Partner in Demarest's Life Sciences practice area, Nicole Recchi Aun holds a master’s degree (LL.M.) in Law, Science, and Technology from Stanford University (USA) and a bachelor's degree in Law from PUC-SP. Nicole advises companies operating in the pharmaceutical, healthcare, cosmetics, hygiene, sanitation, food, agricultural inputs, and beverage markets. She concentrates her practice in matters involving clinical research, imports, marketing, and advertising of products regulated by ANVISA and MAPA, digital health, innovation and health technologies, protection of sensitive health data, biotechnology, and biodiversity, among others. Nicole has a solid background in contract law, assisting in the drafting, review, and negotiation of contracts, and supports M&A transactions and corporate structuring for companies in the health and agriculture sectors, including startups. She is recognized in leading legal publications such as Chambers Brazil, Lexology, The Legal 500, and Análise Advocacia.
- Advised multinational companies in the pharmaceutical innovation sector on structuring and negotiating Productive Development Partnerships and collaboration agreements with public laboratories, seeking to transfer manufacturing technology for strategic products to the Brazilian Unified Health System (SUS).
- Advised, on-site and on a secondment basis, on the day-to-day and strategic operations of the legal department of a multinational pharmaceutical company, supporting the contracts and business development areas.
- Advised companies in the pharmaceutical sector on defining strategies for accessing and incorporating innovative pharmaceutical products, in line with recent precedents set by the higher courts on the subject (Supreme Court and Superior Court of Justice rulings).
- Advised the agricultural inputs industry of biological origin and bioinputs on critical assessment and suggestions of important bills to the sector, and strategic assessment to launch new products.
- Advised companies involved in clinical research, particularly sponsors, CROs, and research centers, on adapting to changes introduced by the new legal landscape for research involving human subjects in Brazil.
- LL.M. in Law, Science and Technology from Stanford University, California, US (2018)
- Bachelor of Laws from Pontifícia Universidade Católica (PUC), São Paulo, Brazil (2010)
- Co-author of the article “A law for bioinputs: the future of Brazilian agriculture” [“Uma lei para os bioinsumos: o futuro da agricultura brasileira”], published by JOTA in January 2025.
- Co-author of the article “Ethical limitations of telemedicine in Brazil before and after Covid-19” [“Limitações éticas da telemedicina no Brasil antes e após a Covid-19"], published by JOTA in July 2022.
- Co-author of the article “Advances in Electronic Prescription Rules” [“Avanços nas regras de Prescrição Eletrônica”], published by Medicina S/A in May 2022.
- Author of a chapter in the book “LGPD in Digital Health” [“LGPD na Saúde Digital”], published by Livraria RT in April 2022.
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