Philip Lee has one of the longest established healthcare practices in Ireland. The firm is in the unique position of being one of the only firms in Ireland to have a full service offering drawing on expertise from a broad range of practice areas on all issues affecting the healthcare sector. We advise public and private hospitals, hospital groups, the Health Service Executive, health regulators, health insurers, clinicians, new healthcare enterprises, pharmacies, pharmaceutical companies, healthcare start-ups and medtech.

Quite simply, our experience and expertise in the healthcare sector in Ireland is unrivalled. We understand the complex challenges, the ever-changing regulatory landscape and the often intensive public scrutiny to which the healthcare sector can be exposed. We work closely with our clients to devise practical solutions to the legal issues that arise.

Our healthcare group advises on a full range of issues in this sector including:

• • • Clinical governance
    • Claims handling
    • Contracts
    • Corporate governance
    • Child protection
    • Data Protection
    • Defamation and reputation management
    • Dispute resolution and clinical negligence
    • Due diligence
    • Elder and disability law
    • Employment law
    • Food hygiene regulations
    • Healthcare law
    • Health and safety law
    • Information law and governance
    • Insurance
    • Investments, corporate restructuring and mergers and acquisitions
    • Licensing and exploiting intellectual property
    • Medical Malpractice
    • Mental health law
    • Patient safety
    • Procurement challenges
    • Primary care
    • Pharmacy regulations
    • Real estate
    • Regulatory and compliance issues
    • Regulatory and criminal investigations and public inquiries
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding and vulnerable adults
    • Waste management regulations