David Wilkinson

David heads Eversheds Sutherland’s IP practice in the UK. He handles both contentious and transactional IP work and has for many years been ranked as one of the leading lawyers practising in this field.

David has over twenty years’ experience of handling IP litigation and transactional work across a wide range of industry sectors, including technology, media, consumer goods, financial services and FinTech.

David has extensive trial experience and has appeared as a solicitor- advocate before the English High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Court of Justice of the European Union.

He regularly advises on IP-heavy acquisitions, disposals and licences, including some of the most high-profile deals of recent years.

David and his team also advise on advertising and marketing regulation and on libel and reputation management issues for corporates and financial institutions.

Diploma in IP Law and Practice, Bristol University, 1996

Solicitor’s Final Examination, Guildford Law College, 1990

LLB (Hons) Law, The Queen’s University of Belfast, 1989