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Claire Lehr
Work Department
Intellectual Property
Position
Claire is a solicitor and has over 20 years’ experience in the trade mark field advising clients in their branding and trade mark matters.
Claire qualified as a solicitor in 1993 and has worked both in house (Dalgety PLC and adidas) and in private practice. Her experience is international, working in The Netherlands (adidas 1998) and Germany (Bardehle and Jonas 1999 – 2007). When she returned to the UK, she joined FieldFisher as an associate, before gaining valuable experience in the London Offices of US law firms, Edwards Wildman and Cooley between 2013 – 2017. In 2018, she moved to boutique IP firm EIP LLP as a partner and joined Edwin Coe LLP as a partner in 2021.
She has significant experience in advising start up companies, from their initial searches to trade mark filings. Claire’s client portfolio also includes established large entities, including clients in the financial services, gaming, restaurant and clothing sectors. She is a member of INTA and currently serves as a Project Team Leader on its Leadership Development Committee. Claire is also an active member of MARQUES, being Vice Chair of the Programming Team.
Memberships
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Member of the International Trade Mark Association (INTA)
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Co Project Team Leader on the Leadership Development Committee for INTA
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Vice Chair of the Programming Team for MARQUES
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
With notable expertise in brands work, Edwin Coe LLP handles a broad range of matters, from the acquisition, exploitation and protection of IP, to commercial issues, infringement and contentious cases. The practice is spearheaded by Simon Miles, who has experience across a range of sectors, from media and entertainment to the cosmetics. Nick Phillips’s client roster includes retailers, manufacturers, and re-sellers, while Claire Lehr is active in the automobile, genetics, leisure and retail sectors.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Senior executives
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Property finance
- Employment > Employers
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate