The team at Baker McKenzie ‘offers exceptional support’ to its roster of clients which contains a number of well-known names from various industry sectors, such as booking.com, Warner Bros, and Fujitsu. The team’s workload features complex contentious and non-contentious matters, including managing portfolios, providing strategic advice and assisting with IP aspects of commercial transactions. Transactional work is a focus area of Natalie Ellerby. It also handles multi-jurisdictional disputes in relation to brand management and related protections. Julia Dickenson is well-equipped to handle litigious matters, Nadine Archer has noteworthy capabilities in the food and beverage, and tech sectors. Jessica Le Gros heads up the offering, harnessing expertise in trade mark prosecution and global portfolio management. Le Gros leads alongside Rachel Wilkinson-Duffy who specialises in contentious cases.
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- 'Baker McKenzie offers exceptional legal support. The team is dedicated to attending to their client’s legal and commercial needs to ensure the best outcome for their client. The team is open, efficient and reliable.'
- 'Julia Dickenson has a true talent in how she manages project delivery, whilst being across all details. This gives clients the comfort that they are fully supported and confidence that the best outcome will be achieved. Julia is fully approachable and is a joy to work with.'
Work highlights
Acting as the client's preferred IP counsel in the UK, as well as providing strategic advice and coordinating global remits such as multi-jurisdictional disputes, new branding clearance and transactional work advising on strategic disposals of business lines.
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Jessica Le Gros; Rachel Wilkinson-Duffy
Other key lawyers
Julia Dickenson; Nadine Archer; Natalie Ellerby; John Groom