John Schmidt leads the UK Competition team in London. He has more than two decades of experience dealing with competition authorities and courts in the UK and the EU and regularly advises on complex competition conduct issues, investigations, litigation, and merger cases. He is dual-qualified in the UK and Germany and has a particular focus on the life sciences, consumer goods, finance, and infrastructure sectors.

Mr. Schmidt has extensive experience advising pharmaceutical and medical device companies on pricing matters, including a number of reverse payment patent settlement cases both at the EU and UK level. A significant recent success involved a no grounds for action case closure for Teva Pharmaceuticals in the CMA's investigation into paroxetine after a statement of objections, a supplemental statement of objections, and two oral hearings. He is currently involved in a number of CMA investigations in the pharma sector.
 

Beatriz has significant intellectual property experience handling cases before the UK Courts and the CJEU, including high-profile European litigation. In addition to her patent and SPC experience, she also counsels on and litigates other IP rights including copyright, trademark, passing off, design rights, database rights and confidential information. Her cases have involved a wide range of technologies including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, agrochemicals, insulation products, software, medical imaging and mosquito nets.

John Schmidt leads the UK Competition team in London. He has more than two decades of experience dealing with competition authorities and courts in the UK and the EU and regularly advises on complex competition conduct issues, investigations, litigation, and merger cases. He is dual-qualified in the UK and Germany and has a particular focus on the life sciences, consumer goods, finance, and infrastructure sectors.

Mr. Schmidt has extensive experience advising pharmaceutical and medical device companies on pricing matters, including a number of reverse payment patent settlement cases both at the EU and UK level. A significant recent success involved a no grounds for action case closure for Teva Pharmaceuticals in the CMA's investigation into paroxetine after a statement of objections, a supplemental statement of objections, and two oral hearings. He is currently involved in a number of CMA investigations in the pharma sector.
 

Beatriz has significant intellectual property experience handling cases before the UK Courts and the CJEU, including high-profile European litigation. In addition to her patent and SPC experience, she also counsels on and litigates other IP rights including copyright, trademark, passing off, design rights, database rights and confidential information. Her cases have involved a wide range of technologies including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, agrochemicals, insulation products, software, medical imaging and mosquito nets.

John Schmidt leads the UK Competition team in London. He has more than two decades of experience dealing with competition authorities and courts in the UK and the EU and regularly advises on complex competition conduct issues, investigations, litigation, and merger cases. He is dual-qualified in the UK and Germany and has a particular focus on the life sciences, consumer goods, finance, and infrastructure sectors.

Mr. Schmidt has extensive experience advising pharmaceutical and medical device companies on pricing matters, including a number of reverse payment patent settlement cases both at the EU and UK level. A significant recent success involved a no grounds for action case closure for Teva Pharmaceuticals in the CMA's investigation into paroxetine after a statement of objections, a supplemental statement of objections, and two oral hearings. He is currently involved in a number of CMA investigations in the pharma sector.
 

Beatriz has significant intellectual property experience handling cases before the UK Courts and the CJEU, including high-profile European litigation. In addition to her patent and SPC experience, she also counsels on and litigates other IP rights including copyright, trademark, passing off, design rights, database rights and confidential information. Her cases have involved a wide range of technologies including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, agrochemicals, insulation products, software, medical imaging and mosquito nets.

John Schmidt leads the UK Competition team in London. He has more than two decades of experience dealing with competition authorities and courts in the UK and the EU and regularly advises on complex competition conduct issues, investigations, litigation, and merger cases. He is dual-qualified in the UK and Germany and has a particular focus on the life sciences, consumer goods, finance, and infrastructure sectors.

Mr. Schmidt has extensive experience advising pharmaceutical and medical device companies on pricing matters, including a number of reverse payment patent settlement cases both at the EU and UK level. A significant recent success involved a no grounds for action case closure for Teva Pharmaceuticals in the CMA's investigation into paroxetine after a statement of objections, a supplemental statement of objections, and two oral hearings. He is currently involved in a number of CMA investigations in the pharma sector.
 

Beatriz has significant intellectual property experience handling cases before the UK Courts and the CJEU, including high-profile European litigation. In addition to her patent and SPC experience, she also counsels on and litigates other IP rights including copyright, trademark, passing off, design rights, database rights and confidential information. Her cases have involved a wide range of technologies including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, agrochemicals, insulation products, software, medical imaging and mosquito nets.