Marie Manley

Partner & Head of the UK Life Sciences Practice at Sidley Austin LLP

Maria Isabel Manley leads Sidley’s Life Sciences team in London and is a distinguished thought leader and adviser on EU and UK regulatory law. She advises on a broad spectrum of matters, both contentious and non-contentious, including IP regulatory rights, market access, advertising, product liability and competition; as well as on issues relating to Brexit. She has represented a number of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies in landmark cases before the EU and English Courts, as well as before the regulatory authorities, including the European Commission, the European and UK medicines authorities (EMA and MHRA), the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the Department of Health.

Marie is the co-author of “Navigating European Pharmaceutical Law,” Oxford University Press, 2015. Most recently, she has been listed in Best Lawyers 2020 for Life Sciences Law and has been awarded Best in Life Sciences at the LMG Europe Women in Business Law Award 2019. Sidley were also awarded Law Firm of the Year for FDA Law by the U.S News – Best Lawyers 2020.