Baker McKenzie
Firm overview:
Global firm Baker McKenzie acts on trade secrets matters for multinationals across industries including fintech, healthcare, consumer, energy and manufacturing. The firm handles all stages of litigation and alternative dispute resolution involving trade secrets and related actions such as inevitable disclosure, breach of confidence and unfair competition.
On the advisory side, the team provides assessments and develops trade secret protection, monitoring and enforcement programmes for clients. One of the world’s largest full-service IP litigation practices, Baker McKenzie also develops global codes of conduct, due diligence protocols, risk-based covenants and agreements to create a comprehensive approach to protecting and preserving trade secrets.
Team overview:
Baker McKenzie has a global team of advisers working on trade secrets matters across four regions: Asia (led by Kherk Ying Chew in Kuala Lumpur and Grace Shao in Taipei); Europe (led by Eva-Maria Strobel in Zurich); North America (led by Christine Streatfeild in Washington, DC and Bradford Newman in Palo Alto); and South America (led by Juan Pablo Concha Delgado in Bogota).
Shima Roy, a partner in the firm’s Chicago office, comes highly recommended by a client. Described as “very responsive” and with a “deep understanding of the law”, Roy is “highly effective at what she does”, the client says, adding that “We have not had a single trade secret matter go against us since Shima became our lawyer—she always achieves the desired outcome.” Roy represents clients in both commercial and IP disputes in federal courts, arbitration, the International Trade Commission and the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board.
