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Huw is one of the UK’s leading Intellectual Property (IP) litigators, with almost 30 years’ experience of helping clients to protect their intellectual assets – in particular patents and trade secrets.

He is well-known for his work in life sciences and healthcare sectors, as well as technology where he has extensive experience in navigating clients through complex FRAND negotiations.

Huw has acted for clients on both the enforcement and defence of infringement claims at all jurisdictional levels. Much of his work has focussed on cross-border disputes relating to patents rights across industry sectors including mechanical and software, telecommunications, MPEG, FinTech, ink jet printing, oil and energy, pharmaceuticals, antibodies, immunoassays, diagnostics and food. He also has extensive experience in providing freedom to operate advice and working with clients with the launch of new products in crowded IP fields both from the brands and patents perspective.

Huw is consistently ranked in the top tier of IAM 1000’s prestigious World’s Leading Patent Professionals publication who have described him as having “considerable experience across the life sciences, healthcare and high-tech fields that has cemented his reputation as a very capable IP lawyer with a business-oriented mindset”. He is also ranked in other major legal directories such as The Legal 500 and Chambers UK who have described him as “very able, responsive and commercially minded” and as a “very impressive IP litigator who …. keeps the big picture in mind”. Huw is also a patent star in the IP Stars guide.

Huw is one of the UK’s leading Intellectual Property (IP) litigators, with almost 30 years’ experience of helping clients to protect their intellectual assets – in particular patents and trade secrets.

He is well-known for his work in life sciences and healthcare sectors, as well as technology where he has extensive experience in navigating clients through complex FRAND negotiations.

Huw has acted for clients on both the enforcement and defence of infringement claims at all jurisdictional levels. Much of his work has focussed on cross-border disputes relating to patents rights across industry sectors including mechanical and software, telecommunications, MPEG, FinTech, ink jet printing, oil and energy, pharmaceuticals, antibodies, immunoassays, diagnostics and food. He also has extensive experience in providing freedom to operate advice and working with clients with the launch of new products in crowded IP fields both from the brands and patents perspective.

Huw is consistently ranked in the top tier of IAM 1000’s prestigious World’s Leading Patent Professionals publication who have described him as having “considerable experience across the life sciences, healthcare and high-tech fields that has cemented his reputation as a very capable IP lawyer with a business-oriented mindset”. He is also ranked in other major legal directories such as The Legal 500 and Chambers UK who have described him as “very able, responsive and commercially minded” and as a “very impressive IP litigator who …. keeps the big picture in mind”. Huw is also a patent star in the IP Stars guide.

Dr Bobby Mukherjee, Chief Counsel, IP & Technology Law – BAE Systems plc and Past President (2012-2014) of the IP Federation. He was the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (CIPA) President for 2025. He previously served and currently sits on CIPA Council, and chaired the CIPA Internal Governance Committee in its formative stage.

Bobby is a qualified UK and European patent attorney with over 28 years’ experience of IP gained in private practice and at BAE Systems plc. He is currently the Head of IP (2009 -) at BAE Systems plc (a FTSE 30 company), which has one of the largest in-house IP teams in the UK.

Bobby has been named a Corporate IP Star by Managing Intellectual Property every year since 2015.

Arnie is one of the few people in the UK to have qualified as a UK and European patent attorney and solicitor of England and Wales. This provides him with a deep understanding of the full lifecycle of a patent, from conception through to commercialisation and enforcement. Over the course of his career, he has worked in both private practice and in-house at one of the world’s leading telecommunication companies. He uses this unique experience to help his clients solve complex and commercially important IP problems through the integration of his technical, legal and commercial expertise.

Arnie has worked across a broad spectrum of computing and engineering technologies, including graphics processing, video coding, telecoms and AI, building particular knowledge of drafting and prosecuting patent applications to overcome the patentability exclusions relating to computer programs and mathematical methods. He also has extensive experience of claim charting high-value standard essential patents (SEPs), both during prosecution and as part of litigation preparations. His experience of SEPs extends to active litigation, where he was part of the team working for InterDigital to secure the second ever global FRAND determination by the UK court.

In addition to patents, Arnie has a keen interest in other IP rights he believes are important as part of a robust, commercially focused IP strategy. This includes trade secrets and the implementation of trade secrets policies, a topic he has been invited to speak on in front of both domestic and international audiences.

Arnie holds a first class degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge where in his final year he specialised in astrophysics, graduating first in his year. He also holds an Msc in Computational Aeronautics from Imperial College, London, graduating with Distinction.

He qualified as a UK patent attorney in 2015, a European Patent Attorney in 2016 and as a solicitor of England & Wales in 2024.

Anne McAleer is responsible for the definition and implementation of Paragraf’s strategy to maximise the value of its IP in graphene electronics. Paragraf’s ground-breaking deposition technology enables manufacture of graphene devices at scale. Before Paragraf, Anne was Senior Director of IP at IDEX Biometrics, a fingerprint identification technologies provider where she was instrumental in negotiating license agreements to IDEX’s patents in biometric enrolment of fingerprints. Anne spent 10 years managing patents at semiconductor company, CSR, overseeing the filing and prosecution of 2400 patents in Bluetooth, WiFi, and GPS. During that time, Anne supported due diligence during numerous M&A transactions, including the sale of CSR to Qualcomm. Prior to working in IP management, Anne was a product manager in UbiNetics, a 3G chipset and test equipment developer, and a technology consultant at PA Consulting Group. Anne is named as an inventor on 15 patents.

Formerly a Partner at global law firm DLA Piper and Bird and Bird. Intellectual Property & Technology specialist. Physics graduate (University of Cambridge).

Alexis Augustin is a principal associate specialized in patent litigation registered at the Paris Bar since 2017, and UPC representative since 2023.

Alexis represents French and international clients in various technical fields: pharmaceuticals (drugs and medical devices), chemicals, renewables, telecoms, automotive industry, etc.

He graduated with two Master degrees, one in Health Products Law in Europe from the University Strasbourg I, and one in Industrial Property and Health Industries from the University Paris VIII. He also graduated from the LL.M. program in International Business Law from the Sorbonne-Assas International law School of Singapore, in partnership with INSEAD.

In 2022, 2023 and 2024, Alexis has been recognized as IP Rising Star by Managing IP magazine, and Legal 500 has acknowledged him as a Key Lawyer in its 2025 edition.

Alexis speaks fluent French and English.

Simeon is Communications Lead for the One IPO Transformation Programme. He has worked in public sector communications for 15 years, having previously worked in a variety of comms roles at the Office for National Statistics and UK Statistics Authority. Simeon joined the IPO in 2020 and acts as a key link between IPO developers and customers. In his spare time, Simeon is an avid gamer and a Tae Kwon-do instructor.

Huw is one of the UK’s leading Intellectual Property (IP) litigators, with almost 30 years’ experience of helping clients to protect their intellectual assets – in particular patents and trade secrets.

He is well-known for his work in life sciences and healthcare sectors, as well as technology where he has extensive experience in navigating clients through complex FRAND negotiations.

Huw has acted for clients on both the enforcement and defence of infringement claims at all jurisdictional levels. Much of his work has focussed on cross-border disputes relating to patents rights across industry sectors including mechanical and software, telecommunications, MPEG, FinTech, ink jet printing, oil and energy, pharmaceuticals, antibodies, immunoassays, diagnostics and food. He also has extensive experience in providing freedom to operate advice and working with clients with the launch of new products in crowded IP fields both from the brands and patents perspective.

Huw is consistently ranked in the top tier of IAM 1000’s prestigious World’s Leading Patent Professionals publication who have described him as having “considerable experience across the life sciences, healthcare and high-tech fields that has cemented his reputation as a very capable IP lawyer with a business-oriented mindset”. He is also ranked in other major legal directories such as The Legal 500 and Chambers UK who have described him as “very able, responsive and commercially minded” and as a “very impressive IP litigator who …. keeps the big picture in mind”. Huw is also a patent star in the IP Stars guide.