Paul Abbott

Paul joined LionFish as Senior Adviser in September 2024.

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He is an accomplished intellectual property litigator, specialising in particular on highly technical, complex cross-border patent litigation, with extensive experience also on technical trade secrets disputes, general commercial contract disputes and matters concerning other intellectual property rights.

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Having qualified at Hogan Lovells, Paul built his career atthe US international law firm Arnold & Porter LLP and subsequently at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, acting often on the defendant side in various patent disputes for large multi-national corporates of the likes of AstraZeneca, Becton Dickinson, Moderna and Merck Sharp & Dohme. He has a special focus in the life sciences and biotech fields, leveraging his First Class Masters degree in Chemistry from the University of Oxford.

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Since May 2020, Paul has been a fee-paid judge of both the Employment Tribunals and First-Tier Tribunal, roles he combines with practice in a consultancy role. Paul brings technical, defendant-sided insight,experience and expertise to LionFish.