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About
Provided by Nicola Dagg
Practice Areas
Nicola Dagg is a partner in the IP litigation team in the London office. Nicola’s practice spans four areas: (1) strategic life sciences patent and product lifecycle advice; (2) patent litigation; (3) co-ordinating global IP enforcement/defence cases; and (4) standard essential patent (SEP) and FRAND disputes. Nicola has tried over 20 cases.
Nicola has extensive experience in pharmaceutical and biologics patent litigation including blockbuster small molecule litigation against generic companies, biologics and biosimilar litigation, antibodies, immunotherapies, genetics, vaccines, diagnostics and gene therapies. Nicola also acts in market leading SEP essentiality, validity and global FRAND adjudication litigation in the tech sector. Having served as UK and European/global co-ordinating counsel for numerous strategic IP litigation cases and drawing on more than 24 years of legal, IP, life sciences and tech experience she helps clients solve their most pressing global challenges.
Career
2018 to present Kirkland & Ellis International LLP; 2006-2018 Allen & Overy LLP; 1996-2006 Hogan Lovells
Chambers Review
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Nicola Dagg is a pre-eminent litigator handling some of the most complex patent cases of the day for pharmaceutical companies, including before the Supreme Court. She also comes recommended for electronic and mechanical engineering disputes.
Nicola Dagg is one of the most accomplished and respected patent litigators working today. She has a loyal client following among giants in the pharmaceutical industry and has successfully fought many closely watched cases.
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Provided by Chambers
"Nicola is a first-rate patent litigator, full of strategic ideas. She is hugely commercially minded and a trusted business adviser."
"She is one of the most accomplished IP counsels in the UK."
"Nicola is a highly experienced UK IP litigator and a pleasure to work with. She's gifted with excellent advocacy in very complex scenarios."
"Nicola has a great network and a lot of experience. She is service-oriented and very pleasant to work with."
"Nicola is a force of nature. She is extremely thoughtful and creative."
"Nicola’s reputation as one of the best patent litigators in Europe is richly deserved. She is a tremendous strategist and creative thinker who never loses sight of the commercial goal."
"Nicola is a first-rate patent litigator, full of strategic ideas. She is hugely commercially minded and a trusted business adviser."
"She is one of the most accomplished IP counsels in the UK."
"Nicola is a highly experienced UK IP litigator and a pleasure to work with. She's gifted with excellent advocacy in very complex scenarios."
"Nicola has a great network and a lot of experience. She is service-oriented and very pleasant to work with."
"Nicola is a force of nature. She is extremely thoughtful and creative."
"Nicola’s reputation as one of the best patent litigators in Europe is richly deserved. She is a tremendous strategist and creative thinker who never loses sight of the commercial goal."
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