Nick graduated from Warwick University in 2005 with an LLB in European Law and joined Bird & Bird as a trainee in 2007.  He qualified as a solicitor in the Intellectual Property group in 2009 and is based in the London office.

Nick works on a wide range of intellectual property matters.  His recent litigation experience includes Corevalve v Edwards Lifesciences, Gemstar v Virgin Media, and a large multijurisdictional patent action for a world leading telecommunications company.

Nick is a fluent German speaker and during his training contract undertook a 3 month secondment at our offices in Germany.  He has studied at Nagoya University in Japan, speaks Japanese to intermediate level and is a member of the British Japanese Law Association.

He has contributed to a number of legal publications including the ITMA Review and the Society for Computers and Law Journal and is a regular contributor of trade mark case reviews for CIPA.  The IP team provide a monthly report to CIPA on trade mark, designs, copyright and confidential information cases - you can search or view all of these reports here.