Linklaters

IP/TMT

Gaëlle is a patent litigator with specialized expertise in the healthcare, chemicals and industrials sectors. Her strategic advice draws from her prior experience as an examiner at the European Patent Office, as well as a qualified French and European Patent attorney.

Gaëlle has a strong expertise in cross-border disputes, designing and implementing litigation strategies thoroughly informed by her background in physics, chemistry and biology.

She is ranked amongst France’s best patent lawyers by Legal 500, IAM Patent and IP Stars.

2025 to date: Partner, Intellectual Property | Patents, Linklaters, Paris

2020-2025: Counsel, Intellectual Property | Patents, Linklaters, Paris

2012-2019: French and European Patent Attorney | Life sciences - Cabinet Plasseraud

2009-2012: Patent Attorney | Litigation - Bird & Bird

2003-2009: French and European Patent Attorney | Life Sciences - Cabinet Plasseraud

2002-2003: Patent examiner / Pharmacy - European Patent Office

French, English, German

Gaëlle is an active member of Intellectual Property associations AIPPI (co-head of the French patent committee, member of the international standing committee on patents) and APEB. She is a regular speaker at international IP conferences.

In 2023, she was distinguished as one of twelve “Women in Science” under the patronage of the City of Paris for the 140th anniversary of her engineering alma mater, ESPCI Paris – PSL.

2010-2011: Panthéon Assas Université (Paris II) - Master, Industrial Property Law

2003-2004: Centre d'Etudes Internationales de la Propriété Intellectuelle - CEIPI - University degree, Patent law

1999-2000: Université Paris-Sud - Master, Molecular Biology of the Cell

1996-2000: ESPCI Paris, PSL - Engineer, Physics and Chemistry