Heidi Lindner

Heidi Lindner is our exclusively recommended Life Sciences Law expert in Mexico on the Advisory Excellence website. If you need assistance in this area, please contact Heidi directly using the contact details listed above.

Heidi is a senior partner and head of the Patent Litigation Department of Arochi & Lindner, with over 35 years experience in the area. She is considered a leading patent litigator in life sciences subjects and has a consistent record of wins, including several landmark cases, for clients in the pharmaceuticals, biotech and medical devices industries.

Chambers and Partners’ Latin American Guide ranks Heidi in it Top Tier in IP and also ranks her in Life Sciences. Chambers 2019 edition reports that clients describe her as “a great lawyer who is definitely one of the leaders.” World Trademark Review 1000 portrays her work as “impeccable”: “She knows the market better than anyone and is a tough negotiator and a dynamic, commercially minded litigator.”

In addition to litigation, Heidi practice includes licensing. She also advises on regulatory issues affecting the life sciences sector in Mexico and serves as Counsel to the Mexican Association of Generic Drug Companies. She has advised different Senate Commissions during the legislative discussions on amendments to IP provisions and, lately, to the new IP law.

Most recently, she has been a member of the elite private sector team representing the pharmaceutical industry, which advised the Mexican Government in the Intellectual Property Chapter during the negotiations of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) and the Free Trade Agreement Mexico-USA-Canada (USMCA/TMEC).

Member of AIPPI, ASIPI, AMPPI, INTA and the Mexican Bar Association. She is a former president of AMPPI (Mexican Intellectual Property Association) from 1998 to 2001, being the only woman with this position. The Mexico chapter of the International Association for the Protection of International Property (AIPPI).

Firm Overview:

Arochi & Lindner is a premier law firm with offices in Mexico and Spain and more than 25 years of experience of providing world-class advice and representation in Intellectual Property, Life Sciences, Advertising and Marketing, Civil and Commercial Dispute Resolution, Corporate, Regulatory and Data Privacy law matters.

We resolve the challenges faced by our clients by delivering clear and practical advice, identifying and mitigating risks, and anticipating and solving problems, while making the most of the business opportunity.

Our firm distinguishes itself with client-oriented services and an unwavering commitment to delivering results, efficiently and responsively, using our knowledge, experience and creativity. We tackle every matter with insight, savvy and an exceptional understanding of business needs.

Whether you are enforcing, protecting or commercialising your intellectual property rights; marketing products or services; creating, organising or dissolving a corporation; expanding into new markets; dealing with disputes or complex regulations, at Arochi & Lindner, we can help.