Praised as ‘extremely diligent’,  Briffa’s expanding practice routinely acts for a diverse assortment of clients on matters concerning trademark portfolio strategy and management, exploitation of copyright and drafting and negotiating contractual agreements. Ralph Wehrle, William Miles, Eamon Chawke and Ramsay Monime jointly lead the department.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Briffa are quick, responsive, direct, and astute with their advice.'

  • 'In recent times their repute has significantly increased with a wider litigation practice and a broader client profile.’

  • ‘William Miles is brilliant. He always has sound reasons for his views, which are invariably proven to be right. He is an extremely useful sounding board for counsel and someone you want in your litigation team.’

  • ‘Briffa is an excellent firm for SMEs and individual clients in the IP space. They have a strong practice in soft IP, are commercial and see the bigger picture for their clients.’

  • ‘Both Ramsay Monime and William Miles are commercially-minded and legally-strong. They are high calibre lawyers who understand clients and their business.’

  • ‘They are extremely diligent, very technically capable, and a pleasure to work with.’

  • 'Eamon Chawke is always working for the good of clients and to get the best result, has an innovative approach and is great at working together and collaborating where an issue is cross specialism and cross jurisdictional.’

  • ‘They have a small firm's personal touch and individuality of client care combined with the skill and knowledge that one would expect of a much bigger firm.’

Key clients

  • Ann Summers
  • Financial Conduct Authority
  • Bodum
  • Chestertons International Estate Agents
  • Loaf
  • CMR Surgical
  • OKA
  • Jasper Morrison
  • Fundsmith LLP
  • Parkopedia

Lawyers

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Ralph Wehrle, William Miles, Éamon Chawke, Ramsay Monime