Ms Gabrielle Pierre-Lenfant > Addleshaw Goddard > Paris, France > Lawyer Profile

Ms Gabrielle Pierre-Lenfant

Work Department

IP/IT

Position

Gabrielle is practising at the Paris Bar for three years, in intellectual property and digital law, advice and litigation. In particular, she advises French and international companies on cybersecurity, personal data protection and e-commerce.

Her litigation experience also covers trademarks, copyright and unfair competition before the French and European courts, particularly in the fashion, clothing, alcoholic beverages and construction equipment sectors.

Gabrielle is also a guest lecturer at the Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas and a trainer at the Digital School of Paris.

As a student, she studied International Business Law (Master 2) at the University of Aix-Marseille, whilst studying for the DJCE, and Intellectual Property Law at the University of Strasbourg (CEIPI, the Centre for International Intellectual Property Studies). Gabrielle also studied for a year in Dublin, Ireland (Erasmus, L3).

Career

• Associate – Addleshaw Goddard (Europe) LLP – 2024-present
• Associate – Cabinet Zeller – 2020-2023

– Defending European clients in trademark, design, copyright and patent law

– Representation before civil and commercial courts, particularly in the fashion, design and watchmaking sectors, but also in the health, construction and automotive sectors

– Opposition proceedings before the INPI and the EUIPO, observations in response to refusals of protection, negotiation of trademark co-existence agreements

– Advice on technology transfer operations and support for RGPD compliance

• Lecturer – University Panthéon-Assas – 2022-present

– Tutorials under the supervision of Prof. J.-C Galloux in Intellectual Property Law

– Teaching given to Master 1 students in ten sessions covering the entire discipline

– Accredited trainer – Digital School of Paris (Luxembourg) – 2021-present

– Higher education courses in trademark law, copyright law, Internet law and personal data law

• Trainee lawyer (final stage), Jones Day – 01/2020-06/2020

– Conducting searches, drafting dees and contracts relating to IP and securities portfolio audits

– Legal watch and preparation of publications, correspondence with colleagues, legal translations

• Student lawyer (PPI) – ARKEMA – 07/2019-12/2019

– Commercial and research cooperation agreements (R&D consortium, technology transfer and confidentiality)

– Co-ownership agreements and patent licenses – Raising staff awareness of the need to protect confidentiality

• Trainee lawyer – Dechert LLP. – 01/2018-06/2018

– Legal research and notes, data room analysis, due diligence reports, legal translations

– Creation of an in-house training course of the protection of business secrets

• Trainee lawyer – Pernod Richard – 01/2017-06/2017

– Management of brand portfolios, clearance searches, support for marketing departments

– Opposition proceedings before the INPI and the EUIPO, trademark coexistence agreements, instructions to legal agents

Languages

- French (native), English (full professional ability), German (Intermediate level)

Memberships

• Member of the CEIPI Alumni Management Committee
• Member of the AIJA (International Association of Young Lawyers) IP/IT and the Professional Women’s Network
• Member of the APRAM

Education

• CAPA – Paris Bar School – 2019-2020
• Master 2 Intellectual Property Law, CEIPI – University of Strasbourg – 2015-2016
• Master 2 International Business Law – University of Aix-Marseille – 2013-2014 in parallel with the Diplôme Juriste Conseil d’Entreprise (DJCE), litigation option
• Erasmus (L3) – University College Dublin (UDC), Ireland – 2011-2012