Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Commercial, intellectual property.

Partner in the IP and commercial department, specialising in intellectual property and competition law; practice includes all aspects of these areas of law, principally non-contentious; IP practice focuses on science and technology-based companies, particularly in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, and the publishing sector.

Articled SJ Berwin; qualified 1986; assistant solicitor SJ Berwin 1986-90; assistant solicitor Manches LLP 1990-91; partner Manches LLP since 1992.

French, German.

Intellectual Property Lawyers Organisation; Competition Law Association; Licensing Executives Society.

Marlborough College; University of Sussex; University of Strasbourg; College of Law, Guildford (1982 BA Hons Law).