Malin von Heideken

Malin von Heideken specializes in Life Sciences, contractual- and procurement law and is regularly working on compliance issues, including data privacy issues and EU competition law.

Regarded as one of Sweden’s leading authorities within the legal fields of Life Sciences, Malin is a sought-after advisor. Combining many years of experience from advising Life Sciences clients as external counsel, with a unique commercial experience from working in-house at a pharmaceutical company, she provides clients with outstanding expert advice which is practical, useful and to the point. She also supports with strategic thinking and pro-active business solutions to help clients meet their goals. Malin heads Hammarskiöld’s Life Sciences team.  She regularly assists clients with contract drafting and negotiating (for example R&D agreements, license agreements etc.), advices in industry-specific regulatory matters, gives guidance regarding applicable ethical frameworks, and advices in relation to public procurement of industry-specific products and services.

As to EU and competition law, Malin has over fifteen years of experience of issues relating to merger filings, vertical restraints, abuse of dominant position and cartels.

Malin’s work with data privacy consists of advising in relation to preventive measures (setting up compliance programs and compliance training), potential personal data incidents.

Client feedback include:

"Highly professional, flexible and able to work on a risk-based basis. Not wasting resources while providing excellent advice."

"Very knowledgeable within life sciences and related legal matters, high availability and short turnaround times."

"Malin von Heideken is an outstanding partner to work with. Very professional in all aspects and high level of availability."

"Malin von Heideken is a great leader and a brilliant communicator with good common sense and analytical skills."