The team at Baker McKenzie is a first port of call for global clients active in sectors including luxury goods, high street fashion, technology and software, pharmaceuticals and tyre manufacturing. The team regularly advises on pre-contentious matters including mediation and negotiations as well as handling a steady pipeline of litigation before European and French courts, enforcement, depositions, anti-counterfeiting measures and cancellation matters. The team is led by Nathalie Marchand, who  is a key name for IP litigation. Pauline Celeyron was promoted to the partnership in 2024.

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Work highlights

  • Assisting several houses of the wine and spirits division of LVMH with the global trademark and design portfolios of Société Jas Hennessy & Co and also advising on pre-contentious, enforcement and litigation matters.
  • Assisting Lancaster in the management of its global trademark portfolio and in the definition of its strategy to protect and defend its IP rights including the launching and handling of opposition proceedings and of pre-contentious matters, enforcement and litigation, the negotiation and drafting of IP related agreements as well as custom enforcement and anti-counterfeiting matters at global scale
  • Represented Essity in a trademark and copyright infringement dispute before the Paris Court of First Instance.

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Nathalie Marchand

Other key lawyers

Pauline Celeryon