Clare Greatbanks
Clare is an IP solicitor with over 12 years’ experience advising on IP transactions and disputes across the full spectrum of rights. With a biochemistry degree and industry experience, she helps clients from start-ups to global organisations navigate complex matters where IP decisions are commercially critical.
Clare supports clients at all stages of the IP lifecycle, from shaping IP strategy and commercialising assets to due diligence, transactional support, enforcement strategy and litigation.
What she enjoys most about IP is that no two matters are ever alike. Each project demands a swift yet thorough understanding of the client’s business and their underlying rights, paired with the flexibility to deliver practical, commercially minded advice that supports their goals.
- Preparing a patent litigation strategy for a US client, including working with our patent attorney team in relation to the parallel European patent validation strategy
- Advising a biotech business in relation to licensing and collaboration agreements
- Advising on misuse of confidential information and trade secrets
- Helping easyGroup enforce its easy family of brands in the UK
- Trade mark infringement advice for a global medical devices company
- Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice, University of Bristol
- Postgraduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School
- BSc, Biochemistry, Imperial College
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How We Live Our Values: Collaboration
Collaboration is central to how I work. The close partnership between our IP solicitors and our patent and trade mark attorneys genuinely enhances the advice we give and the results we achieve. It’s a pleasure to work with colleagues and clients who share that commitment.
In My Own Words
Although I set out to become a solicitor, my biochemistry degree took me into science before I found my way back to law. During an industry placement, I realised research wasn’t the right fit for me. What it did give me was clarity: I wanted a career that combined scientific insight with legal problem solving. IP offered exactly that, allowing me to use my technical background to help clients navigate complex and fast moving areas.
