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Nicola Dagg

Nicola Dagg

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Nicola Dagg is a partner in the Intellectual Property Team in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP. Nicola’s practice spans four areas: (1) strategic patent and product lifecycle advice; (2) patent litigation; (3) coordinating global IP enforcement/defence cases; and (4) standard essential patent (SEP) and FRAND disputes.

Nicola has extensive experience on all aspects of intellectual property advisory and litigation work, including blockbuster small molecule litigation against generic companies, biologics and biosimilar litigation, antibodies, immunotherapies, genetics, vaccines, diagnostics and gene therapies. Nicola also acts in market leading SEP essentiality, validity and global FRAND adjudication litigation in the tech sector. Having served as UK and European/global co-ordinating counsel for numerous strategic IP projects litigation cases and drawing on almost 30 years of legal, IP, life sciences and tech experience she helps clients solve their most pressing global IP challenges.

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Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation - UK

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Nicola Dagg is a pre-eminent litigator handling some of the most complex patent cases of the day for pharmaceutical companies, including before the Supreme Court. She also comes recommended for electronic and mechanical engineering disputes.

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  • Nicola Dagg is terrific in her sense of what courts will do and her thorough knowledge of related cases.

    Intellectual Property: Patent LitigationChambers Global Guide
  • Nicola is highly regarded within the patent litigation community for her astute and innovative thinking.

    Intellectual Property: Patent LitigationChambers Global Guide
  • She has a remarkable ability to anticipate the next moves of her adversaries early in the process, leading cases with both precision and agility.

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  • Nicola is a force of nature - brilliant at what she does, which is very big cases. She is very good tactically, always thinking of how best to position things, and really good at planning everything.

    Intellectual Property: Patent LitigationChambers Global Guide
  • Nicola Dagg runs a very tight ship and she is very good at dealing with things from a holistic perspective; she will support you in court and boardroom. Very hands-on and very impressive.

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