Jolanta Dąbrowicz

Counsel
Attorney-at-law
Jolanta Dąbrowicz is a truly exceptional lawyer. She understands not only the legal but also technical aspects of sector-specific regulatory requirements.
Legal 500 EMEA 2024, Healthcare And Life Sciences
About

Jolanta Dąbrowicz has more than 10 years of experience in advising clients from the pharmaceutical, food and healthcare sectors on regulatory and commercial matters.

She has a particular focus on issues related to the development, marketing, distribution, pricing and advertising of medicinal products, medical devices and dietary supplements, as well as product liability.

She represents clients in administrative and court proceedings and conducts legal due diligence reviews of companies with regard to regulatory requirements and administrative and court proceedings conducted against them.

Professional QualificationsAttorney-at-law (Radca prawny) registered with the Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-Law (Okręgowa Izba Radców Prawnych w Warszawie), 2018

EXPERIENCE

  • Representing a pharmaceutical company in proceedings before the Chief Pharmaceutical Inspector and the administrative court concerning advertising found to be non‑compliant with applicable legal requirements.
  • Advising a leading Polish producer of medicinal products on changing the availability of one of its products from prescription to OTC.
  • Advising a global pharmaceutical company on a new distribution model and preparing all the relevant documentation, including preparing and negotiating distribution agreements.
  • Advising a distributor of medicinal products, medical devices, dietary supplements and cosmetics on issues related to the advertising of such products and preparing standard operational procedures in this regard.
  • Representing a producer of medicinal products in proceedings before the Chief Pharmaceutical Inspector concerning Good Manufacturing Practice requirements.
  • Advising a distributor of medical devices on its reimbursement strategy in Poland.
  • Advising a healthcare services provider on its relations with the National Health Fund, medical documentation, and subcontractor agreements to provide healthcare services.
  • Advising a global producer and distributor of medicinal products on a case concerning a defect found in a number of its devices that have been implanted in patients.
Languages
  • Polish
  • English

Awards

  • Recognized as a Rising Star in Healthcare & Life Sciences – The Legal 500 EMEA 2021-2024 
  • "Jolanta Dąbrowicz is fantastic for regulatory matters." – The Legal 500 EMEA, Healthcare & Life Sciences 2023
  • "Jolanta Dabrowicz works closely with the client and shows experience in pharmaceutical and contractual matters" – The Legal 500 EMEA, Healthcare & Life Sciences 2022 
  • Noted for her "experience in relation to publicly reimbursed products" and her attention to detail – The Legal 500 EMEA, Healthcare & Life Sciences 2021
  • Recommended in Public Procurement – The Legal 500 EMEA 2021-2024
Education
  • University of Warsaw, Master of Laws, 2014
  • University of Warsaw, Center for American Law Studies, 2014

Prior Experience

  • July 2024 – present, Counsel, DLA Piper, Warsaw
  • May 2019 – June 2024, Senior Associate, DLA Piper, Warsaw
  • May 2018 – April 2019, Associate, DLA Piper, Warsaw
  • November 2015 - April 2018, Junior Associate, DLA Piper, Warsaw
  • July 2013 - October 2015, Inspector, the Office of the General Counsel to the Republic of Poland, Warsaw

Memberships And Affiliations

  • Warsaw Bar Association of Attorneys-at-law (Okręgowa Izba Radców Prawnych w Warszawie), 2018