Healthcare 

Around the world, healthcare organisations operate in environments dominated by financial, demographic and technological challenges. In the West, the retiring 'baby-boom' generation will live longer than any other generation in history and by doing so will place unprecedented strain on their nations' healthcare resources. In the Middle East and Asia modernisation proceeds at breathtaking pace, whilst in the poorest countries governments seek cost-effective solutions to pressing public health problems.

Bird & Bird's involvement in the healthcare sector - particularly in high-value, complex projects - is extensive. Our client-base includes a large number of hospitals, companies, insurers, financial institutions and governments who are delivering medical care, or developing or investing in cutting-edge technological projects. Our clients choose Bird & Bird for our expertise in the key technologies, processes and regulatory frameworks needed to deliver more intelligent healthcare in the 21st century.

Our 60 lawyers across our offices in Europe, the Middle East and Asia have a thorough understanding of the dynamics and issues connected with strategic healthcare joint ventures, outsourcings and large-scale networked IT, eHealth and telemedicine projects. Bird & Bird has played a major role in assisting major healthcare organisations expand the range and geographic reach of their services as well as in projects that now deliver the provision of complex IT-enabled healthcare to tens of millions of patients. We advise suppliers and customers across Europe, the Middle East and Asia in both public and private sectors on all types of commercial joint ventures, together with all manner of re-tendering exercises, multi-sourcing approaches, on-shore, off-shore and multi-jurisdictional deals.

Our healthcare expertise is complemented by that of our Life Sciences and Major Programmes groups. As Bird & Bird is a full-service firm we provide a full range of commercial, corporate, finance, IP, regulatory and competition advice to our clients.