Sahira Khwaja > Hogan Lovells International LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Sahira Khwaja
Work Department
Intellectual Property
Position
Partner
Career
Sahira Khwaja works with her clients to protect their brands and underlying Intellectual Property (IP) rights. Sahira helps her clients obtain, protect, and commercialize these assets so that they are of the most benefit and use to her clients’ businesses. Sahira leads our brands practice in London and is the co-head of the firm’s Fashion and Retail group.
Many of Sahira’s clients are in the consumer and technology and telecommunications sectors, and she has a keen knowledge and understanding of the underlying commercial drivers for those businesses. She gives her clients commercially pragmatic advice that fits the demands of the sectors and markets in which they operate. She helps her clients register new IP rights for new brands and products, has assisted them in stopping their competitors from misusing their IP and in licensing, and franchising them to take advantage of new business opportunities.
Sahira’s career began at one of the UK’s leading IP boutique firms before she joined Hogan Lovells in 2001 as an associate, becoming a partner in 2012. Sahira has worked in-house, on secondment to a major UK terrestrial broadcaster where she spent two years launching new television channels, closing down others, and negotiating EPG, platform, and carriage arrangements.
Languages
English
Memberships
International Trademark Association (INTA).
Education
Diploma (Intellectual Property Law and Practice), University of Bristol, 1999.
M.A. (Law), University of Cambridge, St Catharine’s College, 1991.
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
Praised for its ‘timely, accurate and sound advice’, Hogan Lovells International LLP counts household name brands in its client roster, advising on various UK prosecution matters, as well as managing global trade mark portfolios. The practice is well-versed in handling matters arising from the telecoms and automotive sectors. ‘Expert’ Joel Smith, who is reputed for his work on high-profile disputes, IP contractual matters and IP-rich transactions, jointly leads the team alongside Sahira Khwaja, who spearheads the firm’s brands practice, conducting numerous trade mark infringement and portfolio matters for luxury brands in particular. Commended for her ‘excellent client management skills’, senior associate Emily Sharkey is another key contact in the group.
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
Sponsorship and partnership agreements for sponsors, competition rights holders and team competitors across football, golf, F1 and the Paralympics are frequent mandates for Hogan Lovells International LLP‘s interdisciplinary sports team. Richard Welfare, who heads up the practice, is regularly supported by IP and TMT specialist Sahira Khwaja. Penny Powell is a name to note for motorsport-related M&A instructions, while head of the real estate practice Daniel Norris is also a key contact.
Lawyer Rankings
- Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
- Sport London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: Project finance and development
- Insurance > Insurance: corporate and regulatory
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Employment > Pensions: dispute resolution
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Finance > Trade finance
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Corporate governance
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Finance > Derivatives and structured products
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Infrastructure: M&A and acquisition financing
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Oil and gas
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property finance
- Investment fund formation and management > Real estate funds
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Finance > Securitisation
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Finance > Acquisition finance
- Transport > Aviation
- Finance > Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Finance > Debt capital markets
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition: trade, WTO anti-dumping and customs
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Employment > Health and safety
- Finance > High yield
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Mining and minerals
- Real estate > Planning
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Transport > Rail
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Water
- Investment fund formation and management > Fund finance
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity, nuclear and renewables)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private funds
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Upper Mid-Market And Premium Deals, £750m+
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders