UK Law and Practice Contributed by: Nicola Dagg, Steven Baldwin, Rory Clarke and Ashley Grant, Kirkland & Ellis International LLP
Kirkland & Ellis International LLP is an inter- national law firm with approximately 3,500 at - torneys across the USA, Europe and Asia. Kirk - land’s trade secrets litigation practice includes approximately 75 attorneys with years of expe - rience representing both plaintiffs and defend - ants in trade secrets matters in diverse indus - tries. They draw upon the depth of Kirkland’s intellectual property, commercial litigation and other practices to provide an approach tailored to each individual case. Kirkland’s trade se - crets attorneys have litigated a broad spectrum
of trade secret disputes, ranging from outright theft to violation of various agreements includ - ing employment, R&D, joint development, and technology transfer and know-how agreements. They have won significant victories for clients in these matters in UK courts, US federal and state courts, and arbitrations, and have worked collaboratively with law enforcement agencies to protect clients’ IP. The practice’s success is grounded in extensive jury and bench trial expe - rience, and a sophisticated appellate practice to protect clients’ successes at the trial level.
Authors
Nicola Dagg is a partner and leader of Kirkland’s IP litigation practice in London. She has over 25 years of experience at the forefront of IP litigation, particularly in relation to trade
Steven Baldwin is a partner in Kirkland’s IP litigation team in London, with significant experience representing clients in trade secrets, patent, life sciences regulatory, copyright
secrets and patents. Her broad practice includes pharmaceutical and biologics patent litigation; strategic life sciences patent and product life cycle advice; co-ordinating global IP enforcement/defence cases; hi-tech, digital and telecommunications litigation; and SEP and FRAND disputes. Nicola, who also has an MA in natural sciences, is renowned for her strategic and creative approach to solving difficult and commercially critical IP issues and regularly represents her clients in ground- breaking cases in the Court of Appeal and UK Supreme Court.
and trade mark matters. Focusing on former employee trade secrets cases and complex cross-border life sciences and telecommunications patent disputes, Steven’s trade secrets experience includes high-value disputes in the life sciences and financial industries. He is routinely instructed on “bet- the-farm” cases and has a strategic approach to litigation, finding novel solutions to complex problems facing his clients. Steven’s case experience covers a broad range of technical fields, including mobile telecommunications technologies, algorithmic trading, biological and chemical product development and screening platforms, next-generation cancer treatments and e-cigarette/vaping technologies.
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