Goodwin's Cambridge office is a key location for its offering to tech and life sciences companies, for whom IP advice is a vital component. The team has a strong, longstanding track record in advising domestic and international clients, supporting business operations and fundraising; developing, defending, and enforcing patent portfolios; assisting with regulatory issues; and advising on the IP aspects of all types of deals. At the helm of the practice, Tim Worden is one of the market’s best-regarded lawyers for life sciences companies, acting in licensing and partnering deals, R&D and clinical trial agreements, distribution agreements, and an array of regulatory matters. Georgia Powell is the additional key contact in Cambridge; her practice covers non-contentious IP and commercial matters in the life sciences, technology, and healthcare sectors.

Mills & Reeve LLP's IP practice has strength across the firm’s key sectors of education, food and beverage, health and care, life sciences, and technology. It has also carved niches in university IP policies and spinouts; designations of food and beverage origin; and complex licensing and partnering transactions in the life sciences space. The IP group is overseen by Alex Newman, who works between Cambridge, Leeds, and Oxford, and the Cambridge office houses a number of experienced lawyers. James Fry is head of the multi-disciplinary life sciences practice, specialising in research and technology collaborations, IP licensing, and the distribution and promotion of medical and medicinal products. Stephanie Caird is also a life sciences expert, while Nicola Hanglin leads the firm’s trade mark filing and prosecution practice. Other names to note for IP matters are James Field and Richard Plaistowe.

As well as its hubs in London and Oxford, Mishcon de Reya LLP's Cambridge office is a key location for the firm’s UK IP team, which handles all aspects of trade mark, patent, design, and copyright protection, licensing, enforcement, strategy, and litigation. London-based David Rose oversees the practice group, with Patrick Farrant a key contact who divides his time between London and Cambridge. Trade marks and brands expert and strategist Louisa Dixon and tech sector disputes lawyer Gareth Dickson add to the partner strength in Cambridge, while on the more junior side, David Rainford is highly regarded across the technology sector.

Specialist firm Stobbs IP is a go-to destination for the gamut of brand management matters, as is reflected in its client list of household names from various industries. Alongside traditional trade mark attorney expertise, it also handles related areas, from brand valuation and intelligence, to licensing and creative consultancy. Firm founder Julius Stobbs has overall oversight of the group, while for sectorial expertise, Sarah Fellows leads on fashion; Russ Munro for sports; and Chris Hawkes heads up the music, media, and entertainment sub-team. Senior European trade mark attorney Louise Goodsell is a key contact for portfolio management. Commercial contracts relating to IP are the strength of Will Haig‘s practice.

Winston Taylor is well established as a reliable destination for advice at any point in the IP lifecycle, and its Cambridge office is no exception, drawing clients from the city’s thriving tech and life sciences landscape. The team supports university tech transfer offices, founders, and early‑stage companies, continuing to work with them as they develop. Team head Adrian Toutoungi is one of the UK’s foremost life sciences licensing lawyers, and his clients' sub-sectors include small-molecule therapeutics, biologics, cell and gene therapy, and medical devices. Tasmina Goraya assists with IP litigation, as well as regulatory issues, and additional key contacts Charlie Adams and Charlotte Peach represent the young talent in the practice.

Maria Peyman is the first head of IP at Birketts LLP and has developed a practice that handles both non-contentious and contentious matters, the former including commercialisation, exploitation ,and strategic management of IP, and the latter encompassing IPEC, High Court, and Court of Appeal cases. Peyman's particular expertise is on the disputes side, while Quentin Golder is the lead figure at the Cambridge office for advisory work. At the Norwich office, two more junior lawyers stand out: Melanie Harvey, who acts on the spectrum of trade mark matters; and Emily Broadrick, who assists with IP litigation.

The broad IP offering at Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP assists clients with patents, designs, trade marks, copyright, and rights in confidential information. The Cambridge office also has a particularly strong transactional IP side, advising on the full spectrum of IP agreements. Life sciences, publishing, and the charity sector are all areas of strength for the group, which is led in Cambridge by Rachel Bradley, who is an accomplished advisor on non-contentious IP, including trade mark, patent and know-how, and copyright licences, author/editor agreements, software licences, and day-to-day IP issues.

Specialist pharmaceutical and life science IP practice Evolve Intellectual Property is a growing presence in Cambridge and in the global market, adding Rose Hughes to the team from an in-house role at AstraZeneca. She adds expertise in cell and gene therapy and AI-powered drug discovery, joining Steven Gurney in joint leadership of the group. Gurney has long-term relationships with pharmaceutical and life science companies, and extensive experience in patent strategy, prosecution, and litigation.

Operating on an in-house retainer model, Fosters provides clients with a comprehensive coverage that ranges from creation and prosecution of new trade mark applications, to strategy and management for international IP portfolios. As the firm’s head of business and commercial, Jamie Arnall oversees matters in this area, while IP specifics are the realm of Charlotte Darkins, who is especially sought out for complex matters in the sports sector. November 2025 hire Jacob Cook has added strength in depth.

Disputes lawyer Jamie McConnell heads up the East Anglia IP offering at Greenwoods with extensive experience in complex cases, with recent highlights including the defence of a copyright infringement claim in the manufacturing sector and a design and development dispute in the automotive space. McConnell has longstanding relationships with a number of the firm’s clients and assists with IP licensing matters alongside his contentious-focused practice.

Noteworthy British IP firm Marks & Clerk has a Cambridge office that collaborates with its base in London to provide a full-service offering. Simon Portman is the key contact in East Anglia and is an expert in contractual law and IP transactions. Cambridge’s standout tech sector is the focus of his practice and he has assisted numerous clients with scaling up through acquisition or organic growth.