Nagua Atia, Attorney at Law
Nagua Atia studied law at the University of Bern and graduated in 2017 as Master of Law. In February 2021 she was admitted to the Bar in the Canton of Bern.
During her studies, she represented unaccompanied minor asylum seekers (UMA) in first instance asylum proceedings at the Bern Legal Advice Center for People in Need and assisted Prof. Dr. Cyrill P. Rigamonti at the Institute of Business Law at the University of Bern. After her studies, she completed internships at the Regional Court of Bernese Jura-Seeland and at a medium-sized law firm in the city of Bern. After passing her bar exam, she worked as a lawyer in the legal department of the General Secretariat of the Health, Social and Integration Directorate of the Canton of Bern.
There, her activities focused on accompanying a major legislative project, co-leading the project for the enactment of the related regulation, and providing legal advice to the Office of Health, in particular the Cantonal Medical Service and Cantonal Pharmaceutical Service.
Since May 2023 she works as an Attorney at Pharmalex Ltd.
Nagua Atia is registered with the Bar Registry of the Canton of Bern.
Special legal expertise:
Legal aspects associated with marketing and communication measures in the therapeutic products sector
Pharmacode, Pharma Cooperation Code
VITH, cash-value incentives, reductions, further training, sponsoring
Medical devices
Compliance
Health insurance law, special drugs list, ALT
Food supplements, cosmetics Market access and delimitation in respect of therapeutic products
Privacy, data protection law
Legislation on human research
Legislation on the medical professions
Administrative proceedings
Professional background:
2023 - Attorney-at-Law at Pharmalex Ltd.
2021-2023 - Lawyer in the Legal Department of the General Secretariat of the Health, Social and Integration Directorate of the Canton of Bern
2018-2019 – Attorney trainee and legal employee in a Law Practice in the city of Bern
2018 – Law Clerk at the Regional Court of the Bernese Jura-Seeland
2016-2017 - Auxiliary Assistant and Assistant to Prof. Dr. Cyrill P. Rigamonti, Institute of Business Law, University of Bern
2016-2017 - Legal representative for unaccompanied minor asylum seekers (UMA), Bern Legal Advice Center for People in Need.
Education:
2021 – Admitted to the Bar, Canton Bern
2017 - Master of Law, University of Bern
2015 - Bachelor of Law, University of Bern
Languages:
German
English
