Boult Wade Tennant LLP has offices located in the UK, Germany, and Spain, enabling it to seamlessly advise clients on domestic and international patent portfolios. The team has witnessed an increase in EPO-related advice, and continues to assist clients with filings, draftings, oppositions and appeals, freedom to operate, prosecutions, and portfolio management. Nina White leads the biotechnology and pharmaceutical practice area groups, which advise SMEs and university start-ups on the drafting of their original patent specifications. Reading-based Adrian Hayes heads up the chemical and materials department. Also located in Reading, Jonathan Palmer has developed expertise in the physics, electronics, and computer software arenas, and engineering specialist Tessa Bucks is another key name in the team.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘BWT's team has remained stable over many years of working together. This kind of stability, and knowing who we will be working with on a consistent basis, fosters trust in the relationship.’
‘Jo Pelly takes a very pragmatic and helpful approach to our interactions. Having worked with Jo for over a decade, I have come to rely upon her for sound insights into the nuances of EPO practice. While she is always able to provide alternative strategies to dealing with difficult prosecution matters, and Jo's ability to highlight what is often the most useful approach allows us to achieve successful outcomes.’
‘The team are very experienced in our technology area and go out of their way to understand both our technical and commercial requirements.’
‘Tessa Bucks is an expert in patent prosecution and European opposition. In particular, she has represented us successfully in complex oral proceedings in front of the EPO. She is proactive when we seek her advice on third party patents and potential freedom to operate issues, considering both the legal and commercial aspects.’
‘The team at Boult works together seamlessly, ensuring cover for our ongoing cases. All associates are of high standard and have clearly benefitted from a clear briefing from the lead partner on the case. All work is always done to the highest standard and clearly explained to us as a client. No deadlines are ever missed and we receive multiple reminders.’
‘James Short is our lead partner and he has supported the business for the last 7 years. He is a brilliant attorney with in-depth knowledge of not only his legal field, but also of the technical side of things. No challenge is too big for him and he is always able to support the technical ambitions of our business.'
‘Neil Thomson, Daniel Weston, and Rohan Setna make a strong team who get on well together and who communicate well with each other over their client's patent portfolio. Linked up thinking and easy to work with.'
‘They are incredibly smart and quick to pickup concepts and really understand our product. They have been brilliant to work with.’
Key clients
- MC2 Therapeutics
- intoDNA
- Almac Discovery Limited
- Abbott Laboratories
- Iceotope Group Limited
- friSense Technologies Limited
- Audiomob
- Ancestry.com Operations Inc
- Paragraf Limited
- Gravity Industries Ltd
- Intercontinental Great Brands LLC
- Caterpillar, Inc.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Dr Nina White, Tessa Bucks, Adrian Hayes, Jonathan Palmer