Alexandra Harmer
Alex is a Middle East-based Managing Associate and part of the international Digital Business team. She has a strong background in advising on matters of IP laws with experience of leading strategic, commercial and transactional IP projects. Her international expertise covers the full life cycle of IP assets both as standalone projects and as part of corporate transactions. She acts for clients across a range of IP-rich heavily regulated industries, most notably in the TMT and Healthcare & Life Sciences sectors, including in respect of consumer-facing products and services, and a wide variety of complex commercial contracts. She is a “go to” advisor for leading international pharmaceutical, medical device and healthcare businesses across the Middle East region, including in particular the UAE and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia where she has counselled clients across a variety of risk areas. She has enhanced her industry knowledge of the Healthcare and Life Sciences sector through client secondments at two large global pharmaceutical companies (AstraZeneca and GSK). Her work across the TMT sector covers a wide range of commercial and regulatory projects including for large telecoms operators and media / digital platform businesses as well as both technology vendors and enterprise customers for emerging technology solutions. Alex also brings together her sector expertise across the TMT and Healthcare & Life Sciences sector on digital health projects. Prior to joining Simmons & Simmons, Alex qualified at a magic circle law firm and has worked at a specialist IP law firm, spending 10 years practising in London before moving to the UAE. · Simmons & Simmons Middle East LLP
About
Alexandra Harmer is a Middle East-based Managing Associate at Simmons & Simmons Middle East LLP. She advises on IP laws, leading strategic, commercial, and transactional IP projects, focusing on TMT and Healthcare & Life Sciences sectors in the UAE and Saudi Arabia. She has experience from secondments at AstraZeneca and GSK, and previously worked at a magic circle law firm and a specialist IP firm in London for 10 years before moving to the UAE.