Paule Drouault-Gardrat, Founder

EXPERIENCE
November 2009 – to date  PDG Avocats
2007 – October 2009       Reed Smith Paris, Partner Life Sciences Department
2002 – 2007       Bird & Bird, Partner in charge of the Life Sciences Department
1997 – 2002       Lovells
1994 – 1996       Barennes
1990 – 1994       Debat Groupe, General Counsel
1982 – 1990       Sanofi, in-house Legal Counsel
1978 – 1980       Pharmacist

EXPERTISE
She has more than 30-year experience in contentious and non-contentious matters in French and European Regulatory including pricing and reimbursement, Compliance, Industrial Property and Product Liability.

EDUCATION
1981        Post-graduate Degree, CEIPI (Centre d’Etudes Internationales de la Propriété Industrielle), Strasbourg
1980        Master’s Degree in Civil Law, Angers
1977        Pharmacist diploma, Angers
Admitted to the Paris Bar in 1994

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

LES, IBA, AFAR, Cercle Montesquieu, Conference Bleue

 LANGUAGES

French, English, Spanish

Juliette Peterka

EXPERIENCE
April 2010 – to date  PDG Avocats
2007 – October 2009       Reed Smith Paris, Senior Associate Life Sciences Department
2002 – 2007       Bird & Bird, Associate Life Sciences Department
2000 – 2002       Lovells

EXPERTISE
She has a 17-year experience in contentious and non-contentious matters in French and European Regulatory, Compliance and Industrial Property.

EDUCATION
1999    Bar Exam (Certificat d’Aptitude à la Profession d’Avocat) – Paris.
1997    Postgraduate degree in Intellectual Property (DEA droit des créations immatérielles) – Université de Montpellier.
1996    Master degree in corporate law (Maîtrise) – Université Paris II – Panthéon-Assas,
1996    LL.M. – Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich – Thesis on patent law under the supervision of Professor Schricker (Head of the Max-Planck-Institut).Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2000

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

ACIDIM, AJFA, ACIP, Club des Jeunes Business Leader Chambre de Commerce franco-allemande

LANGUAGES

French, English, German