Gunnercooke's IP team handle litigation, IP portfolio management, and IP licensing. We act across sectors including fashion, technology, manufacturing and retail. We have experience of extremely technical cases involving close competitors and former distributors. We also work on counterfeiting initiatives. We also help clients manage global rights and secure trade mark protection across the world. We are known for our expertise in relation to registered and unregistered designs, helping clients secure Community and UK designs and managing international filings. The team are also known for our utilisation of the invalidity system, and our detailed knowledge of the different types of unregistered design, which we can leverage to secure substantial settlements for our clients both alone and in tandem with our international colleagues.
HGF is one of Europe’s largest firms of IP specialists. With a dynamic and forward-thinking growth strategy, the firm is one of the few to offer clients a fully integrated IP solution, bringing together over 190 patent attorneys, trademark attorneys, and IP solicitors. The firm has 25 offices throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, France, and Austria.
HGF is already one of the leading firms in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe in terms of its national reach, volume of Patent Cooperation Treaty and EU trademark filings, and position in major legal directories. Its growth has been secured organically and through a combination of acquisition and strategic lateral hires from both private practice and in-house counsel. This has been reflected in accolades such as a continued listing in the Financial Times Leading Law Firm and winning 7 awards at the Managing IP Awards 2025.
The firm has a proven track record of forging successful long-term relationships with clients across a spectrum of business sectors and technologies. Its highly experienced attorneys, commitment to client service, and geographical profile ensure that it is uniquely placed to attend to high-value and complex IP issues.
Abion: Your Global IP Guardian
Abion is a leading force in the intellectual property (IP) industry. We are an innovative, platform-based provider leveraging 25 years of experience in the digital landscape with a strong foundation as an ICANN-accredited registrar and ISO27001 certified supplier.
Abion's edge lies in combining top-ranked industry experts with advanced technology. This fusion delivers an unparalleled service across the entire intellectual property lifecycle, including:
• Trademark and design prosecution
• IP and legal consultancy
• Enforcement and litigation
• Online brand protection and enforcement
• Strategic domain name consulting
• Web security
Streamlined efficiency at your fingertips
Our cloud-based brand management platform, Abion Core, combines cutting-edge technology with intuitive user experience to streamline managing and protecting your brand all in the one place. It’s a centralised solution that puts you in control of your brand, no middlemen and no service interruptions.
Globally positioned and locally empowered
Our 17 offices covering, EU/non-EU European territories, UAE, Asia and Australasia, combined with a global network of partners, enable us to provide expert advice and comprehensive IP solutions to service virtually any jurisdiction.
Taylor Wessing has one of the strongest and largest IP teams in Europe and internationally. With more than 200 professionals across Europe alone, the size and scale of our practice means we rarely deal with issues that we have not come across before. What makes us unusual is that we are highly-rated across all IP specialisms. This includes patents; brands and trade marks; copyright; designs; domain names and e-commerce; media law and reputation management, advertising and sponsorship, franchising and broadcasting.
We advise on matters throughout the IP lifecycle from development of IP protection strategies; filing and portfolio management through to maximising value by licensing; and when matters become contentious, protecting your assets through litigation in the courts.
All of our teams are technically excellent and many members have previously worked in-house, giving us a deep understanding of our clients’ needs and issues.
D Young & Co is one of the leading UK firms for IP filing/prosecution, office proceedings and portfolio management work. In patents, the firm is particularly respected by rivals for its technical expertise in life sciences, electronics, and engineering.
J A Kemp is a long-established patent and trade mark attorney firm that is highly recommended for IP protection and portfolio management. The firm has an excellent reputation in chemistry, life sciences and engineering. Its European patent attorneys are respected for their drafting and the results they achieve for clients in office proceedings. The firm has a dispute resolution practice staffed with lawyers and several patent attorneys with court litigation qualification.
Notable patent practitioners: Pamela Tuxworth, Dominic Forsythe, Amanda Simons, Ravi Srinivasan, Mark Roberts, John Leeming, Graham Lewis, Toby Hopkin, and Martin Jackson.
Notable lawyers: Aaron Newell and James Fish.
Notable trademark practitioners: Tom Albertini, Ben Mooneapillay and Charlotte Stirling.
Albertini leads its designs practice, while Fish is in charge of the the trademark department. The senior practitioners are supported by a team of associates, trainees, and support staff.
Mishcon de Reya is recommended for IP disputes and trade mark protection work. It also has a team that deals with IP licensing work. The firm's IP department is led by David Rose, who is an all-round IP litigator. IP star Jeremy Herzog leads the firm's innovation practice. Another notable lawyer in the practice is Campbell Forsyth, who specialises in patent litigation. Sally Britton is the key contact for trade mark instructions while Lewis Cohen is the IP transactions star in the department. The partners are supported by a team of junior practitioners including Rising Stars Dominic Walsh and Richard Parsons.
International IP firm Murgitroyd is recommended for IP protection and portfolio management work in the UK. Read our review about the firm here.
Pinsent Masons is recommended for contentious and non-contentious IP work in the UK. It is best known in the market for its IP work, especially patent and SPC litigation, in the pharmaceutical and life sciences sector.
Amsterdam-based patent litigator Judith Krens and Birmingham-based soft IP lawyer Tom Nener lead the firm's global IP practice, while Charlotte Weekes is in charge of the life sciences practice.
Notable patent practitioners: Charlotte Weekes, James Marshall, Christopher Sharp, Gareth Morgan, Kristina Cornish, Tracey Roberts, and Catherine Drew.
Notable soft IP practitioners: Tom Nener and Florian Traub.
Notable IP transactional lawyers: Cerys Wyn Davies, Jo Alderson, Allistair Booth, and Gina Bicknell.