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Emily O’Neill
General Counsel UK
Main tasks
- Responsible for the UK market
- Provides Intellectual Property expertise
Previous work experience
- Chief Counsel – IP & Litigation at Spectris plc, a FTSE 100 scientific instrumentation company (2013 – 2020)
- General Counsel (secondment) – Servomex Group (2016 – 2018)
- Senior Associate with the London office of Bird & Bird (2007 – 2013)
Education
- Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practise – University of Oxford (2008)
- PhD – Inorganic Materials Chemistry (University College London 2001 – 2004)
- Master of Chemistry (University of Bath, 1997 – 2001)
Additional information
- Named as one of the world’s leading IP strategists by IAM 300 - 2021 / 2022 / 2023
- Director, AIPPI UK and Committee Member of the AIPPI In-House Advisory Committee
- Committee Member of the In-House Division Committee of The Law Society of England and Wales
- Named as a Managing IP Corporate Star 2016-2019
- Speaker at conferences and seminars dealing with intellectual property management and enforcement strategy