‘Highly skilled’ Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP maintains a varied practice that covers disputes surrounding the full spectrum of IP rights, as well as transactional mandates and licensing arrangements. David Wilkinson steers the group, with his wealth of experience across contentious and transactional IP, while Indradeep Bhattacharya draws upon his background in genetics and biosciences to handle technical and complex mandates. Kate Ellis is entrusted with sizeable trade mark and design portfolios. Brand management expert Lisa Highet and Alexandra Emery, who demonstrates prowess in commercial agreements in the realm of IP, are also of note.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Eversheds Sutherland have strong expertise in a range of intellectual property matters. They provide a high-quality, cost-effective service to clients.’

  • ‘David Wilkinson is a highly experienced, strategic and commercially minded partner. He is also incredibly personable and a pleasure to work with.’

  • ‘Took time to understand the requirements and provide practical solutions in what can be a very technical area.’

  • ‘Rather than lots of emails, the team organised short virtual meetings to go though the agreements and clarify requirements. Turned around agreements quickly and to time.’

  • ‘We referred some contentious work to David Wilkinson last year which required fast action. It was dealt with immediately by David in a proactive and speedy way, keeping the client informed in a transparent way on both the legal and commercial positions. The matter was resolved in the client's favour.’

  • ‘David Wilkinson is hugely experienced, personable and proactive.’

  • ‘Highly skilled team. Super responsive and with a good understanding of commercial challenges while balancing legal advice and risk mitigation.’

  • ‘Lisa Highet has demonstrated extraordinary high-quality legal advice and she is outstanding in terms of engagement, fast response and the ability to quickly assess the business requirements while still balancing legal risks. I can highly recommend her!’

Key clients

  • Hammerforce
  • Metro Bank
  • Network Rail
  • Chartwell Consulting
  • West Rock

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

David Wilkinson

Other key lawyers

Indradeep Bhattacharya, Kate Ellis, Lisa Highet, Alexandra Emery, Hari Sharma