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Dr Tess Waldron
Work Department
Intellectual Property
Position
Partner specialising in intellectual property litigation who has represented clients in front of the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court and has significant experience in the coordination of complex, multijurisdictional disputes. Tess also acts for life sciences and consumer electronics companies in wider commercial disputes and negotiations, including in relation to FRAND licensing. She is a qualified solicitor advocate and has represented clients in the High Court as such. Prior to becoming a solicitor, Tess qualified as a doctor and spent three years working in hospital medicine. This experience provides her with valuable background and context, in particular when advising clients operating in the life sciences sector.
Career
Trained Hogan Lovells 2010-2012; qualified Solicitor (England & Wales) 2012; Powell Gilbert 2014 – to date; Partner 2022; Solicitor (Ireland) 2021; UPC Representative 2023.
Languages
French
Memberships
AIPPI, ChIPs, CLA, EPLAW
Education
Marlborough College, Wiltshire; University of Southampton (Bachelor of Medicine); BPP Law School, London (GDL, LPC); Oxford University (Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law & Practice); King’s College London (Postgraduate Diploma in EU Competition Law)
Leisure
Running, triathlon, CrossFit
Lawyer Rankings
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
(Next Generation Partners)Providing its clients with a ‘combination of outstanding legal, technical and strategic competence’, Powell Gilbert LLP is highly capable of advising on the full gamut of patent issues arising from a multitude of technically complex sectors, particularly the life sciences sphere. The group frequently appears before the courts on very significant and market-leading cases. Penny Gilbert
, who is a pre-eminent practitioner in the spheres of pharmaceuticals and biotech litigation, and Simon Ayrton, who deploys his extensive experience to assist a panoply of clients with FRAND disputes, as well as patent infringement and validity proceedings, jointly lead the practice. Zoë Butler is recommended for her strengths in multi-jurisdictional disputes, while Alex Wilson, who is fluent in French and German, represents notable clients in a range of matters relating to pharmaceuticals, semi-conductors, medical devices, and explosives. Bethan Hopewell leverages her background in molecular biology to handle issues arising from the life sciences sector, and Ari Laakkonen contributes his particular expertise in electronic patent litigation and licensing disputes. Other recommended lawyers include Tim Whitfield, Peter Damerell, Tom Oliver, Siddharth Kusumakar, Joel Coles, Tess Waldron, Rajvinder Jagdev, and Bryce Matthewson.
Lawyer Rankings
- Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious) London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
- Next Generation Partners London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)