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hristopher is an experienced litigator on strategic, cross-border patent disputes, including opposition work before the European Patent Office.
He works in all fields of technology, from pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and medical devices to software and telecommunications.
Christopher also litigates and arbitrates other types of intellectual property, antitrust and pharmaceutical regulatory issues.
He is a creative problem-solver who thinks laterally across the breadth of his practice.
Christopher is a Visiting Professor in Intellectual Property and Competition Law at University College London and published the leading textbook “Parallel Trade in Europe: Intellectual Property. Competition and Regulatory Law”.
He is committed to pro bono matters, in particular those raising issues of (trans) gender and disability rights.
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