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Evelyne Friedel
Evelyne Friedel

Evelyne Friedel

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Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa, 2025

Industry focus: healthcare and life sciences - ‘Evelyne Friedel and her competition team are experts who give very good advice that adapt perfectly to the client's requests.’; ‘The team was professional and responsive.’; ‘The team had deep knowledge about French laws and regulations and they were very responsive.’; ‘They give very good advice, in particular Evelyne Friedel. In-depth and reasoned approach to the legislation in this area.’; ‘Good knowledge of the interactions between a US-based and a France-based company.’; ‘Always willing to listen, reactive and available.’

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Evelyne heads the commercial and competition law department in France, which supports clients with their commercial and distribution issues, as well as competition, EU and trade matters. She also heads our Life Sciences sector group in France. Evelyne’s expertise is on contract law, competition law, product liability issues, and regulatory and compliance matters. Whether you're a start up or a major global corporation, Evelyne will support you at an international level.

Evelyne drafts and analyses all types of commercial agreements (R&D, license, distribution, agency, service agreements etc.). As a specialist in European and competition law, she will ensure you comply with competition rules. In the Life Sciences sector, Evelyne has developed an expertise on regulatory and compliance issues for the medical industry (clinical trials, market access, relationships between the industry and medical practitioners). Evelyne handles settlements and litigation relating to unfair competition, anti-competitive practices, contract termination and product liability. She will represent you before civil and commercial courts, as well as before competition authorities at the national and European levels. Evelyne has lectured at the University Paris (Panthéon Assas) and at the Institute of Political Studies of Paris (Sciences Po) for several years.

Expertise

Rechtsgebiete und Gruppen

Handels- & Vertriebsrecht
Kartell-, Vergabe-, Beihilfe- und Außenhandelsrecht
Wirtschaftsstrafrecht und Compliance
Disputes & Investigations
Compliance
Produktsicherheit & Produkthaftung
French German Group

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Konsumgüter & Einzelhandel
Business & Professional Services
Life Sciences & Healthcare
Industrieunternehmen
Chemieindustrie
Medizinprodukte
Mode & Luxusgüter

CV

Since 2008 Partner and Head of the Commercial, Competition and Distribution group and Life Sciences sector group, Taylor Wessing, Paris
2003 - 2008 Counsel, Jones Day
2002 Senior Associate, Lovells
1992 - 2001 Counsel, Siméon & Associés
1989 - 1990 Associate, Hyman Phelps & McNamara HPM
1992 Admitted to the Bar, Paris
2014 Admitted to the Bar, Brussels
1992 Doctorate in law, Paris
1989 Master of laws in Common Law Studies, Georgetown University Law Center
1987 Post-graduate degree in International Trade Law, Paris
1986 Post-graduate degree in European Community Law, Paris
1985 Graduate degree International and European Law, Paris

Karriere

Since 2008 Partner and Head of the Commercial, Competition and Distribution group and Life Sciences sector group, Taylor Wessing, Paris
2003 - 2008 Counsel, Jones Day
2002 Senior Associate, Lovells
1992 - 2001 Counsel, Siméon & Associés
1989 - 1990 Associate, Hyman Phelps & McNamara HPM

Ausbildung

1992 Admitted to the Bar, Paris
2014 Admitted to the Bar, Brussels
1992 Doctorate in law, Paris
1989 Master of laws in Common Law Studies, Georgetown University Law Center
1987 Post-graduate degree in International Trade Law, Paris
1986 Post-graduate degree in European Community Law, Paris
1985 Graduate degree International and European Law, Paris

Publikationen

Evelyne regularly publishes articles in the field of competition, regulatory and distribution law.
Concentrations : Quel régime pour les extensions dâ entreprises communes coopératives?, Journal des Sociétés, n° 70, November 2009
Concentrations et ententes entre laboratoires de princeps et fabricants de génériques, Fusions et Acquisitions, November 18, 2009
Commercialisation of Health Care: Jurisdictional Comparisons, Thomson Reuters, 2020
Merger Control in France & Quarterly Developments, Essential Merger Control Quarterly (EEI) 1997-2000
Antitrust Law and Trade Regulation “France in Antitrust Laws and Trade Regulation", Vol. 9, Ch. 205, Lexis Publishing, 2000
Pratiques Restrictives de Concurrence in Répertoire de Droit International, Encyclopédie Dalloz, 1999
Extraterritorialité du droit de la concurrence aux Etats-Unis et dans la Communauté Européenne, Editions L.G.D.J. - Collection de droit international et communautaire,1994
De la coopération à l’atteinte à la concurrence : le pas à ne pas franchir, Le Moniteur, 17 juin 2011
Confirmation et modernisation des règles de concurrence applicables aux accords de distribution, Journal des Sociétés, n° 76, May 2010
Going Vertical, Analysis: EU Consultation, The European Lawyer, February 2010

Mitgliedschaften

University Paris (Panthéon Assas), Institute of Political Studies of Paris, Lecturer
Ecole Supérieure de Commerce of Clermont Ferrand, Lecturer

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English

Awards

Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa, 2025

Featured

Industry focus: healthcare and life sciences - ‘Evelyne Friedel and her competition team are experts who give very good advice that adapt perfectly to the client's requests.’; ‘The team was professional and responsive.’; ‘The team had deep knowledge about French laws and regulations and they were very responsive.’; ‘They give very good advice, in particular Evelyne Friedel. In-depth and reasoned approach to the legislation in this area.’; ‘Good knowledge of the interactions between a US-based and a France-based company.’; ‘Always willing to listen, reactive and available.’

Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa, 2024

EU Competition and distribution

Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa 2019

Recommended lawyer - Compliance (France)

Legal 500 Europe, Middle East and Africa 2019

Recommended lawyer - Industry focus: Healthcare & life sciences (France): Evelyne Friedel heads the dedicated healthcare department at Taylor Wessing and represents an enviable client roster in a variety of matters including product liability litigation.

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Experience

Beratung von Halyard Health beim Verkauf des Geschäftsbereichs Chirurgie und Infektionsprävention (S&IP) an OMI

Tasmina Goraya, PhD
Evelyne Friedel
Christian Dekoninck

Beratung bei Desinvestionen in 24 EU-Ländern für Teva

Beratung von Teva Pharmaceuticals Europe BV bei der Veräußerung von Generika-Portfolios (ca. 260 Arzneimittel) in 24 EU-Jurisdiktionen an mehrere Käufer und Beratung bei der Veräußerung mehrerer Geschäftsbereiche. Die Veräußerungen waren eine Bedingung der Europäischen Kommission zur Genehmigung der Übernahme der globalen Generika von Allergan plc. durch Teva in Höhe von 40,5 Milliarden USD und wurden im Rahmen eines kompetitiven Auktionsverfahrens durchgeführt, das zu fünf Anlagenverkäufen führte.

Evelyne Friedel
Dr. Wolfgang Rehmann
JUDr. Radovan Pala, Ph.D., LL.M.

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