Marianne Schaffner Receives Euromoney Legal Media Group’s “Best in Life Sciences” Award

Dechert partner Marianne Schaffner has been recognized as “Best in Life Sciences” at this year’s sixth annual Europe Women in Business Law Awards. The awards, sponsored by Euromoney Legal Media Group, seek to reward the best private practice and in-house women lawyers in each individual practice area.

Schaffner, who focuses her practice on life sciences patent work, has handled a wide range of litigation and strategic patent matters for a diverse array of companies. She is a nationally recognized trial lawyer in national pan-European and international patent, trademark and trade secrets disputes in the pharmaceutical and chemistry sectors.

Dechert’s life science practice group represents clients at all stages of their products’ lifecycle, and draws on the experience of our intellectual property, corporate, securities, antitrust, international trade, tax, employment and labor and litigation attorneys to offer a complete range of transactional, regulatory and dispute resolution services. The life sciences team in France represents companies ranging from multinational giants to emerging companies involving all aspects of the life sciences industry, including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, drug discovery, genomics, biopharmaceuticals, diagnostics, medical devices and healthcare. We also assist with investment funds in life sciences investments.

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