CHINA Law and Practice Contributed by: Alan Zhou, Coco Fan, Kelly Cao, Stephanie Wang and Rae Zhang, Global Law Office
Global Law Office (GLO) has become one of the larg- est, leading Chinese law firms, with more than 500 lawyers practising in its Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Chengdu offices. Its life sciences and health- care practice group was one of the first in China and provides “one-stop” legal services for every area of the industry, including M&A, investment and funding, licence-in and licence-out, daily operation, IP pro- tection and advice on compliance (including internal and government investigations as well as anti-bribery
matters and dispute settlement). Under a changing regulatory environment, the firm’s team has the per- fect combination of international experience and lo- cal knowledge to support various innovation or pilot projects, including digital healthcare and MAH/cMAH trial cases. The team participates in the formulation of local codes of conduct and benchmark policies/ rules, and also co-operates closely with associations such as the CPIA and the RDPAC.
Authors
Alan Zhou is the leading partner of the life sciences and healthcare
Kelly Cao is a partner in the life sciences and healthcare practice group at Global Law Office. Her main practice areas encompass dispute resolution, compliance and risk control, as well as labour and
practice group at Global Law Office and has a strong background in the area, routinely representing multinational corporations, well- known Chinese state-owned and private enterprises, and private equity/venture capital funds. As a participant or an external counsel, he has been engaged by local authorities and industrial associations to advise on legislation and industrial standards in the life sciences and healthcare industry, including guidelines on compliance and risk control, e-healthcare, medical insurance reform and medical representative administration. He has been widely published both at home and abroad.
employment. Ms Cao has advised major life sciences companies on general compliance and dispute resolution, and assists multinational enterprises and well-known domestic enterprises with their disputes in litigation and arbitration. She also provides legal services to multinational pharmaceutical corporations, assisting with their compliance system establishment and internal compliance investigations.
Stephanie Wang is an of counsel in the life sciences and healthcare practice group at Global Law Office and has more than ten years’
Coco Fan is a partner in the life sciences and healthcare practice group at Global Law Office, specialising in corporate, compliance, private equity and venture capital, and M&A. Her rich experience in the
experience. She has been actively involved in advising multinational pharmaceutical and medtech companies on their corporate governance, daily operations and compliance. She has extensive knowledge and experience in the life sciences and healthcare industry, and routinely advises clients on a variety of commercial agreements relating to R&D, licensing, marketing authorisations and the manufacturing, distribution and promotion of medical products. She has also worked with notable private equity institutions on investments in various pharmaceutical enterprises.
L&H practice includes prescription medicine, over-the-counter medicine, contract research organisations, medical devices, biopharmaceuticals, health foods, clinical supply, vaccines, animal health and hospitals. Ms Fan has advised many multinational companies, private companies and investors on risk assessment and health checks, and has tailored training regarding anti-corruption, antitrust, promotion and other regulatory compliance. She also advises on the establishment of pharmaceutical and medical device industry compliance management standards.
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