Lawyer Monthly - Women in law Awards 2021

Women in Law Awards 2021 - 45 - ABOUT JULIET REDHOUSE Juliet practises patent law and is a partner in the life sciences team of leading intellectual property law firm, Mathys & Squire LLP. With extensive experience in the drafting, prosecution and management of global patent portfolios, Juliet has obtained grant of numerous important patents for her clients, who are primarily in the biopharmaceutical industry. Juliet also advises clients on third party matters, including infringement and validity of third party patents, as well as freedom-to-operate. As a qualified European and UK patent attorney, a significant part of Juliet’s work is patent prosecution and opposition proceedings at the European Patent Office (EPO). For opposition proceedings, Juliet has acted both in defending her clients’ granted patents that have been opposed and in opposing third party patents at the EPO. Post-grant proceedings usually conclude with an oral hearing, and Juliet has represented her clients at oral hearings at the EPO on many occasions, both in person and more recently in videoconference format. Juliet works primarily in the fields of molecular biology, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology. She has a broad background across the life sciences, having obtained a first class master’s degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge. Juliet also has a PhD in Molecular Genetics from the University of Cambridge. Since joining the patent profession in 2011, Juliet has developed particular expertise in patents in the areas of antibodies, vaccines, protein and peptide based medicines, personalised medicine, recombinant gene expression and diagnostic assays. Juliet’s clients include global pharmaceutical companies and research organisations, as well as startup companies. She has been commended for her “firm command of cutting edge substantive law” as well as being “a pleasure to work with”. Juliet enjoys keeping up to date with and writing articles on EPO and UK patent case law. Most recently, she has written on patent strategies in the pharmaceutical industry, as well as on more specific aspects of EPO law such as patenting antibodies, and has also presented on strategies for dealing with third party patents at the EPO. Areas of expertise: • Intellectual property • Patent law Sectors of expertise: • Life sciences • Biotechnology • • Pharmaceuticals FIRM PROFILE Ranked Tier 1 in leading legal directory The Legal 500, Mathys & Squire is one of Europe’s premier intellectual property (IP) law firms, with seven offices across the UK – including its headquarters in The Shard, London – and European offices inMunich, Paris and Luxembourg, as well as teams based in Belfast and China. With more than 60 qualified attorneys working across the core practice areas of patents, trade marks, designs and litigation, Mathys & Squire is a full-service IP firm with specialists in a wide range of technical fields. Attorneys and trainees have a mix of scientific degrees extending from biochemistry, chemistry, genetics, microbiology, pharmacology, plant sciences and zoology through to electronics, engineering, physics and telecommunications. Most attorneys also hold further degrees, and many have PhDs. Some of the team have worked in-house within the IP departments of large international organisations, and by utilising this experience, this enhances the firm’s ability to assist in the strategic and active management of IP portfolios. Founded in 1910, Mathys & Squire has over 100 years of experience in the protection and commercialisation of IP rights, with a client portfolio ranging from startups, scaleups and SMEs, through to public sector bodies, universities and multinational enterprises. In covering the full spectrum of industries, Mathys & Squire attorneys build close and longstanding relationships with clients to establish defensive and offensive IP portfolios that generate commercial value. The firm prides itself on taking a proactive approach when working with clients to protect their valued innovations; advising them on a course of action that is best aligned with their business objectives. Mathys & Squire attorneys recognise that understanding the value of an invention or brand is as important as understanding the technology and marketing behind it. In addition to its core patents, trade marks, designs and litigation practice areas, Mathys & Squire Consulting was launched in 2021 to develop the firm’s IP strategy and valuation service line – offering clients a one-stop-shop experience for all legal and commercial IP matters under the Mathys & Squire umbrella. PATENT UNITED KINGDOM

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