PATENT LEADERS
UNITED KINGDOM
Name: Ben Allgrove Position: Partner Law firm: Baker McKenzie
Name: Arthur Artinian Position: Partner Law firm: K&L Gates
Name: Simon Ayrton Position: Partner Law firm: Powell Gilbert LLP Name: Simon Baggs Position: Partner Law firm: Wiggin
Name: Avi Freeman Position: Partner Law firm: Beck Greener
Name: Simon Bennett Position: Partner Law firm: Fox Williams
Name: Richard Bizley Position: Senior Attorney Law firm: Avidity IP
Name: Andrew Bowler Position: Partner Law firm: Bristows
Name: Baris Boy Position: Managing Partner Law firm: Adres Patent
Name: Peter Brownlow Position: Intellectual Property Partner Law firm: Bird & Bird Name: Tanya Buckley Position: Partner Law firm: Maucher Jenkins
Name: Michael Burdon Position: Partner Law firm: Simmons & Simmons Name: Zoe Butler Position: Partner Law firm: Powell Gilbert LLP Name: Victor Caddy Position: Trademark Attorney / Partner Law firm: Wynne Jones IP Name: Douglas Campbell Position: Barrister Law firm: 3 New Square Intellectual Property Name: Anna Carboni Position: Consultant Law firm: Wiggin Name: Edward Carstairs Position: Partner Law firm: Gill Jennings & Every Name: Leighton Cassidy Position: Partner Law firm: Fieldfisher Name: Simon Chapman Position: Partner Law firm: Lewis Silkin LLP Name: Simon Clarke Position: Senior Associate Law firm: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP
Name: Jonathan Clegg Position: Partner Law firm: Cleveland Scott York Name: Helen Conlan Position: Partner Law firm: Mishcon de Reya Name: Iain Connor Position: Partner Law firm: Pinsent Masons LLP Name: Neville Cordell Position: Partner Law firm: Allen & Overy LLP Name: Brian Cordery Position: Partner Law firm: Bristows Name: Kristina Cornish Position: Partner Law firm: Kilburn & Strode LLP Name: James Cornish Position: Partner Law firm: Page White & Farrer Name: Neil Coulson Position: Department Chair - Intellectual Property / Partner Law firm: Baker Botts LLP Name: Giles Crown Position: Joint Managing Partner Law firm: Lewis Silkin LLP Name: Roy Crozier Position: Partner / Head of Intellectual Property Law firm: Clarke Wilmott Name: Nicola Dagg Position: Partner Law firm: Kirkland & Ellis
Simon Bradbury
Position: Partner
Law firm: Appleyard Lees
Phone: +44 16 1835 9655
Email: simon.bradbury@appleyardlees.com
Website: www.appleyardlees.com
Simon Bradbury is a partner at Appleyard Lees, focusing on patents in the life sciences and biotechnology sectors. His broad expertise includes artificial intelligence and machine learning in drug discovery, medical devices, and microbiology.
He has advised clients in matters relating to oppositions, appeals, infringement, revocations, and invalidity actions. His clients include large multinationals as well as startup companies.
Richard Bray
Position: Partner
Law firm: Appleyard Lees
Phone: +44 16 1835 9655
Email: richard.bray@appleyardlees.com
Website: www.appleyardlees.com
Graduating with a first-class honours degree in physics, and with the highest marks in the graduating class, Richard Bray was heavily involved in a placement project on liquid crystal molecular alignment techniques for use in LCDs at Sharp Laboratories of Europe.
He works with a wide range of clients, from innovative universities, startups and spinouts, through to globally-known household names in the fields of electronic consumer goods, defence, commerce, and foods products.
The variation of his client base provides unique challenges and working styles, which allows Bray to tailor his expert advice to the client.
He has a passion for helping people understand the world of intellectual property, providing in-house, technology-specific awareness training to clients, tutoring for the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, and providing IP training for other academic institutions.
Name: Peter Dawson Position: Trademark Attorney Law firm: Wiggin Name: Jim Dennis Position: Partner Law firm: Simkins Name: Jeremy Dickerson Position: Partner Law firm: Burges Salmon Name: Richard Dickinson Position: Partner Law firm: Bristows Name: Allie Elend Position: Partner Law firm: Venner Shipley Name: Karen Fong Position: Partner Law firm: Keystone Law Name: Jim Ford Position: Partner Law firm: Allen & Overy LLP Name: Angela Fox Position: Partner Law firm: Maucher Jenkins Name: Louise Gellman Position: Partner Law firm: CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang Name: Mike Gilbert Position: Partner Law firm: Marks & Clerk Name: Simon Goodman Position: Partner Law firm: Reddie & Grose
Name: Emma Fulton Position: Counsel Law firm: Hogan Lovells
Name: Robert Guthrie Position: Partner Law firm: Osborne Clarke
Name: Mark Holah Position: Intellectual Property Practice Partner Law firm: Bird & Bird Name: Julia House Position: Director / European Trademark Attorney Law firm: Albright IP Ltd Name: Nicole Jadeja Position: Partner Law firm: Pinsent Masons LLP Name: Robert Jehan Position: Partner Law firm: Williams Powell Name: Neil Jenkins Position: litigating Patents Partner Law firm: Bird & Bird Name: Cerryg Jones Position: Partner Law firm: Browne Jacobson LLP Name: Ian Karet Position: Partner - Intellectual Property Law firm: Linklaters Name: Rebecca Kaye Position: Intellectual Property Lawyer Law firm: Sipara
Name: Parminder Lally Position: Senior Associate Law firm: Appleyard Lees
Name: Morag MacDonald Position: Partner / Head of International Intellectual Property Group Law firm: Bird & Bird Name: Roland Mallinson Position: Partner Law firm: Taylor Wessing Name: Mark Marfe Position: Legal Director Law firm: Pinsent Masons LLP
Name: Alex May Position: Senior Associate Law firm: Pearce IP
Name: Charlotte May Position: QC Law firm: 8 New Square Name: Chris McLeod Position: Partner Law firm: Elkington & Fife LLP
Name: Annsley Merelle Ward Position: Counsel Law firm: WilmerHale Name: Simon Miles Position: Partner Law firm: Edwin Coe Name: Eifion Morris Position: Chief Executive Law firm: Stephenson Harwood LLP Name: Katie Oliver Position: Director United Kingdom & European Trademark Attorney Law firm: Albright IP Ltd
Edward Carstairs
Position: Partner
Law firm: Gill Jennings & Every
Phone: +44 20 7655 8500
Email: edward.carstairs@gje.com
Website: www.gje.com
Ed Carstairs is particularly known for his work with the food & drink industry, as well as sportswear brands and consumer electronics. He leads the GJE Food, Drink & Hospitality sector group and is involved with food & drink networks including the UK Food and Drink Exporters Association.
His work includes assisting clients from startups to large multinationals, with freedom to operate and filing strategies, handling objections and oppositions including negotiating settlements, health checks of existing portfolios, advising on the enforcement of rights and due diligence work both for purchasers and sellers of a business.
Julia Gwilt
Position: Partner
Law firm: Appleyard Lees
Phone: +44 12 2367 5283
Email: julia.gwilt@appleyardlees.com
Website: www.appleyardlees.com
Julia Gwilt has worked in the patent profession for over 20 years, managing the patent portfolios of clients in both the UK and overseas.
Her mathematics background is a natural fit to her work on software-implemented inventions, including bioinformatics and communication networks.
She enjoys close working relationships with both her UK based and international clients, to help them develop and implement their worldwide IP strategy.
Gwilt has extensive experience of European opposition proceedings. In recent years, she has managed over 70 oppositions to European patents, most in the field of electronic program guides.
Name: John Olsen Position: Partner Law firm: Locke Lord LLP Name: Stephanie Pilkington Position: Partner / Board Member / Patent Attorney Law firm: Potter Clarkson LLP Name: Alasdair Poore Position: Head of Intellectual Property Law firm: Mills & Reeve Name: Allan Poulter Position: Intellectual Property Group Partner Law firm: Bird & Bird Name: Tim Powell Position: Partner Law firm: Powell Gilbert LLP Name: Arty Rajendra Position: Partner / Head of IP Disputes Law firm: Osborne Clarke Name: Sophie Rich Position: Partner Law firm: Herbert Smith Freehills Name: Mark Ridgway Position: Partner Law firm: Allen & Overy LLP
Name: Gwilym Roberts Position: Chairman Law firm: Kilburn & Strode LLP Name: David Rose Position: Partner Law firm: Mishcon de Reya
Name: Beatriz San Martin Position: Partner Law firm: Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP Name: Mark Shillito Position: Partner Law firm: Herbert Smith Freehills Name: Nick Shipp Position: Partner / Vice President Law firm: Kilburn & Strode LLP Name: Alison Simpson Position: Managing Partner Law firm: UDL Name: Michael Skrein Position: Partner Law firm: Reed Smith LLP Name: Joel Smith Position: Partner Law firm: Herbert Smith Freehills
Name: Amanda Stark Position: Principal / Patent Attorney Law firm: Griffith Hack
Name: Katharine Stephens Position: Partner / Co-Head of Intellectual Property Law firm: Bird & Bird
Name: David Stone Position: Partner / Global Head of Intellectual Property Law firm: Allen & Overy LLP Name: Kate Swaine Position: Partner Law firm: Gowling WLG LLP Name: Jane Wainwright Position: Partner / Patent Attorney Law firm: Potter Clarkson LLP Name: Andrew Wells Position: Partner Law firm: HGF Limited Leeds Name: Laura Whiting Position: Counsel / Patent Litigation Law firm: Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer Name: Robert Williams Position: Partner / Co-Head of Intellectual Property Group Law firm: Bird & Bird Name: Alex Wilson Position: Partner Law firm: Powell Gilbert LLP Name: Imogen Wiseman Position: Owner Law firm: Cleveland Scott York
Name: Sarah Wright Position: Partner, Head of Intellectual Property Law firm: CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
Bill Lister
Position: Partner
Law firm: Appleyard Lees
Phone: +44 16 1835 9655
Email: bill.lister@appleyardlees.com
Website: www.appleyardlees.com
Bill Lister has a wide range of experience advising UK, US, European and global clients, with a substantial reputation spanning branding issues, registered and unregistered trademarks, copyright, design, patents and trade secrets.
He advises a number of global household names, in conjunction with public and private companies, and public sector organisations.
He has established himself as a specialist within his field, with his involvement in high profile cases such as Nike & Rugby Football Union v Cotton Traders and Scoredraw v Finch allowing him to explore and study IP rights associated with national emblems.
Lister has a wealth of experience representing media clients in matters with the BBC Regulatory Department, OFCOM and IPSOS. He is a regular contributor to hard copy and online legal journals, and is the author of well-received work on High Court practice and procedure.
Bobby Smithson
Position: Partner
Law firm: Appleyard Lees
Phone: +44 11 3246 5353
Email: bobby.smithson@appleyardlees.com
Website: www.appleyardlees.com
Bobby Smithson works closely with in-house patent departments of large companies, in the UK and overseas. He manages a diverse range of international patent portfolios. He assists their owners to identify new inventions, assess their patentability and draft and file resulting patent applications.
Smithson has extensive experience of handling oppositions and appeals before the EPO, possessing the specialist knowledge and unique skills required to win favourable outcomes for clients.
He has particular experience in polymers, coatings and healthcare apparatus.
His practice includes patent work related to product inventions, novel polymers, compositions comprising existing polymers, and new operating processes.
He has also drafted and successfully prosecuted patents for various complex mechanical inventions including engines and gearboxes.
