Leveraging its position within the firm’s global IP group, the team at Simmons & Simmons provides a comprehensive coverage across a wide range of trademark and design issues. The firm regularly handles portfolio management and trademark degeneration defence for film production companies and soft drinks manufacturers but also has expertise advising clients within the fashion, shipping and biotech sectors. The team is led by Sarah Bailey  who is a specialist in unfair competition, advertising and data protection. Frédérique Potin provides additional support.

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  • ‘Available and attentive team, which knows, anticipates and takes into account the concrete challenges of intellectual property of companies and offers suitable recommendations.’

  • ‘This team is distinguished by its in-depth knowledge of the various aspects of intellectual property, particularly in the area of ​​copyright, designs and models. The partner is experienced and the collaborators have solid knowledge, understand and adapt to the needs of clients.’

  • ‘It is a dynamic team that is very attentive to the needs of the customer.’

  • ‘Sarah Bailey is a partner who has been very attentive to the needs of our team and has shown great availability to implement a solution adapted to our needs by assigning a lawyer, a legal expert and a paralegal from her team on secondment a few hours per week to help us overcome a period of overload.’

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Sarah Bailey

Other key lawyers

Frédérique Potin