William Miles, Éamon Chawke, Ralph Wehrle, Ramsay Monime, and Tom Synott co-helm the IP department at Briffa, which deploys its wide-ranging experience in the IP field to advise clients across the automotive, media, and software sectors. The team, praised for possessing a ‘delightful combination of competence and exuberance’, has handled various copyright, trade mark, and copyright infringement proceedings in the UKIPO, EUIPO, and IPEC.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team at Briffa exude a delightful combination of competence and exuberance. They know their IP law, and they enjoy putting it into practice. They deliver effective results in a manner a long way from the stuffy corporate law norm. This ethos feels like it is built into the Briffa framework, and more and more businesses seem to have noticed as Briffa continue to grow their litigation practice.’
  • ‘William Miles is outstanding in his field. He is a highly effective and strategic litigator, always with calm and assured competence.’

  • ‘Briffa is a dynamic, friendly and personable firm. In addition to the important matter of being good lawyers, they are also easy to work with, responsive, and commercially minded. They are well-liked by clients and a safe pair of hands for IP litigation.’

  • ‘Ramsay Monime is a stellar lawyer who is always across the latest legal developments in the UK. He is an asset to his clients. He has the commercial nous to have clients' commercial goals at the forefront of any legal dispute.'

  • ‘Briffa have a prominent litigation practice in the field of trade marks, copyright and designs. They deal with a number of cases involving precedent setting issues in these fields. They also act for prominent brands and rights holders in counterfeiting and rights enforcement disputes. Finally, their litigation practice is complemented with a similarly strong trade mark prosecution practice before the UKIPO. They have significant expertise in all these areas.’

  • ‘They are a dynamic and growing team, building up from serving smaller clients to now covering both large and small. You get a big firm quality of service with the personal touch of a smaller firm in the fields they specialise in.'

  • 'Éamon Chawke is excellent at providing commercially relevant advice, focusing on what the applicable law means in reality and how it may impact the business on a wider, commercial scale.’
  • ‘Amazing service. Attentive and great fun to work with. They provide new ideas and ways to progress cases, think of new technology to help make the job cheaper and easier and can be contacted for advice at anytime.'

Key clients

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

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

William Miles, Éamon Chawke, Ralph Wehrle, Ramsay Monime, Tom Synott