Experience

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  CWB Limited

  • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Associate

    • Jul 2022 - Present
    • Dubai, United Arab Emirates

    Proudly providing high quality IP legal services in 22 countries in the Middle East and North Africa region. After its merger in 2023 with Petosevic and Hahn & Hahn, the new CWB IP now covers the whole of the African continent and central and eastern Europe in addition to the MENA region.

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  Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA)

  • Downtown, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  • Legal Division

    • Jan 2018 - Jun 2022
    • Downtown, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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  Darts-ip

  • Abu Dhabi

  • Case Law Analyst (remote work position)

    • Feb 2016 - Feb 2017
    • Abu Dhabi

    Darts-ip is the Global Intellectual Property ("IP") Case Law Database. Enabling big and small law firms, IP consulting specialists and corporates around the world to find cases that matter and to gain IP insight. Darts-ip collects decisions daily and currently has almost 2,000,000 (2 Million!) cases from over 2000 courts globally. Each individual decision is analysed locally by trade mark, patent, design or domain name specialists. And search interfaces are tailored to the needs of IP professionals

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  Simpson Grierson

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Intellectual Property Lawyer

    • Jul 2010 - Aug 2011
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    Main responsibilities: Advising and representing clients in the field of IP, both commercially and before IPONZ. Drafting legal arguments. Providing pre-filing advice, conducting searches, assessing risks and providing recommendations. Assisting clients in the enforcement of their IP rights, negotiating and drafting settlement agreements.

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  Darts-ip

  • Case Law Analyst (remote work position)

    • Mar 2009 - Jul 2010

    Case-law analysis and encoding

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  Hogan Lovells

  • Alicante, Spain

  • Intellectual Property Lawyer

    • Aug 2007 - Mar 2009
    • Alicante, Spain

    Main responsibilities: Offering legal and advisory expertise to major international clients in the IP field, in particular, relating to European Community Trade Mark and Design law.

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  Nestlé

  • Barcelona Area, Spain

  • Intellectual Property Lawyer

    • Mar 2005 - Mar 2007
    • Barcelona Area, Spain

    In-house IP lawyer. European Community Trade Marks and Designs Specialist. Main responsibilities: Being involved in the entire process of branding: from product conception to brand protection strategies, to subsequent exploitation and enforcement of different IP rights. Managing the entire European Community Trade Mark and Design portfolio of Nestle worldwide.

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  ISERN PATENTES Y MARCAS

  • Barcelona, Spain

  • Trade Mark Lawyer

    • Dec 2003 - Feb 2005
    • Barcelona, Spain

    Coordinating the European Community Trade Mark Department. Providing advice to national and international clients in IP protection and enforcement strategies.