JUVE Patent has named Herbert Smith Freehills Partner Andrew Wells as one of only five lawyers chosen as ‘Ones to Watch’ in the UK patent market for 2024. This award recognises the most impressive up and coming individuals in patent litigation based.
Andrew helps clients with various issues relating to innovation in a range of different technologies. He is enthusiastic about the on-going potential of innovation to help society to overcome pressing challenges and to drive the 21st century economy forward. Andrew sees intellectual property rights as playing a key role in fostering the development of new technologies. He has a keen interest in the technical as well as legal details of his matters, stemming from his scientific background and, ultimately, his enjoyment of understanding 'how things work'. As noted in the JUVE article, Andrew has significant patent litigation experience, having handled a number of important cases relating to subject matter including virology, genetics, semiconductors and biologics.
Andrew is also an HSF mental health advocate, working to reduce the stigma around these conditions. This dual mission characterises Andrew's approach to his work in the patent field. He co-chairs HSF's Mental Health Champion Steering Committee for the West Region (UK, US & EMEA) and was recently named a mental health Emerging Leader by InsideOut.
Andrew is part of HSF's global IP practice spanning the UK, France, Italy, Germany, China and Australia. The team help the world's foremost companies unlock the value of their intellectual property to protect their investment, to secure and maintain competitive advantage and to obtain commercial outcomes. Our team are globally recognised as market leaders and have acted on some of the most complex disputes and transactions in the market.
Read the full Juve "Ones to Watch" article on Andrew here.
Andrew has also been named by Chambers UK 2024 as "up and coming" for IP: Patent Litigation. Andrew is commended for being "hands-on, very organised and works well with the other members of the team" and "excellent at considering all angles of a case and in the preparation of the evidence."
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