Olivier Van Obberghen

Olivier Van Obberghen

Partner
Education
  • University of Chicago, Law School, LL.M, 2000
  • Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven), Bachelor of Laws 1996 and Master of Laws 1999 (magna cum laude)

More about Olivier

Olivier Van Obberghen is a life sciences lawyer.  He serves clients active in the life sciences sector (including healthcare) as well as investors targeting the sector.  

Olivier practices as an all-round life sciences lawyer.  He assists in strategic (licensing, M&A and financing) and operational (R&D, supply chain, distribution & logistics) transactions.  He provides advice in all regulatory aspects concerning the sector and developed a robust expertise in compliance related matters (interactions with healthcare professionals and patients, promotion of drug products and medical devices, data privacy & security, anti-bribery & anti-corruption).  Intellectual property, competition law and product liability are core underlying focus areas of his life sciences practice.  

Olivier Van Obberghen started his career at Cleary Gottlieb Steen and Hamilton and subsequently founded his own private practice, focusing on M&A. Olivier also worked in-house for the legal departments of UCB and Unilever.

Olivier lectures at seminars and conferences, and tutored at the Catholic University of Leuven (KU Leuven) for many years on Dispute Resolution.  He authored various publications on the promotion of drug products and interactions with healthcare professionals and patients.

Main Practices

Expertise(s)
Pharma & Biotech law
Consumer Products
Media
Commercial Contracts
Trade Practices
Regulatory & Compliance
Languages
Dutch
French
English