Andrew Brennan
UK Guide 2025
Band 3 : Intellectual Property
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About
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Practice Areas
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.
Chambers Review
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Andrew Brennan is head of department at Shoosmiths in Birmingham. He is best known for his patent practice, which takes in prosecution, licensing and litigation. He also has experience representing clients in trade marks and copyright disputes. He acts for clients in a range of sectors, particularly technology, universities and manufacturing.
Strengths
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"Andrew is not only an excellent patent litigator, he is also a consummate project manager. He knows how to set goals and build the team to achieve them."
"Andrew is very structured and always has an eye on the big picture and not just the issues directly addressed to him."
"Andrew is not only an excellent patent litigator, he is also a consummate project manager. He knows how to set goals and build the team to achieve them."
"Andrew is very structured and always has an eye on the big picture and not just the issues directly addressed to him."