Stephen McNeeney

BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, European Patent Attorney.

Steve studied chemistry at the University of Manchester before obtaining a doctorate in organic chemistry from the same university. He worked in the research department of a large UK chemical company before joining the patent department of an international pharmaceutical company.

He joined Potter Clarkson in 1996 and became a partner in 1999. Steve won the Moss Prize in 1996, having obtained the highest overall mark the previous year in examinations relating to UK and overseas patent law.

Steve specialises in pharmaceutical industry-related inventions, in particular medicinal chemistry and pharmaceutical formulations. He acts for a wide range of clients from big pharma, through SME drug discovery and drug development companies, to start-ups and university spin-outs, many of which are based outside the UK, especially in Scandinavia.