Charlotte Jacobsen

Charlotte Jacobsen is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a USPTO-qualified, first-chair litigator with advanced scientific degrees and a deep understanding of chemistry, biology and biotechnology.

For 20 years, Charlotte has represented clients in complex chemical, pharmaceutical and biotechnology patent and licensing disputes. She has been lead trial counsel and won cases in the federal district courts, before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and inter partes review proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. She also has experience with arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association (AAA) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), and with pre-litigation work having handled comprehensive preparatory investigations for numerous blockbuster products.

Master of Laws, Columbia University, 2008. Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Inns of Court School of Law, 2003. MSc Forensic Science, King's College London, 2001. Master of Arts, University of Cambridge, 2000.