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Andrea Williams

Andrea is a Chartered (UK) and European Patent Attorney who works for both local and overseas clients to draft and prosecute biotechnology patent applications worldwide. She has significant experience in drafting and prosecuting applications covering new plant traits, transgenic and genome edited organisms. She also has wide-ranging experience in drafting and prosecuting applications for large molecule technologies. In particular, her practice covers gene therapies, including modified vectors for delivery, as well as a range of antibodies and ADCs for therapy and as diagnostics for cancer, autoimmune and neurodegenerative disorders. Andrea has considerable experience in contentious matters as well as in providing FTO, due diligence and validity opinions in the biotechnology field. She has also advised on plant breeders' rights and has presented at the Plant Variety Protection Conference. · Marks & Clerk

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Andrea is a Chartered (UK) and European Patent Attorney at Marks & Clerk who drafts and prosecutes biotechnology patent applications worldwide. She has significant experience with plant traits, transgenic and genome-edited organisms, large-molecule technologies including gene therapies and antibodies/ADCs, and provides contentious work plus FTO, due diligence and validity opinions.

Practice areas

Intellectual PropertyPatent ProsecutionBiotechnologyPharmaceuticals & Life SciencesPlant Variety Protection

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England

Marks & Clerk · Andrea is a Chartered (UK) and European Patent Attorney who works for both local and overseas clients to draft and prosecute biotechnology patent applications worldwide. She has significant experience in drafting and prosecuting applications covering new plant traits, transgenic and genome edited organisms. She also has wide-ranging experience in drafting and prosecuting applications for large molecule technologies. In particular, her practice covers gene therapies, including modified vectors for delivery, as well as a range of antibodies and ADCs for therapy and as diagnostics for cancer, autoimmune and neurodegenerative disorders. Andrea has considerable experience in contentious matters as well as in providing FTO, due diligence and validity opinions in the biotechnology field. She has also advised on plant breeders' rights and has presented at the Plant Variety Protection Conference.

England

Expertise

Plant traits and plant biotechnologyTransgenic and genome edited organismsGene therapies and viral/vector deliveryAntibodies and antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs)Freedom to operate (FTO), due diligence and validity opinionsContentious patent mattersPlant breeders' rightsNeurodegenerative disorders (research background)

Education

  • PhD, Human/Medical Genetics - University of Cambridge (2007)
  • MSc, Intellectual Property Law - Queen Mary University of London (2004)
  • BSc, Biological Sciences - University of Warwick (2003)

Admissions

  • Chartered (UK) Patent Attorney
  • European Patent Attorney