Mills & Reeve LLP

Mills & Reeve LLP has a large IP practice across its office network, though Cambridge is the epicentre with three partners. Mark Pearce, who works between Cambridge, Leeds and Oxford, is head of the national IP practice, which calls on the in-depth experience of James Fry, who leads the life sciences group, and newly promoted partner Stephanie Caird, who has extensive in-house experience through secondments at the MHRA and GSK. The firm handles IP matters in the core sectors of education, food and beverage, health and care, life sciences, and technology. It is well-versed in assisting with university IP policies and spinouts, and complex life sciences portfolio disposals and acquisitions, alongside IP litigation and protection. Richard Plaistowe is a key adviser on IP protection, exploitation and contentious matters, and trade mark attorney Nicola Hanglin is highly regarded.