Andrew Brennan > Shoosmiths LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Shoosmiths LLP Offices
No 1 Bow Churchyard
LONDON
EC4 9DQ
England
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Andrew Brennan
Work Department
Commercial (IP)
Position
Andrew heads Shoosmiths’ 20 strong national IP team. He is recognised as a leading intellectual property lawyer who “knows his IP” and “provides solid, targeted and fast advice”.
Clients find him approachable, pragmatic, agile and very user-friendly.
Andrew’s practice covers all areas of intellectual property law, with a particular focus on the technology, engineering and consumer brand sectors. He works for global tech companies and household brands through to pioneering SME’s and disruptive start-ups.
Passionate about innovation, Andrew is recognised for his excellence in handling complex disputes with a technical element involving patents, confidential information and software. He also helps technology clients in relation to their strategic R&D programmes and specialised IP commercialisation arrangements.
Andrew’s experience covers a range of technologies, including oil and gas well perforation, various waste to energy processes, robotics, photonic printing, supercontinuum lasers, friction stir welding, graphene filtration, sealed grafts, stroke detection equipment, autonomous vehicles, software and many more.
In the consumer brand space, Andrew has handled countless trade mark and design disputes and licensing deals on behalf of well-known and up and coming brands.
Recent work examples include:
- conducting multi-jurisdictional patent dispute regarding reactive shaped charges on behalf of global designer and manufacturer of gas and oil well perforating equipment;
- advising on patent and know-how licence dispute between two global engineering companies;
- handling international patent licensing programme on behalf of global photonic printing company;
- advising on complex pre-clinical and clinical milestone co-development and patent licensing agreement on behalf of US life sciences company;
- working as part of an international team to help one of the world’s largest vodka manufacturers enforce and protect a key trade mark; and
- advising numerous well known cycle brands in relation to brand protection, enforcement and licensing matters.
Career
Andrew trained and qualified with DLA Piper. He was a partner at another national law firm before joining Shoosmiths as a partner in 2015.
Memberships
Praxis Unico, Midlands Intellectual Property Society.
Education
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys; Oxford University – post graduate diploma in intellectual property law; Leeds University – law.
Leisure
Cycling, golf, family.
Lawyer Rankings
West Midlands > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
(Next Generation Partners)A team that provides ‘commercial and business-focused advice’, Shoosmiths LLP‘s practice covers the full spectrum of matters, ranging from commercial IP transactions to litigation in the brands, technology and life sciences sectors. Its clients include FTSE companies and brand owners, from various sectors such as well as biochemistry, pharmaceutical and software development. ‘Standout’ Andrew Brennan leads the team, with experience in handling complex contentious issues, trademark infringement actions and enforcement actions, to name a few. Victoria Bentley‘s expertise includes patent disputes in the telecoms space, while Dominic Murphy advises clients in a broad array of sectors including biotechnology and fashion, among others. Nichola Jenkins further strengthens the team with experience in the non-contentious side of IP, routinely advising on issues relating to disruptive technologies.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Debt recovery
- Employment > Health and safety
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Dispute resolution > Costs lawyers
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £250m)
- Transport > Rail
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Real estate > Environment
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Real estate > Planning
- Transport > Shipping
- Employment > Employers
- Real estate > Property finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax