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Emma Iles

Emma Iles

Asia-Pacific 2026

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Ranked in 2 practice areas

About

Provided by Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer LLP

Practice Areas

- Intellectual property

- Commercial litigation

- Patents

- Copyright

- Litigation and dispute resolution

Career

Emma is a Partner based in our Perth office. Emma works in the Intellectual Property Disputes team. Emma is a focused professional in intellectual property advice and dispute resolution. Emma advises clients in all areas of IP and technology, including patents, trade marks, copyright and confidential information. She also advises clients in relation to therapeutic goods regulations and in consumer law matters, regularly advising clients on advertising, marketing campaigns and disputes, including greenwashing. Emma has particular experience in the life sciences sector, with her legal qualifications complemented by a degree in Biomedical Science. Her practice also involves regularly advising clients on regulatory issues relating to pharmaceuticals, radiopharmaceuticals and medical devices. This includes advising on internal investigations relating to regulatory compliance. Her litigious experience includes urgent interlocutory applications, trade mark office proceedings, multi-jurisdictional patent disputes, international arbitrations and commercial disputes. This experience extends to industries including pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical devices, software, and consumer products. Emma completed her Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Biomedical Science at Monash University. Emma also has a Masters of Commercial Law from Melbourne University. She is admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Victoria, the Federal Court of Australia and the High Court of Australia.

For additional information on Emma’s professional background, please visit: https://www.hsfkramer.com/our-people/e/emma-iles

Chambers Review

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Chambers Asia & Pacific

Intellectual Property: Patents - Australia

Band 4
Band 4

Individual Editorial
Emma Iles' practice is particularly focused on patent disputes, where she frequently acts for pharmaceutical and medical device companies.

Life Sciences - Australia

Band 4
Band 4

Individual Editorial
Emma Iles frequently assists pharmaceutical clients with patent disputes, including infringement, invalidity and opposition proceedings. She is based in Melbourne.

Strengths

Provided by Chambers

  • Emma Iles is amazing and energetic. She thinks outside the box and is very commercial.

    Intellectual Property: PatentsChambers Asia & Pacific
  • Emma has been an absolute gem to work with. She's deftly applied her expertise and grasped complex technical details of our business with speed and agility.

    Intellectual Property: PatentsChambers Asia & Pacific
  • I'm very impressed by Emma Iles as an operator. She is willing to stretch into other parts of the law where we require a creative solution.

    Life SciencesChambers Asia & Pacific
  • Emma is an expert in her field. She identifies issues quickly and provides succinct and sensible legal advice.

    Life SciencesChambers Asia & Pacific

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