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528
529                            <div class="utility-bar">
530                                <div class="utility-bar-hidden">
531                                        <div class="special-nav-item search">
532                                            <form class="search-form" action="/search/">
533                                                <div class="hover-label-wrapper">
534                                                    <label class="hover-label" for="searchText">Search</label>
535                                                    <input name="search" id="searchText" type="text" />
536                                                </div>
537                                                <button type="submit" aria-label="Search"><i class="fas fa-search"></i></button>
538                                            </form>
539                                        </div>
540
541                                        <div class="special-nav-item contact">
542                                            <a href="/contact-us/">Contact Us</a>
543                                        </div>
544
545                                    <div class="special-nav-item language-switcher">
546                                        Language
547                                        <div class="language-items">
548                                                    <a href="/about-us/">English</a>
549                                                    <a href="/fr/a-notre-sujet/">Fran&#xE7;ais</a>
550                                                    <a href="/zh-hans/&#x5173;&#x4E8E;&#x9EA6;&#x4ED5;&#x5947;/">&#x4E2D;&#x6587;&#xFF08;&#x7B80;&#x4F53;&#xFF09;</a>
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562                                            <button class="headerbuttons__searchbutton" x-on:click="toggleGlobalSearch(); $nextTick(() => globalsearchinput.focus());" aria-label="Search Open">
563                                                <i class="fas fa-search">
564                                                </i>
565                                            </button>
566                                            <a class="header-menu-button main-menu-button" aria-label="Menu">
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570                                    </div>
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572                                        <div class="headerbuttons">
573                                            <h3>
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586                            </div>
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588                    </div>
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591        </header>
592
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594<div class="main-navigation-dropdown clearfix">
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598            <div class="nav-section-title">
599                <a href="/our-people/">
599Our People</a>
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602                
603    <form method="post" action="/our-people/">
604        <div class="people-search">
605            <div class="people-search-option">
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607                    <label class="hover-label" for="people-name">Name</label>
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611            <div class="people-search-option">
612                <div class="select-wrapper">
613                    <select name="people-service" id="people-service" class="people-service" aria-label="Services">
614                        <option value="">Services</option>
615                            <option  value="3927">Anti-counterfeiting</option>
616                            <option  value="1330">Brands &amp; Trade Marks</option>
617                            <option  value="1335">Commercial IP &amp; Contracts</option>
618                            <option  value="4160">Copyright</option>
619                            <option  value="1331">Designs</option>
620                            <option  value="95164">Domain names</option>
621                            <option  value="1336">Due Diligence</option>
622                            <option  value="1334">EPO Patent Oppositions</option>
623                            <option  value="1340">European Patent Validations</option>
624                            <option  value="1337">Freedom to Operate</option>
625                            <option  value="1333">Litigation &amp; Dispute Resolution</option>
626                            <option  value="3929">Open Source &amp; Third Party Code</option>
627                            <option  value="1329">Patents</option>
628                            <option  value="131943">Standard Essential Patents</option>
629                            <option  value="132623">Plant Variety Rights</option>
630                            <option  value="133318">Trade Secrets</option>
631                            <option  value="133472">AI Cybersecurity &amp; Data</option>
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633                </div>
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636                <div class="select-wrapper">
637                    <select name="people-sector" id="people-sector" class="people-sector" aria-label="Sector">
638                        <option value="">Sector</option>
639                            <option  value="3973">3D Printing</option>
640                            <option  value="132472">Aerospace &amp; Space</option>
641                            <option  value="4965">Agritech</option>
642                            <option  value="2648">Artificial Intelligence</option>
643                            <option  value="4239">Blockchain</option>
644                            <option  value="1345">Chemistry</option>
645                            <option  value="4237">Data &amp; Connectivity</option>
646                            <option  value="132034">Defence &amp; Cybersecurity</option>
647                            <option  value="1353">Digital Transformation</option>
648                            <option  value="1342">Energy &amp; Environment</option>
649                            <option  value="1348">Entertainment &amp; Creative Industries</option>
650                            <option  value="4214">Extended Reality</option>
651                            <option  value="1350">Fashion &amp; Retail</option>
652                            <option  value="6231">Financial Services</option>
653                            <option  value="1349">Food &amp; Drink</option>
654                            <option  value="4238">Industry 4.0</option>
655                            <option  value="1343">Life Sciences</option>
656                            <option  value="1344">Medical Technologies</option>
657                            <option  value="117405">Polymers</option>
658                            <option  value="120599">Quantum Computing</option>
659                            <option  value="1531">Software</option>
660                            <option  value="131846">Space</option>
661                            <option  value="1352">Start-ups &amp; Spin-outs</option>
662                            <option  value="1347">Transport</option>
663                            <option  value="1351">Universities &amp; Research Bodies</option>
664                            <option  value="133709">Beauty &amp; Cosmetics</option>
665                    </select>
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669                <div class="select-wrapper">
670                    <select name="people-country" id="people-country" class="people-country" aria-label="Country">
671                        <option value="">Country</option>
672                            <option  value="1432">UK</option>
673                            <option  value="1434">Luxembourg</option>
674                            <option  value="3809">Japan</option>
675                            <option  value="1435">China</option>
676                            <option  value="1436">Singapore</option>
677                            <option  value="1437">Malaysia</option>
678                            <option  value="1591">Korea</option>
679                            <option  value="1438">Canada</option>
680                    </select>
681                </div>
682            </div>
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684                <div class="select-wrapper">
685                    <select name="people-office" id="people-office" class="people-office" aria-label="Office">
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687                            <option  value="1178">Aberdeen</option>
688                            <option  value="1179">Birmingham</option>
689                            <option  value="1180">Cambridge</option>
690                            <option  value="1181">Edinburgh</option>
691                            <option  value="1266">Glasgow</option>
692                            <option  value="1268">London</option>
693                            <option  value="1269">Manchester</option>
694                            <option  value="1270">Oxford</option>
695                            <option  value="1283">Luxembourg</option>
696                            <option  value="3954">Japan</option>
697                            <option  value="1186">Beijing</option>
698                            <option  value="1187">Hong Kong</option>
699                            <option  value="1262">Singapore</option>
700                            <option  value="1264">
700Kuala Lumpur</option>
701                            <option  value="1592">Korea</option>
702                            <option  value="1273">Ottawa</option>
703                            <option  value="1274">Toronto</option>
704                    </select>
705                </div>
706            </div>
707            <div class="people-search-option">
708                <div class="select-wrapper">
709                    <select name="people-language" id="people-language" class="people-language" aria-label="Language">
710                        <option value="">Language</option>
711                            <option false value="1577">Bahasa Melayu (Malay)</option>
712                            <option false value="1581">&#x4E2D;&#x6587;(&#x5EE3;&#x6771;&#x8A71;) (Cantonese)</option>
713                            <option false value="1579">&#x4E2D;&#x6587; (&#x666E;&#x901A;&#x8BDD;) (Mandarin)</option>
714                            <option false value="4281">Cymraeg (Welsh)</option>
715                            <option false value="1575">Deutsch (German)</option>
716                            <option false value="1584">English</option>
717                            <option false value="1586">Espa&#xF1;ol (Spanish)</option>
718                            <option false value="4307">Eesti (Estonian)</option>
719                            <option false value="1574">Fran&#xE7;ais (French)</option>
720                            <option false value="1585">&#xA97;&#xAC1;&#xA9C;&#xAB0;&#xABE;&#xAA4;&#xAC0; (Gujarati)</option>
721                            <option false value="4243">&#x939;&#x93F;&#x902;&#x926;&#x940; (Hindi)</option>
722                            <option false value="1576">Italiano (Italian)</option>
723                            <option false value="1580">&#x65E5;&#x672C;&#x8A9E; (Japanese)</option>
724                            <option false value="1587">&#xD55C;&#xAD6D;&#xC5B4; (Korean)</option>
725                            <option false value="5203">L&#xEB;tzebuergesch (Luxembourgish)</option>
726                            <option false value="4242">&#xD2E;&#xD32;&#xD2F;&#xD3E;&#xD33;&#xD02; (Malayalam)</option>
727                            <option false value="5207">Limba rom&#xE2;na (Romanian)</option>
728                            <option false value="1583">Nederlands (Dutch)</option>
729                            <option false value="1588">Portuguese</option>
730                            <option false value="1582">&#x420;&#x443;&#x441;&#x441;&#x43A;&#x438;&#x439; (Russian)</option>
731                            <option false value="4244">&#xBA4;&#xBAE;&#xBBF;&#xBB4;&#xBCD; (Tamil)</option>
732                            <option false value="133590">Svenska (Swedish)</option>
733                            <option false value="133767">&#x4E2D;&#x6587;(&#x5BA2;&#x5BB6;&#x8A71;) (Hakka)</option>
734                    </select>
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736            </div>
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738                <button type="submit" class="btn srch">Search</button>
739            </div>
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745
746        <div class="nav-section">
747            <div class="nav-section-title">
748                <a href="/global-presence/">Global Presence</a>
749            </div>
750            <div class="sub-sections">
751                    <div class="nav-sub-section">
752                            <strong class="sub-section-title">Regions</strong>
753
754                            <ul class="sub-section-links">
755                                    <li >
756                                        <a href="/global-presence/asia/">Asia</a>
757
758
759                                    </li>
760                                    <li >
761                                        <a href="/global-presence/europe/">Europe</a>
762
763
764                                    </li>
765                                    <li >
766                                        <a href="/global-presence/americas/">Americas</a>
767
768
769                                    </li>
770                        </ul>
771                    </div>
772                    <div class="nav-sub-section">
773                            <strong class="sub-section-title">Offices</strong>
774
775                            <ul class="sub-section-links">
776                                    <li  class="sub-items">
777                                        <a href="/global-presence/americas/canada/">Canada</a>
778
779                                            <span class="sub-section-dropper"><i class="fas fa-chevron-down"></i></span>
780
781                                            <div class="sub-section-dropdown">
782                                                <ul>
783                                                        <li><a href="/global-presence/americas/canada/ottawa/">Ottawa</a></li>
784                                                        <li><a href="/global-presence/americas/canada/toronto/">Toronto</a></li>
785                                                </ul>
786                                            </div>
787                                    </li>
788                                    <li  class="sub-items">
789                                        <a href="/global-presence/asia/china/">China</a>
790
791                                            <span class="sub-section-dropper"><i class="fas fa-chevron-down"></i></span>
792
793                                            <div class="sub-section-dropdown">
794                                                <ul>
795                                                        <li><a href="/global-presence/asia/china/beijing/">Beijing</a></li>
796                                                        <li><a href="/global-presence/asia/china/hong-kong/">Hong Kong</a></li>
797                                                </ul>
798                                            </div>
799                                    </li>
800                                    <li >
801                                        <a href="/global-presence/europe/luxembourg/luxembourg/">Luxembourg</a>
802
803
804                                    </li>
805                                    <li >
806                                        <a href="/global-presence/asia/malaysia/kuala-lumpur/">Malaysia</a>
807
808
809                                    </li>
810                                    <li >
811                                        <a href="/global-presence/asia/singapore/singapore/">Singapore</a>
812
813
814                                    </li>
815                                    <li  class="sub-items">
816                                        <a href="/global-presence/europe/uk/">UK</a>
817
818                                            <span class="sub-section-dropper"><i class="fas fa-chevron-down"></i></span>
819
820                                            <div class="sub-section-dropdown">
821                                                <ul>
822                                                        <li><a href="/global-presence/europe/uk/aberdeen/">Aberdeen</a></li>
823                                                        <li><a href="/global-presence/europe/uk/birmingham/">Birmingham</a></li>
824                                                        <li><a href="/global-presence/europe/uk/cambridge/">Cambridge</a></li>
825                                                        <li><a href="/global-presence/europe/uk/edinburgh/">Edinburgh</a></li>
826                                                        <li><a href="/global-presence/europe/uk/glasgow/">Glasgow</a></li>
827                                                        <li><a href="/global-presence/europe/uk/london/">London</a></li>
828                                                        <li><a href="/global-presence/europe/uk/manchester/">Manchester</a></li>
829                                                        <li><a href="/global-presence/europe/uk/oxford/">Oxford</a></li>
830                                                </ul>
831                                            </div>
832                                    </li>
833                        </ul>
834                    </div>
835                    <div class="nav-sub-section">
836                            <strong class="sub-section-title">Client liaison</strong>
837
838                            <ul class="sub-section-links">
839                                    <li >
840                                        <a href="/global-presence/asia/japan/">Japan</a>
841
842
843                                    </li>
844                                    <li >
845                                        <a href="/global-presence/asia/korea/korea/">Korea</a>
846
847
848                                    </li>
849                        </ul>
850                    </div>
851            </div>
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853                <div class="nav-section">
854            <div class="nav-section-title">
855                <a href="/expertise/">Expertise</a>
856            </div>
857            <div class="sub-sections">
858                    <div class="nav-sub-section">
859                            <strong class="sub-section-title">Services</strong>
860
861                            <ul class="sub-section-links">
862                                    <li >
863                                        <a href="/expertise/services/patents/">Patents</a>
864
865
866                                    </li>
867                                    <li >
868                                        <a href="/expertise/services/brands-trade-marks/">Brands &amp; Trade Marks</a>
869
870
871                                    </li>
872                                    <li >
873                                        <a href="/expertise/services/designs/">Designs</a>
874
875
876                                    </li>
877                                    <li >
878                                        <a href="/expertise/services/litigation-dispute-resolution/">Litigation &amp; Dispute Resolution</a>
879
880
881                                    </li>
882                                    <li >
883                                        <a href="/expertise/services/commercial-ip-contracts/">Commercial IP &amp; Contracts</a>
884
885
886                                    </li>
887                                    <li >
888                                        <a href="/expertise/services/artificial-intelligence-cybersecurity-data/">Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity &amp; Data</a>
889
890
891                                    </li>
892                                    <li >
893                                        <a href="/expertise/services/copyright/">Copyright</a>
894
895
896                                    </li>
897                                    <li >
898                                        <a href="/expertise/services/trade-secrets/">Trade Secrets</a>
899
900
901                                    </li>
902                                    <li >
903                                        <a href="/expertise/services/due-diligence/">Due Diligence</a>
904
905
906                                    </li>
907                                    <li >
908                                        <a href="/expertise/services/freedom-to-operate/">Freedom to Operate</a>
909
910
911                                    </li>
912                                    <li >
913                                        <a href="/expertise/services/epo-patent-oppositions/">EPO Patent Oppositions</a>
914
915
916                                    </li>
917                                    <li >
918                                        <a href="/expertise/services/european-patent-validations/">European Patent Validations</a>
919
920
921                                    </li>
922                                    <li >
923                                        <a href="/expertise/services/anti-counterfeiting/">Anti-counterfeiting</a>
924
925
926                                    </li>
927                                    <li >
928                                        <a href="/expertise/services/open-source-third-party-code/">Open Source &amp; Third Party Code</a>
929
930
931                                    </li>
932                                    <li >
933                                        <a href="/expertise/services/domain-names/">Domain Names</a>
934
935
936                                    </li>
937                                    <li >
938                                        <a href="/expertise/services/plant-variety-rights/">Plant Variety Rights</a>
939
940
941                                    </li>
942                                    <li >
943                                        <a href="/expertise/services/standard-essential-patents/">Standard Essential Patents</a>
944
945
946                                    </li>
947                        </ul>
948                    </div>
949                    <div class="nav-sub-section">
950                            <strong class="sub-section-title">Sectors</strong>
951
952                            <ul class="sub-section-links">
953                                    <li  class="sub-items">
954                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/digital-transformation/">Digital Transformation</a>
955
956                                            <span class="sub-section-dropper"><i class="fas fa-chevron-down"></i></span>
957
958                                            <div class="sub-section-dropdown">
959                                                <ul>
960                                                        <li><a href="/expertise/sectors/digital-transformation/3d-printing/">3D Printing</a></li>
961                                                        <li><a href="/expertise/sectors/digital-transformation/artificial-intelligence/">Artificial Intelligence</a></li>
962                                                        <li><a href="/expertise/sectors/digital-transformation/blockchain/">Blockchain</a></li>
963                                                        <li><a href="/expertise/sectors/digital-transformation/data-connectivity/">Data &amp; Connectivity</a></li>
964                                                        <li><a href="/expertise/sectors/digital-transformation/extended-reality/">Extended Reality</a></li>
965                                                        <li><a href="/expertise/sectors/digital-transformation/quantum-computing/">Quantum Computing</a></li>
966                                                </ul>
967                                            </div>
968                                    </li>
969                                    <li >
970                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/energy-environment/">Energy &amp; Environment</a>
971
972
973                                    </li>
974                                    <li >
975                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/life-sciences/">Life Sciences</a>
976
977
978                                    </li>
979                                    <li >
980                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/agritech/">Agritech</a>
981
982
983                                    </li>
984                                    <li >
985                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/medical-technologies/">Medical Technologies</a>
986
987
988                                    </li>
989                                    <li >
990                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/chemistry/">Chemistry</a>
991
992
993                                    </li>
994                                    <li >
995                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/transport/">Transport</a>
996
997
998                                    </li>
999                                    <li >
1000                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/entertainment-creative-industries/">Entertainment &amp; Creative Industries</a>
1001
1002
1003                                    </li>
1004                                    <li >
1005                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/food-drink/">Food &amp; Drink</a>
1006
1007
1008                                    </li>
1009                                    <li >
1010                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/fashion-retail/">Fashion &amp; Retail</a>
1011
1012
1013                                    </li>
1014                                    <li  class="sub-items">
1015                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/universities-research-bodies/">Universities &amp; Research Bodies</a>
1016
1017                                            <span class="sub-section-dropper"><i class="fas fa-chevron-down"></i></span>
1018
1019                                            <div class="sub-section-dropdown">
1020                                                <ul>
1021                                                        <li><a href="/expertise/sectors/universities-research-bodies/technology-transfer-offices/">Technology Transfer Offices</a></li>
1022                                                </ul>
1023                                            </div>
1024                                    </li>
1025                                    <li  class="sub-items">
1026                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/start-ups-spin-outs/">Start-ups &amp; Spin-outs</a>
1027
1028                                            <span class="sub-section-dropper"><i class="fas fa-chevron-down"></i></span>
1029
1030                                            <div class="sub-section-dropdown">
1031                                                <ul>
1032                                                        <li><a href="/expertise/sectors/start-ups-spin-outs/intellectual-property-creating-value-for-start-ups/">Creating value for start-ups</a></li>
1033                                                        <li><a href="/insights/resources/the-ip-driven-start-up-ebook/">The IP Driven Start-up eBook</a></li>
1034                                                        <li><a href="/insights/resources/the-ip-driven-start-up-podcast-series/">The IP Driven Start-up Podcast Series</a></li>
1035                                                </ul>
1036                                            </div>
1037                                    </li>
1038                                    <li >
1039                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/defence/">Defence</a>
1040
1041
1042                                    </li>
1043                                    <li >
1044                                        <a href="/expertise/sectors/aerospace-space-technologies/">Aerospace &amp; Space Technologies</a>
1045
1046
1047                                    </li>
1048                        </ul>
1049                    </div>
1050            </div>
1051                </div>
1052                <div class="nav-section">
1053            <div class="nav-section-title">
1054                <a href="/about-us/">About Us</a>
1055            </div>
1056            <div class="sub-sections">
1057                    <div class="nav-sub-section">
1058
1059                            <ul class="sub-section-links">
1060                                    <li >
1061                                        <a href="/about-us/working-with-us/">Working with us</a>
1062
1063
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