LAWYER PROFILE

Pauline Debré

France 2026

Linklaters

Ranked in 1 practice area

Intellectual Property: Patents

France

13 years ranked

About

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Practice Areas

Pauline heads the IP/TMT practice of Linklaters in Paris and has considerable experience in IP litigation and specifically patent litigation.

She focuses on handling complex cross-border patent and trademark litigations, notably in the healthcare and telecommunications sectors. She assists major clients in all types of proceedings, including preliminary injunctions, seizures (saisie-contrefaçon), revocation and infringement actions, arbitration and mediation, often in a global context (parallel litigation in the US, pending oppositions before the EPO).

Pauline works in close coordination with our competition experts, notably on standard essential patents related cases.

Pauline also assists clients from various industries with negotiating and drafting contracts related to IP rights (JV agreements, R&D agreements, co-existence agreements) and on projects and corporate deals (acquisitions, carve out) where IP is a key asset.

Pauline co-heads the Patent Commission of the French group of AIPPI, as well as the Standing Committee on Patents and Standards. She is also a member of EPLAW (European Patent Lawyers association), APRAM, APEB and LES.

Pauline is ranked amongst France’s best IP lawyers.

Her team is ranked Band 1 by Legal 500 (2020) and won the Award of the Best patent team in 2020 (Trophées du Droit, Leaders League 2020).

Individually, Pauline is ranked as:

- Leading individual: "one of the top patent litigators on the French market" (Legal 500 - 2020)

- Among the 30 best patent lawyers in France: an "extremely good professional” who is "recognised for her superb work on cross-border cases in the areas of telecoms and healthcare" (Who’s Who Legal 2020)

- Described as "notably strong in contentious IP matters, with sources deeming her to be " an outstanding litigator." She regularly assists with patent infringement actions across the pharmaceutical, technology and energy sectors. She is additionally experienced in trade mark issues.” (Chambers- 2020)

- "Patent Star" and "Trademark Star" (Managing IP -2020)

- Ranked by Best Lawyers 2020

For more information: https://www.linklaters.com/en/find-a-lawyer/pauline-debre

Chambers Review

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Chambers France

Intellectual Property: Patents - France

Band 2

Individual Editorial

Pauline Debré is well recognised for her patent expertise, including acting in infringement actions, revocations and validity cases. She is equally adept at advising on the IP aspects of corporate transactions.

Editorial individuel

Pauline Debré est reconnue pour son expertise en matière de brevets, notamment dans le cadre d’actions en contrefaçon, d'annulations et de dossiers de validité. Elle est également experte dans le conseil sur les aspects de propriété intellectuelle des transactions de corporate.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Pauline Debré has excellent strategic vision and an excellent ability to present, synthesise and convince. She has a mastery of the business in terms of its commercial and legal aspects.
Intellectual Property: PatentsChambers France
Pauline Debré's judgement is always pertinent, sharp and clear with a global approach, even for sophisticated situations. She provides the best delivery for our business challenges.
Intellectual Property: PatentsChambers France
Pauline has brought her extensive expertise and experience to our project and has been a great partner on the path to achieving our project objectives.
Intellectual Property: PatentsChambers France
We had a very good experience with her, Pauline Debré works quickly and knows her area. She is also very nice and she is efficient.
Intellectual Property: PatentsChambers France
She is a very strong and strategic lawyer, she is very tactical. She gives very solid advice and is very responsive. She also leads her team very well.
Intellectual Property: PatentsChambers France
Pauline a apporté à notre projet sa vaste expertise et son expérience, et a été une partenaire précieuse dans la réalisation de nos objectifs.
Intellectual Property: PatentsChambers France