Emma Kennaugh-Gallacher

Emma is a Senior Associate and seasoned intellectual property lawyer with extensive experience advising clients across a broad spectrum of commercial transactions and legal issues requiring in-depth legal research into knotty areas of intellectual property law. Her transaction experience spans complex research and development collaborations, licensing, joint ventures and assignment agreements, and strategic IP due diligence for high-value mergers, acquisitions, and IPOs.

Areas of Expertise

Emma provides pragmatic and commercially focused advice on the full range of intellectual property rights, including patents, copyright, trade marks, designs, and trade secrets. She regularly counsels clients on entitlement and ownership issues and the protection and exploitation of intangible assets in both domestic and cross-border contexts, as well as on regulatory matters such as the Nagoya Protocol. Emma also handles a range of data privacy issues for clients, and their data compliance practices in respect of the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the UK GDPR.

In addition to her client-facing work, Emma plays an active role in knowledge sharing and legal education. She delivers regular internal training sessions on legal developments for colleagues and clients and collaborates with external training providers to present on a wide range of IP topics. Her recent speaking engagements have covered areas such as co-ownership of intellectual property and key case law updates.

Clients

Emma works with all types of clients in all jurisdictions from individuals to SMEs to multinationals in a range of sectors including life sciences, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, femtech, engineering, toys, cosmetics, building and construction materials and batteries.

Background

Emma has a BSc in Biology from the University of York and obtained a Graduate Diploma in Law from the University of Law, York. She completed a training contract in the Leeds office of a top regional law firm, qualifying as a solicitor in 2013.

Emma successfully gained the BCS Practitioner Certificate in Data Protection, a qualification which relates to both the background and the practical application of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. She joined Mewburn Ellis LLP in 2013.

Recommendations

Described as ‘experienced in IP licensing and early stage IP ligation for infringement of copyright, trade marks, registered and unregistered design rights, and patents.’  -  Legal 500, 2017