Biography: Life Sciences

Zoë Butler is a partner and founder member of Powell Gilbert LLP (www.powellgilbert.com), a specialist intellectual property law firm. Zoë has an MA in natural sciences and law, Cambridge University.

Zoë has a broad practice advising clients across the range of IP rights, but is particularly known for her expertise in advising clients in the pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device fields in complex patent disputes.

  In addition to representing clients before the UK courts, Zoë regularly appears in European Patent Office opposition proceedings, and has represented clients in arbitration proceedings relating to biotech/pharma contract disputes. Zoë has been involved in many multijurisdictional disputes, working with advisers from across Europe, North America and Japan, and, in many instances, has taken a role in coordinating such litigation. In 2003, Zoë spent six months in The Hague seconded to the IP/ICT department of a leading Dutch law firm.

  Prior to founding Powell Gilbert in 2007, Zoë was a partner at Bristows. She is a member of IPLA, AIPPI and EPLAW. She frequently lectures on IP law and is a tutor on the Oxford University Diploma in intellectual property law and practice. Zoë was a contributor to the latest edition of the CIPA Guide to the Patents Act.

Other Practice Areas

Zoë Butler also features in the following practice areas:

• Patents