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What we say about the firm's legal practice in London
TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Within Intellectual property, Powell Gilbert LLP is a third tier firm,
Powell Gilbert LLP is ‘ahead simply because every single person there is excellent’. It recently hired new partner Ari Laakkonen, formerly senior counsel at Bird & Bird LLP. He brings ‘great knowledge of the telecommunications industry’. Rebecca Lawrence has also been made partner. Strongest in pharmaceutical patents litigation, the firm has been growing its electronics and brands practice. ‘A litigator’s litigator’, Tim Powell recently acted for Monsanto in the first major action on patents covering GM crops in the UK. Simon Ayrton is strong on brands and has a ‘great reputation for good reason’, while Penny Gilbert is a ‘highly dedicated lawyer with extraordinary knowledge’. She is representing Human Genome Sciences in a Court of Appeal patent case against Eli Lilly, in the first case where the English courts have had to consider in detail the requirement for ‘industrial application’ of an invention.
Within Overview,
Bird & Bird LLP has the largest IP practice and more top-tier rankings than any other firm in this section, and its recent high-profile public sector mandates include advising BT on its work with the NHS. Like Bird & Bird LLP, Taylor Wessing LLP has a very strong European IP practice, and is a market leader for trade marks and brand management. Bristows is a significant force for patent litigation and has a significant presence in the pharmaceuticals sector. The firm has also hired IT and telecoms of counsel Christopher Millard from Linklaters LLP. Of the boutique TMT practices, those that genuinely compete with the top-tier firms in terms of understanding the cutting-edge issues affecting the industry include Powell Gilbert LLP and Howrey LLP for patent litigation, Rouse Legal for soft IP, and Kemp Little LLP for IT and telecoms.
Within Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, Powell Gilbert LLP is a third tier firm,
Powell Gilbert LLP has ‘one of the highest international profiles of anyone doing biotech work in the UK’. Though its reputation is built on patent litigation, it is also active in regulatory matters - where clients include France-based Guerbet - licensing, and advising pharmaceutical clients on advertising. New clients include Novartis. ‘Nobody is better at biotech litigation in the UK’ than Penny Gilbert, while Zoë Butler is also ‘a very competent chemist’.
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