Profile: Gerald Kamstra

Gerald Kamstra Law Firm: Bird & Bird
Office: Bird & Bird
15 Fetter Lane
EC4A 1JP
City: London
Country: England
Tel: +44 20 7415 6000
Fax: +44 20 7415 6111
Email: gerry.kamstra@twobirds.com

Life Sciences

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.

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 2007).

Gerry is a member of various sector and patent strategy committees.

This biography is an extract from The International Who's Who of Life Sciences Lawyers which can be purchased from our bookstore.

Other Practice Areas

Additional Practice Areas

Gerald Kamstra is recommended in the following additional areas: