prioritise in relation to managing and…
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