People
Ranking and references
‘Hanna Tilus is very diligent and always put a lot of effort into finding solutions that are appropriate for us in a given situation.’ – Legal 500
‘Hanna Tilus is a trusted adviser. Honest, pragmatic and business minded.’ – Legal 500
‘The team is efficient, delivers hands-on legal advice and are easy-going to work with. I believe the Cirio team has unique strength in the Swedish market thanks to Hanna Tilus, who can combine her expertise within pharmaceuticals and data protection – it is an edge that few other Swedish firms can offer.’ – Legal 500
‘Hanna Tilus is very knowledgeable and in addition a great person to work with. Has assisted me in educating key persons in our organisation. Delivers in a professional manner and always on time.’ – Legal 500
‘Hanna Tilus is one of the most competent lawyers I have ever met. Her approach to our particular problems were thoughtful, clever, and she was quick to understand how unique our business.’ – Legal 500
‘Hanna Tilus’s knowledge of the law, relevant cases, and her problem-solving was spectacular. At first, we ordered a standard analysis of new legislation, what Cirio and Hanna provided was a step-by-step guide on how best to argue and adjust our operations in accordance with the new law.’ – Legal 500
‘Hanna Tilus is very professional. Always accessible, well-educated on the topic and firm on recommendations and solutions. Hanna always delivers on expectations. We are very satisfied.’ – Legal 500
‘Hanna Tilus has exceptional skills in building the case for the court, very thorough, deep understanding of both scientific and commercial aspects and outstanding communication with the client in a clear and effective way.’ – Legal 500
’Hanna Tilus shows great experience in a vast number of areas and questions specifically connected to the life sciences segment, which is unusual and hard to find in other law firms in general. She gave valuable advice on both regulatory questions and transactional law matters.’- Legal 500
‘Per Hedman and Hannah Tilus are incredibly approachable, responsive and very talented lawyers. They are able to deliver solution focused advice on highly complex regulatory issues. They are a pleasure to work with and are our go to for all life sciences and healthcare queries for Sweden. They are highly recommended.’- Legal 500
‘Per Hedman and his team have significant expertise in life sciences and healthcare law. They are approachable, practical, extremely knowledgeable and give superb practical advice. They are our go to firm for all Swedish life sciences and healthcare work and we have worked together on many matters. The team always delivers work to an exceptional standard even under extremely tight deadlines. Hannah Tilus deserves a special mention – she is fantastic.’ – Legal 500
Hanna Tilus
Hanna Tilus is a partner and head of Cirio's Digitalization and Technology sector group. She is specialising in intellectual property, marketing law, consumer law, personal data protection, regulatory and commercial contracts. In addition, she has a strong focus on the Life Sciences sector.
Hanna has significant experience from advising a wide range of companies within the life sciences sector including pharmaceuticals, medtech, healthcare and food companies. Furthermore, Hanna has in-house experience of the life sciences sector from working at Bayer, a global life sciences company, where she was responsible for legal affairs, corporate compliance and data protection primarily in Sweden but also in relation to global issues from her time at the Berlin HQ.
Hanna also has substantial experience from advising clients in various sectors with respect to IP- and technology-related matters including M&A, licensing, technology transfers, co-marketing, R&D collaborations, complex commercial contracts, multi-jurisdictional IP-litigation and administrative appeals.
Hanna is since 2023 recognised as a Next Generation Partner in Healthcare and Life Sciences by Legal 500, and mentioned as recommended lawyer in three further practice areas: Intellectual property and media, IT and telecoms; and Data privacy and data protection. Hanna is also recommended by Lexology within Healthcare & Life Sciences Regulatory.
CV
| 2021 | Cirio Law Firm |
| 2019 - 2021 | Roschier Attorneys, Counsel IP & Life Sciences |
| 2014 - 2018 | Bayer AB, Senior Legal Counsel, Compliance Manager and Company Data Privacy Manager |
| 2010 - 2011 | H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB, Secondment |
| 2008 - 2014 | Advokatfirman Lindahl, Senior Associate |
Education
| 2008 | Stockholm University, LL.M. |
| 2005 | Stockholm University, Bachelor's degree Psychology |
| 2005 | Queensland University of Technology, University Study Abroad Certificate, Business |
Membership
| 2019 | Member of the Swedish Bar Association |
Languages
| Swedish |
| English |
Publications
| "Pricing & Reimbursement 2023”, Global Legal Insights |
| “Licensing 2023”, Getting the Deal Through |
| “Life Sciences 2023”, Getting the Deal Through |
| Intermistiskt förbud i patentmål” (Preliminary injunction in patent cases) co-authored with Hampus Rystedt, PatentEye 3/2019 |
| “Vad händer med de immateriella tillgångarna i en konkurs?” (“What happens to the Intellectual Property Assets in a bankruptcy?”) , co-authored with Johan Hörnberg, Brand News 5/2013 |
| “Den specifika mekanismen – ett undantag från den tillåtna parallellimporten av läkemedel” (The Specific Mechanism – an exception from the approved parallell import of Pharmaceuticals), co-authored with Håkan Borgenhäll, Patent Eye 2/2013 |
| Chapter “When you are copied – IP litigation and alternative dispute resolution” in The Handbook of European Intellectual Property Management 3rd edition KoganPage /Adam Jolly 2012, co-authored with Håkan Borgenhäll |
| “The Pirate Bay case and implications of AIPPI membership for judges”, co-authored with Jonas Westerberg, AIPPI e-News 21 November 2011 |
| “Barnförordningen ger möjlighet till förlängt tilläggsskydd” (“The Paediatric Regulation gives an opportunity to an extended Supplementary Protection Certificate”), co-authored with Håkan Borgenhäll, Patent Eye 2/2009 |
| Patenteye 2009 “Swedish courts makes pirates pay”, co-authored with Henrik Wistam, Copyright World Magazine issue #191, June 2009 |
Ranking and references
‘Hanna Tilus is very diligent and always put a lot of effort into finding solutions that are appropriate for us in a given situation.’ – Legal 500
‘Hanna Tilus is a trusted adviser. Honest, pragmatic and business minded.’ – Legal 500
‘The team is efficient, delivers hands-on legal advice and are easy-going to work with. I believe the Cirio team has unique strength in the Swedish market thanks to Hanna Tilus, who can combine her expertise within pharmaceuticals and data protection – it is an edge that few other Swedish firms can offer.’ – Legal 500
‘Hanna Tilus is very knowledgeable and in addition a great person to work with. Has assisted me in educating key persons in our organisation. Delivers in a professional manner and always on time.’ – Legal 500
‘Hanna Tilus is one of the most competent lawyers I have ever met. Her approach to our particular problems were thoughtful, clever, and she was quick to understand how unique our business.’ – Legal 500
‘Hanna Tilus’s knowledge of the law, relevant cases, and her problem-solving was spectacular. At first, we ordered a standard analysis of new legislation, what Cirio and Hanna provided was a step-by-step guide on how best to argue and adjust our operations in accordance with the new law.’ – Legal 500
‘Hanna Tilus is very professional. Always accessible, well-educated on the topic and firm on recommendations and solutions. Hanna always delivers on expectations. We are very satisfied.’ – Legal 500
‘Hanna Tilus has exceptional skills in building the case for the court, very thorough, deep understanding of both scientific and commercial aspects and outstanding communication with the client in a clear and effective way.’ – Legal 500
’Hanna Tilus shows great experience in a vast number of areas and questions specifically connected to the life sciences segment, which is unusual and hard to find in other law firms in general. She gave valuable advice on both regulatory questions and transactional law matters.’- Legal 500
‘Per Hedman and Hannah Tilus are incredibly approachable, responsive and very talented lawyers. They are able to deliver solution focused advice on highly complex regulatory issues. They are a pleasure to work with and are our go to for all life sciences and healthcare queries for Sweden. They are highly recommended.’- Legal 500
‘Per Hedman and his team have significant expertise in life sciences and healthcare law. They are approachable, practical, extremely knowledgeable and give superb practical advice. They are our go to firm for all Swedish life sciences and healthcare work and we have worked together on many matters. The team always delivers work to an exceptional standard even under extremely tight deadlines. Hannah Tilus deserves a special mention – she is fantastic.’ – Legal 500
CV
| 2021 | Cirio Law Firm |
| 2019 - 2021 | Roschier Attorneys, Counsel IP & Life Sciences |
| 2014 - 2018 | Bayer AB, Senior Legal Counsel, Compliance Manager and Company Data Privacy Manager |
| 2010 - 2011 | H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB, Secondment |
| 2008 - 2014 | Advokatfirman Lindahl, Senior Associate |
Education
| 2008 | Stockholm University, LL.M. |
| 2005 | Stockholm University, Bachelor's degree Psychology |
| 2005 | Queensland University of Technology, University Study Abroad Certificate, Business |
Membership
| 2019 | Member of the Swedish Bar Association |
Languages
| Swedish |
| English |
Publications
| "Pricing & Reimbursement 2023”, Global Legal Insights |
| “Licensing 2023”, Getting the Deal Through |
| “Life Sciences 2023”, Getting the Deal Through |
| Intermistiskt förbud i patentmål” (Preliminary injunction in patent cases) co-authored with Hampus Rystedt, PatentEye 3/2019 |
| “Vad händer med de immateriella tillgångarna i en konkurs?” (“What happens to the Intellectual Property Assets in a bankruptcy?”) , co-authored with Johan Hörnberg, Brand News 5/2013 |
| “Den specifika mekanismen – ett undantag från den tillåtna parallellimporten av läkemedel” (The Specific Mechanism – an exception from the approved parallell import of Pharmaceuticals), co-authored with Håkan Borgenhäll, Patent Eye 2/2013 |
| Chapter “When you are copied – IP litigation and alternative dispute resolution” in The Handbook of European Intellectual Property Management 3rd edition KoganPage /Adam Jolly 2012, co-authored with Håkan Borgenhäll |
| “The Pirate Bay case and implications of AIPPI membership for judges”, co-authored with Jonas Westerberg, AIPPI e-News 21 November 2011 |
| “Barnförordningen ger möjlighet till förlängt tilläggsskydd” (“The Paediatric Regulation gives an opportunity to an extended Supplementary Protection Certificate”), co-authored with Håkan Borgenhäll, Patent Eye 2/2009 |
| Patenteye 2009 “Swedish courts makes pirates pay”, co-authored with Henrik Wistam, Copyright World Magazine issue #191, June 2009 |