The so-called Life Sciences involve highly advanced technology sectors, and Demarest e Almeida strives to create conditions for its professionals to keep up-to-date with the requirements of this promising market. To this effect, it maintains attorneys specializing in this matter at Stanford University, in the United States; Universität Freiburg, in Germany, and at the renowned Biomedical Sciences Institute of Universidade de São Paulo. This confers Demarest e Almeida an unprecedented differential in this field of the Law and allow us to be ahead of the "leading case" in terms of biotechnology in Brazil.

The team's major activities are:

• Counseling on issues connected to biotechnology and related areas;
• Assistance to clients in suits involving the introduction of genetically modified organisms.

Furthermore, our professionals provide expertise not only in litigation areas involving administrative agencies, such as CNBS, CTNBio, IBAMA, SNPC, INPI, but also in biodiversity, genetic engineering and BioLaw counseling, contracts and court litigation.

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