Linklaters LLP

Intellectual property

Advises on complex, high-value commercial contracts for the exploitation of intellectual property rights, including IP licensing, franchising, and R&D arrangements, and on the treatment of intellectual property rights in the context of corporate and finance transactions, in particular cross-border M&A with complex IP and IT separation issues across a broad range of industries and sectors and Private Equity IP-rich transactions. Advises on strategies for protecting and enforcing intellectual property rights and on trade mark, design right, copyright and passing off disputes

Trained at Linklaters 1998–2000; Assistant Solicitor, Linklaters 2000-2004; Managing Associate, Linklaters 2004-2008 (including a nine-month secondment to The Diamond Trading Company Limited, the marketing and sales arm of the De Beers Group); Partner, Linklaters 2008 to date.

INTA (International Trademark Association); CLA (Competition Law Association).

Queens’ College, Cambridge (BA (Hons) First Class Law); Nottingham Trent University (Legal Practice Course (Distinction)).

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