Vanessa Westphal

Experience

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  Regional Court of Heidelberg

  Oct 2006 - Oct 2008

  Trainee / Referendar

  Attorney station at. Clifford Chance, Düsseldorf Global Healthcare & Life Sciences Practice Group

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  Clifford Chance

  Nov 2008 - Aug 2009

  Associate
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  Clifford Chance

  Sept 2010 - Sept 2013

  Associate

  Healthcare Law: Advising international pharmaceutical and medical device companies in all areas of European and German health law regarding the complete life cycle of a product; drafting of relevant contracts and representing companies in litigations, team member of healthcare-related M&A transactions.Compliance: Advising international pharmaceutical and medical device companies on daily compliance questions; elaboration of compliance programs; compliance audits; drafting compliance contracts and policies; establishing compliance systems; compliance workshops. Show less

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  Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

  Oct 2013 - now

  DACH = Germany, Austria & Switzerland (since April 2018): Managing a team to provide Germany, Austria and Switzerland with excellent and business-focused advice on all legal matters. Strategic advisor of senior management and member of the management teams. vfa member of the legal committee and the sub-group Social Security Code V.Central Eastern Europe, Nordics (Sept 2017 - Nov 2018): Developing and implementing a legal support model for these countries Global Market Access & Pricing (GMAP): Strategic legal advisor of GMAP team on strategic business projects Legal support model for MAP matters and sparring partner of the Legal teams. Local Market Access (Germany): Core team member on the German price negotiation team for new products.Contributor to company's positioning on topics around health policies and reimbursement systems. Show less R&D in general (incl. secondment at EMD Serono, US Affliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany from Oct 2014 until Feb. 2015): Several stages within the global R&D Legal team incl. Research, Development, Medical, Drug Safety, and Regulatory.Strategic Alliance: Lead lawyer for Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany’s strategic alliance in developing and co-commercialising an immune-oncology drug. Strategic Projects: Leading and implementing cross-functional strategic projects within Healthcare with direct interaction with, visibility and accountability to senior management teams. Show less

  • Head of Group Legal Services

    Jul 2022 - now

  • Head of Compliance Programs & Support

    Oct 2019 - Jul 2022

  • Head of Legal Commercial (DACH, CEE, Nordics) and Global Market Access

    Sept 2017 - Oct 2019

  • Senior Legal Counsel Global R&D and Cross-functional Strategic Projects

    Oct 2013 - Aug 2017