Leading Adviser Awards 2020

82 Acquisition International - Leading Adviser 2020 Acquisition International - Issue 1 2021 139 Sep20345 Company: Studio Legale Vaiano Cataldo Contact: Francesco Cataldo Website: www.vaianocataldo.it stablished in 2017 by Prof. Diego Vaiano and Francesco Cataldo, Esq., Studio Legale Vaiano-Cataldo is a multi-award- winning law firm specialising in Life Sciences, with particular interests in pharmaceutical law and medical devices. The Vaiano- Cataldo team of administrative lawyers provides expert judicial and extrajudicial advice on these matters to individuals and companies worldwide. The team also provides legal advice on public procurement of services and supplies as well as on public and private contracts pertaining to the reference sectors. In addition, Vaiano-Cataldo has expertise in general health law, administrative licensing of public goods and services, trade and production activities, environment, construction and urban planning, and public competitions. In all cases, the Firm’s team of lawyers offer focused support to their clients throughout legal procedures, from the preparation of requests for clarification or quotation documents to the executive phase, guiding them where required before the Regional Administrative Courts, the Council of State and the ordinary civil jurisdiction in Courts, Courts of Appeal and Courts of Cassation. Vaiano-Cataldo also has experience in arbitration and litigation, making them ideal choices for clients facing defence cases. However, it is Vaiano-Cataldo’s reputation for efficient and effective excellence in responding to clients’ needs that has set the firm apart from its competition. With its unparalleled specialist expertise in the fields of pharmaceutical law and Italian regulatory law, the firm is able to deliver sound legal advice to its clients. Moreover, the team ensures constant communication with each client in order to regularly update them on the progress of their case, collaborating with clients in partnership in order to achieve the best results, instead of operating as distant and separate entities. The success of the firm’s fifteen attorneys who are each experienced experts in their respective fields is largely put down to their passion and ability to collaborate with each other and their clients in order to deliver outcomes that exceed expectation, to a short timeline that is typical of the modern world. The firm’s reputation for excellence has seen major global pharmaceutical companies such as Pfizer, Gilead, Merck & Co. and more seeking its services, as well as organisations involved in diagnostic products and medical device manufacturers. At the head of this team is the two founding partners, Francesco Cataldo, Esq. and Prof. Diego Vaiano, who is the recipient of the AI Leading Specialist Life Sciences Lawyer of the Year, Italy. Widely recognised as one of Italy’s leading experts in pharmaceutical and medical devices law, Prof. Vaiano has handled some of the most E Studio Legale Vaiano-Cataldo is a leading law firm of Rome specialising in legal matters regarding Life Sciences, including pharmaceutical and medical devices law, as well as many other sectors in Administrative Law. Professor Diego Vaiano, co-founder of the firm is this year adding the AI Leading Specialist Life Sciences Lawyer of the Year, Italy to his extensive list of accolades and achievements. Expert Judicial And Extrajudicial Advice complex litigation cases in the industry over the last two decades, including those related to the governance of retail and hospital pharmaceutical expenditure and the resolutions adopted by AIFA and the Regions on the therapeutic equivalence between medicinal products based on different active ingredients. He also played a major role in the negotiations with the Italian Medicines Agency to define the price and the other reimbursement conditions for drugs dispensed with costs borne by the SSN (the Italian NHS). Prof. Vaiano has been a member of the Rome Bar since 1994 and has been certified to represent clients before the higher courts of the Constitutional Court, Supreme Court of Cassation and Council of State since December 2001. He has acquired professional experience in a myriad of other sectors of Administrative Law throughout his career, and has been a full professor on this branch of the law at the University of Viterbo – La Tuscia since 2001. This year, he adds the AI Leading Specialist Life Sciences Lawyer of the Year, Italy to his extensive list of awards and accreditations, as well as his recommendations in the most renowned legal directories of the sector, such as Chambers, Legal 500 and Who’s Who Legal. He and Mr Cataldo began their legal practice in 2017 with a vision to provide swift and accurate legal services to clients in the pharmaceutical and medical devices industry. As they lead their professional team into its fourth successful year of operation, we look forward to witnessing Vaiano-Cataldo’s reputation for excellence grow on an international scale in the years ahead. Leading Specialist Life Sciences Lawyer of the Year, Italy