We support our clients with outstanding legal skills, expert sector knowledge and a pragmatic mindset whether in complex IP transactions or in cross-border IP disputes. More specifically:

• Our transactional practice encompasses major M&A and carveouts, and drafting and negotiating strategic IP agreements, including joint-venture, collaboration and licencing agreements.
• Our litigation practice covers the full scope of dispute resolution, including court proceedings, arbitration, mediation and settlement discussions.

We tackle the entire spectrum of IP rights, including patents, supplementary protection certificates, copyrights, designs and trademarks. Many of our lawyers have technical backgrounds and therefore have in-depth understanding of complex technologies. Our practice also covers issues of confidentiality, as well as trade secrets protection and misappropriation.

Given the increasing interplay between IP and competition law, we work hand-in-hand with our market-leading Antitrust team to provide comprehensive and integrated advice to our clients. More generally, we work closely with colleagues from many offices and practices across the Firm, including Corporate/M&A, Tax, Employment, Telecoms and Data, so as to deliver holistic strategic advice and seamless implementation spanning multiple jurisdictions.

We advise clients in a broad range of sectors, with a focus on IP-heavy industries such as healthcare and tech/telecoms.