Our areas of expertise

Health Law Lawyer

●Corporate and business law in the healthcare sector

●Structuring of healthcare establishments

●Advice for healthcare professionals

Lawyer specialized in medical law

Practitioners, liberal health professionals or health establishments (public – private), our firm supports you on all the legal issues that arise in the exercise of your functions.

Our team of lawyers specialized in health law is here to put their expertise at your service, with a human and effective approach. The Drouot firm benefits from the power of its national network combined with the proximity developed through our local offices. Our lawyers have advised various healthcare establishments on organizational matters, supporting them in their restructuring needs, which include the following points.

Lawyer serving private healthcare facilities

We support you in creating specific companies and investment vehicles (legal audits and health authorizations). Assistance with negotiation and contractual drafting in the context of acquisition of establishments, mergers, contributions, as well as the regrouping of private healthcare establishments (exclusivity agreements with practitioners) and managing difficulties (judicial reorganization, liquidation; disposal plans for healthcare companies and assistance to the business owner).

Lawyer for hospital cooperation / private facilities

Assistance and advice to facility managers for the legal structuring of cooperation through the formation of the most appropriate structure (groupement de coopération sanitaire (GCS), groupement d’intérêt économique or public (GIE or GIP)); public/private health centers, co-use agreements; specific authorizations, etc.

Lawyer assistance for school principals

Establishment and organization of internal committees CME, CLIN but also of the medical project of the establishment and internal regulations.

Health Law Litigation Lawyer

Pricing litigation, TASS, overpayment recovery procedures, financial penalty procedures. Specific regulations (creation, authorization, and operation) for retirement homes and EHPADs.

Medical Liability and Contractual Litigation Lawyer

Advice and assistance, healthcare professionals and public and private hospital establishments. Support when your liability is called into question in the performance of your care duties: liability for fault or without fault, due to others.

Our health law lawyers defend you before the conciliation and medical accident compensation commissions (CCI) and before civil, criminal, or administrative courts. We are competent in matters of hospital practitioner law for statutes, internal reports, and disciplinary committees.

Whether for independent practitioners, in the public or private sector, pharmacists, etc., we are able to provide advice on disciplinary disputes (first-instance disciplinary chambers, national chamber, disputes before the social security section, tariff disputes TASS).

Lawyer serving private healthcare establishments

Our firm assists you in drafting and negotiating contracts as well as establishing physician contracts. We handle disputes regarding execution difficulties and termination of royalty disputes (breach of exclusivity, substantial modifications to the practice contract, notice periods, indemnities, reasons...). We are also specialized in auditing physician practice contracts – companies and associations of physicians / clinics.

Relationship of practitioners with professional orders

Management of issues related to registration with the order's roll, procedures for professional insufficiency or pathological condition of practitioners, communication of contracts, application of the "Anti-gift" law, "Health Transparency".

Relations with supervisory authorities, HAS, ARS, CPAM

Concerning authorizations for activity and care, requests, transfer and regrouping of heavy equipment. Relationship for health project, sanitary control, suspension of activity and good practices.

Medical law for health regulations

Our health law lawyers intervene in compliance checks and audits, as well as in regulations concerning the creation and operation of your establishments (creation, regulation, and safe operation of health facilities). For example, in applications or renewals of health authorizations and compliance with regional health organization schemes (SROS) as well as multi-year objectives and means contracts (CPOM).

We provide advisory and assistance in your relations with supervisory authorities: Minister of Health, ARS, ANSM, health insurance as well as with state agents within the establishments themselves (doctors, public health inspectors, pharmacists, social and health action).

Lawyer serving liberal healthcare professionals

The Drouot firm supports self-employed health professionals in the legal framework of their functions, in their contractual relations with healthcare establishments, and various other issues related to the framework of their independent activity. We act for the organization of their practice structures, such as internal regulations, minutes, and formalities for registration with the order and the commercial court.

Support in organizing practitioners' practice structures (associations, SCP, SCM, GIE, etc.); incorporation formalities, capital operations, holding meetings,… ; advice and litigation in disputes between partners. Our lawyers are also competent in managing the transfer of professional practice rights: right to present a patient base, practice (assistance in negotiating and drafting transfer deeds, coordination with the establishment for the transfer of exclusivity, presentation of a successor, etc.).

Lawyer serving pharmacies

Our health law lawyers assist you particularly with the creation, transfer, and merger of pharmacies, as well as in the case of pharmacy sales (formula, assistance with contractual negotiation).

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FAQ – Health Law

What is health law?

Health law is a branch of law that governs the organization of the healthcare system, the responsibilities of professionals, patient protection, and the relationships between the various actors in the medical, paramedical, and hospital sectors.

It also encompasses health standards, patient rights, bioethics, and the regulation of health products.

When to consult a health law lawyer?

Il est pertinent de consulter un avocat en droit de la santé lorsqu’il y a un litige avec un établissement de soins, une question sur la responsabilité médicale, une difficulté liée aux droits du patient ou un différend avec une autorité administrative sanitaire.

The lawyer also intervenes in disputes related to medical error, damage caused by a health product, or contractual disagreements between health professionals.

Why use a lawyer specialized in health law?

The support of a lawyer specialized in health law helps secure procedures, obtain a precise legal analysis, and initiate appropriate actions before civil, criminal, or administrative courts.

The lawyer helps defend patients' rights, analyze medical liabilities, and support professionals during inspections, sanctions, or disciplinary proceedings.

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