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Read our law and practice guidesGraeme is the Practice Group Leader of our Engineering & Information Communication Technology (Eng & ICT) team and has spearheaded the development of the team into one of the largest in Europe. He has over 20 years’ experience as a European and UK patent attorney, and he is a member of both the firm’s Management Board and the Partner Leadership Group. This experience means that Graeme brings a pragmatic and commercial perspective to his practice.
Graeme works across a diverse range of technologies for several Blue-Chip corporations based across the UK, Europe and Japan and he manages a large number of global patent portfolios, EPO oppositions and freedom-to-operate projects. His approach is to integrate himself and his team with our clients’ in-house function to help generate lean, robust and commercially relevant IP portfolios, and to help identify, manage and mitigate the commercial risks presented by bringing new products to international markets. Our clients tell us that they value his no-nonsense approach to furthering their commercial objectives.
Recommendations
Graeme routinely attracts recognition from the leading legal directories and our clients:
IAM Patent 1000
The Legal 500
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Technical Background
Graeme has a Master’s degree, a PhD and postdoctoral research experience in Applied Physics at the University of Bath in the UK and at l’Université de Paris-Sud XI in France.
Focus on Inclusivity
Graeme has personally signed up to the IP Inclusive Leader’s Pledge and is committed to doing everything he can to advance our inclusive culture. It’s genuinely important to Graeme that we provide an environment where everyone can bring their complete self to the workplace openly, and where diversity of experience, background, thought and perspective is valued and promoted.