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Andrea Schütz
Associated Partner
Andrea Schütz
Dr Andrea Schütz's practice focuses on pharmaceutical and healthcare law. She mainly advises and represents pharmaceutical and medtech companies, medical professionals and private and public institutions in the healthcare sector. In particular, she deals with licences under pharmaceutical and health law, administrative and criminal proceedings under medicinal products law, reimbursement by health insurance funds as well as the advertising and distribution of medical devices and medicinal products. Due to her former position as head of investigations in the criminal law service of Swissmedic as well as her many years of professional experience in the health law sector, she is very familiar with the regulatory requirements in the therapeutic products sector. Andrea Schütz also specialises in constitutional and administrative law (e.g. municipal law, education law, supervisory law, personnel law, environmental law, etc.) and administrative criminal law.
Admission to the Bar
Admitted in Switzerland (2008)
Practice Areas
- Health & Medical Law
- Constitutional and Administrative Law
- Dispute Resolution
Education
- University of Lucerne (CAS Forensics, 2016)
- University of Melbourne (Master of Health and Medical Law, LL.M., 2014)
- University of Zurich (Dr. iur., 2011)
- University of Fribourg (Lic. iur., 2003)
Languages
- German
- English
- French
Memberships
- Zurich and Swiss Bar Association
- Middle European Organisation for Regulatory Affairs (MEGRA)
- Swiss Medtech
Assistants
Melanie Cica
+41 44 254 55 15
melanie.cica-wuest@prager-dreifuss.com
Monika Bren
+41 44 254 55 48
monika.bren@prager-dreifuss.com
Winner - Mondaq Thought Leadership Awards, Autumn 2023
She is a Next Generation Partner — Legal 500 EMEA 2022