Keystone Law

Firm overview:

‘Platform’ law firm Keystone Law acts as a central hub for its network of highly experienced lawyers, who use the firm’s Keyed-in IT system to work from any location and dedicate more time to client work, rather than administrative tasks. Its non-traditional business model allows for greater collaboration with external firms, with attorneys more willing to refer work to the right person wherever they are based. Clients receive the same seamless, holistic service found at more established practices.

The IP team handles both non-contentious and dispute-related needs, with significant expertise advising on patent licensing, assignments and strategy to maximise the potential of intangible assets.

At the core of Keystone’s legal offering is its dispute resolution service. The team has acted in landmark cases from the Enterprise Court to the UK Supreme Court and has a bench of top patent litigators ready to defend or enforce clients’ patents in multiple forums.

Team overview:

Keystone Law has built an IP team of highly skilled experts able to handle clients’ increasingly complex IP needs. Its business model has proved successful for attracting new talent, with its proposition allowing lawyers to spend more time on their work and less time on non-client matters, such as internal meetings.

Partner Simon Chalkey is a go-to lawyer for transactions relating to the commercial exploitation of all IP rights. Chalkey regularly advises clients on monetising their patent portfolios, particularly in the technology, engineering, and creative sectors.

Top patent litigators at the firm include partner Rebecca Halford-Harrison, who advises clients on both contentious and non-contentious matters. Halford-Harrison handles multi-jurisdictional disputes and has particular expertise in chemical-based industries.

James Tumbridge and Robert Peake are “leading experts” who represent “great value”, according to one industry peer, while another notes that they provide “consistently good instructing and preparation work”. Tumbridge has extensive experience in patent litigation, strategy and commercialisation, and has appeared as a barrister in several leading IP cases in the UK and Canada.

Peake has advised clients from startups to multinational corporations on complex patent disputes, often with cross-border elements and technically complex subject matter.

Consultant solicitor Ryan Abbott represents clients in the life sciences and IP industries, and has appeared as advocate and lead counsel in numerous litigations in the UK and abroad.

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