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Lewis Silkin Offices
Arbor
255 Blackfriars Rd
LONDON
SE1 9AX
England
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Paul Williams
Work Department
Manufacturing and Engineering
Position
Partner
Career
Paul is a European and UK Chartered Patent Attorney who primarily handles Chemical, Lifesciences, and Mechanical patents. Paul also handles European oppositions and infringement/validity opinion work. With a background in chemistry, Pauls main interest is in chemicals and chemical manufacturing, across a variety of different industry sectors, including inorganic polymers, LCD/macromolecules, drug delivery materials, and industrial chemical processing. Over recent years, his practice has expanded into drug delivery devices, biochemistry, and medical devices more widely.
Education
Paul has a Masters degree in Chemistry from Oxford University. After university, he immediately trained with a firm of private practice Patent Attorneys in London before moving to the Intellectual Property department of a large US chemical company. Paul qualified as a Patent Attorney in 1999, then rejoined private practice with Ablett & Stebbing in 2001, becoming a Partner of the firm in 2003. Paul joined Lewis Silkin in 2019.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
(Firms to watch)Led by Paul Williams, the team at Lewis Silkin assists health insurance, biologics and small molecule, and medical device companies with data protection, supply and distribution agreements, and employment issues. Williams regularly acts in European patent oppositions, and provides clients with validity opinions.
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
Capable of handling patent disputes, licensing and agreements, Lewis Silkin’s patent practice is particularly active in the life sciences, manufacturing, technology, retail and media sectors. The practice is led by Tom Gaunt, who has considerable experience assisting clients with mechanical, electrical and software patents. Antony Craggs focuses on patent litigation, whilst Paul Williams strengthens the team with his background in the chemistry sphere.
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > PATMA: Patent attorneys
Lewis Silkin is skilled in handling contentious IP, including EPO oppositions and infringement work, and portfolio management for clients in the life sciences, manufacturing and engineering, technology, retail, and media and entertainment sectors. The firm is expanding its IP offering in Northern Ireland following the merger with Forde Campbell in Belfast in early 2022. Practice head Tom Gaunt primarily assists clients with their mechanical, electrical and software patents, and other notable team members include chemical, life sciences, and mechanical patents expert Paul Williams and patent litigator Antony Craggs. Jonathan Higgs joined the team in August 2022 as a legal director from Murgitroyd, while David Swaine departed the firm in November 2022 to join Essex Bio-Technology as a general counsel.
Lawyer Rankings
- PATMA: Patent attorneys London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
- Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious) London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
- Firms to watch London > Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
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- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
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