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Jon Moorhouse

Jon Moorhouse

Keystone Law, London

Work Department

Intellectual Property & Commercial

Position

Intellectual property and commercial lawyer Jon has over 20 years’ international experience, many spent in-house with global corporations, providing legal support to senior leaders. Jon has extensive experience in advising businesses on a wide range of IP, commercial and corporate contractual matters, with a keen focus on the energy sector having advised Shell for over a decade as their Senior Legal Counsel.

Jon is an expert on how to protect and commercialise technology and creative ideas, software, data, designs and brands, whilst managing the risks presented by the IP rights of competitors, partners and customers, whether operating alone or in collaborations or ventures with others.

Jon can advise on creating, licensing and assessing the strength of portfolios of trade secrets, patents, copyright, design rights and trade marks, and works with his clients to develop and implement IP reviews and strategies to support this, along with IP governance and compliance programmes.

Jon’s commercial and corporate experience includes confidentiality, supply, procurement and secondment arrangements, and advising on the IP and information sharing aspects of venture capital investments, acquisitions, divestments, projects and joint ventures.

Career

2019 Keystone Law | Consultant Solicitor 2006 - 2019 Shell International Legal Services | Senior Legal Counsel, IP 2003 - 2006 Wragge & Co (now Gowlings) | Associate 2005 British Telecom | IP legal team secondment 2004 AstraZeneca Marketing | Commercial legal team secondment 1999 - 2003 Allen & Overy | Trainee Solicitor then Associate 2001 Qualified as a solicitor

Memberships

Recognised by The Legal 500 2023 for Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)

Member of the Law Society of England & Wales

Member of the Licensing Executives Society

In 2017 Jon received a Special Recognition Award from Shell’s Chief Technology Officer for his contribution working with senior executives to embed IP awareness and ways of working in a group-wide technology delivery model refresh.