Intellectual Property
Europe Guide 2024 : Europe-wide
Band 3
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+44 20 3088 0000Chambers Review
The firm has a well-regarded offering across Europe with particularly celebrated practices in the UK, France and Luxembourg. It has further strong branches in Belgium and Slovakia. It is adept at handling high-value patent litigation in the life sciences and media and telecommunications industries. The firm has additional experience in trade mark enforcement and portfolio management, as well as in copyright mandates and trade secrets. The team is also equipped to handle cross-border transactional IP mandates. On 1st May 2024, Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling merged to form A&O Shearman.
Alexandre Rudoni in Paris is a key point of contact for the firm's Europe-wide IP practice.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team gives strategic input and a lot of our work is cross-border so it is helpful to have a firm like theirs with a cross-border outlook. The team is also diverse, which is something we care about."
"The firm has proven to be extremely detail-oriented and has handled all issues handed to them with appropriate depth and expertise. It is a very proficient team all around."
"The team has a very high expertise, not only technically but also practically in ways to approach courts and which procedures would work or not."
"The team gives strategic input and a lot of our work is cross-border so it is helpful to have a firm like theirs with a cross-border outlook. The team is also diverse, which is something we care about."
"The firm has proven to be extremely detail-oriented and has handled all issues handed to them with appropriate depth and expertise. It is a very proficient team all around."
"The team has a very high expertise, not only technically but also practically in ways to approach courts and which procedures would work or not."