Lenz Hesse

Attorney | Associate

Location: Berlin

T: +49 30 5093235-0
lenz.hesse@greengate.legal

Main Focus Areas
  • General legal advice in the fields of Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals, Medical Technology, and Mobility
  • Drafting contracts for collaborations and innovative business models for pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical technology companies, e.g.:
    • Research and development agreements
    • Licensing and cooperation agreements
    • Clinical trial agreements, CRO (Contract Research Organization) agreements
    • Contract manufacturing agreements, distribution agreements, marketing agreements
    • university collaboration agreements
  • Regulatory advice in the areas of Life Sciences, Pharmaceuticals, Medicinal Devices, Medical Technology, and Food Law, e.g.:
    • Professional regulations for healthcare professions and cooperation opportunities
    • Advertising of treatments and products (in particular, the German Therapeutic Products Advertising Act – Heilmittelwerbegesetz)
    • Statutory health insurance law (German Social Code, Book V – SGB V)
    • ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance)
    • Pharmacy law (German Pharmacy Act – ApoG, Pharmacy Operation Regulations – ApBetrO)
    • Pharmacuticals, food, cosmetics, and chemicals (REACH) regarding product classification and distribution strategies
    • Distribution of cannabis for medical purposes, cannabis (CBD) in food and cosmetics
  • Industrial property rights, in particular patent, trademark, and copyright law
  • General legal advice on IT law matters
  • General commercial law advice
Languages
  • German
  • English
Ausbildung und Werdegang

2021 – 2023

Legal Counsel and Syndikusrechtsanwalt, Novartis Pharma GmbH, Nuremberg

2020 – 2021

Legal Counsel, Nestlé Deutschland AG, Frankfurt am Main

2017 – 2020

Legal clerkship (Referendariat) at the Higher Regional Court (OLG) Schleswig, with stages in Brussels and Berlin

2017

Food Law Academy, University of Marburg

2011 – 2017

Studies at the University of Hamburg

Memberships
  • Bar Association Berlin