Ranking tables
Intellectual Property | UK
Yorkshire
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
- Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP
Band 2
- Clarion 10 Years Ranked
- DLA Piper UK LLP 10 Years Ranked
- Mills & Reeve LLP 2 Years Ranked
- Walker Morris LLP 10 Years Ranked
- Womble Bond Dickinson UK LLP
Band 3
Senior Statespeople
- Stuart JacksonHaseltine Lake Kempner LLP
Eminent Practitioners
Star Individuals
- Richard KempnerHaseltine Lake Kempner LLP
Band 1
- Alex Newman Mills & Reeve LLP4 Years Ranked
- Esther Kirwan Clarion9 Years Ranked
- James LoveWomble Bond Dickinson UK LLP
Band 2
- Alan Harper Walker Morris LLP4 Years Ranked
- Georgina Powling Addleshaw Goddard LLP4 Years Ranked
- Mark D Pearce Mills & Reeve LLP19 Years Ranked
- Richard Taylor DLA Piper UK LLP14 Years Ranked
- Suzanne Streatfield Clarion8 Years Ranked
- Jason DaintyHaseltine Lake Kempner LLP
- Louise PerkinHaseltine Lake Kempner LLP
Band 3
- Kerry Russell Shakespeare Martineau2 Years Ranked
- Andrew ClaySonder & Clay
- Dai DavisPercy Crow Davis & Co
- Martin DelafailleSonder & Clay
- Sara LudlamBrabners LLP
Up and Coming
Associates to watch
- Aaron Trebble Lewis Silkin2 Years Ranked
- Jasmine Fearnley Mills & Reeve LLP1 Years Ranked
- Rose Smalley-GordonWomble Bond Dickinson UK LLP
All Departments profiles
Band 1
Band 2
2 ClarionIntellectual Property2025 | Band 2 | 10 Years RankedClarion is highly regarded in the market for its skill in handling a wide range of matters, including international portfolio management, trade mark registration and licensing transactions. The firm is also noted for enforcement and litigation actions. It has a growing community design and international design patent practice. The firm acts for clients ranging from multinational corporates to dynamic regional SMEs.2 DLA Piper UK LLPIntellectual Property2025 | Band 2 | 10 Years RankedDLA Piper in Leeds is a destination IP practice with cross-border expertise in handling transactional and contentious IP matters. The firm is vastly experienced in assisting clients across a range of sectors, including chemicals, life sciences, manufacturing and retail. It is recommended for pan-European anti-counterfeiting strategy.2 Mills & Reeve LLPIntellectual Property2025 | Band 2 | 2 Years RankedMills & Reeve offers a range of IP services to clients in the manufacturing, education and public sectors, among others. The firm advises on both contentious and non-contentious IP matters, with a particular focus on patent and trade mark-related issues. The team has further experience advising on IP licensing transactions in addition to commercial IP agreements.2 Walker Morris LLPIntellectual Property2025 | Band 2 | 10 Years RankedWalker Morris in Leeds is a full-service IP offering advising clients in sectors such as food, manufacturing and retail on infringement disputes concerning all core rights, commercial transactions and portfolio management. The firm acts for a roster of well-known football and rugby clubs. It also has a trade mark filing and opposition practice.
Band 3
3 Addleshaw Goddard LLPIntellectual Property2025 | Band 3 | 1 Years RankedAddleshaw Goddard provides trade mark portfolio management and IP advice. The firm has particular expertise in handling IP questions that arise during transactions.3 HGF Law LLPIntellectual Property2025 | Band 3 | 10 Years RankedHGF Law in Leeds offers an excellent service geared towards sophisticated contentious and non-contentious IP matters in a range of sectors, notably consumer products, engineering, manufacturing and life sciences. The firm is particularly skilled at patent and trade mark infringement disputes, and a go-to for design right matters of all kinds. It is able to coordinate comprehensive patent prosecution and trade mark filing with its sister patent and trade mark attorney firm, HGF.