Biography: Life Sciences

Gerry is a leader in Bird & Bird's international life sciences group and is regularly named as a leading IP lawyer in the life sciences sector. He specialises in contentious IP work and in commercial and regulatory matters for clients in the sector and is hailed as a "superb contender in the life sciences arena who provides commendably down-to-earth advice". He has been involved in many key patent litigation cases relating to biotechnology products and innovative pharmaceutical products and regularly advises clients on pre-litigious issues relating to patents and regulatory law.

He obtained a PhD in physiology before qualifying as a lawyer and has advised and represented numerous clients in the life sciences sector, from start-ups to multinationals. He is a co-author of Patents on Biotechnological Inventions: The EC Directive (Sweet & Maxwell, 2002) and of Competition Law and Intellectual Property Strategy in the Pharmaceuticals Sector (Pharmaventures/Bird & Bird, 2008) and contributed to a chapter on biotechnological inventions in Concise European Patent Law (Kluwer 2008). Gerry is a member of various pharmaceutical and biotechnology committees.

This year Chambers UK 2012 commented that Gerry is "able to draw on a strong scientific background to assist clients across a range of sector-related issues".