Michaela Novakova - McDermott Will & Emery

Overview


Michaela (Míša) Novakova focuses her practice on advising clients in the healthcare and life sciences sectors in the context of transactions (M&A, joint ventures and private equity), regulatory matters (compliance and strategy), and data and privacy compliance issues.

Míša’s practice includes advising on projects covering:

  • Data protection and healthcare regulatory due diligence
  • Online advertising and marketing strategies, including both privacy and healthcare regulatory aspects;
  • Data sharing terms and data processing agreements;
  • Cybersecurity incidents and data breaches;
  • Internal and external policy drafting and reviews; and
  • Advising on other compliance issues in the context of healthcare services, clinical trials and investigations and health data.

Results


  • Assisted with advising a manufacturer of biopharmaceutical therapeutics and vaccines on its long-term agreement with a public entity
  • Assisted with data protection due diligence review in the context of investments and M&A transactions, on multiple transactions including deals concerning a payment platform provider, an orthopedic hospital and a clinical research organization
  • Assisted with advising a sexual health online testing service provider on their in-vitro diagnostics device adverting campaign
  • Assisted with advising on various regulatory matters, such as classification and registration of medical devices, regulatory requirements for telemedicine and coaching services
  • Assisted with preparing a benchmarking memorandum for a healthcare sector transformation program for a country

Community


  • Envision, Mentor
  • Legal Experts in Schools, Volunteer

Credentials


Education
University of Law, London, LLM, 2020
University of Law, London, Graduate Diploma in Law, 2019
Cornell University, BA, 2018

Admissions
England and Wales

Languages
English
Czech
Slovak (conversational)