Engineering & environment team

— Meet the team
— Insights from our team
— Other teams

Our Engineering & Environment team is one of the largest specialist engineering departments in Europe. Our attorneys are acutely focussed on engineering technologies, and this shows in their technical understanding and the quality of their work. Our attorneys are able to interact effortlessly with inventors and to engage in clear and concise communication with business owners and C-suite executives. We work with clients ranging from SMEs to multinational corporates and have expertise across all areas of the engineering spectrum, particularly in automotive, aerospace, biomedical, agricultural and civil engineering. The team has a particular passion for technologies which are making a positive impact on people’s lives and the World, such as renewable energy and other green technologies.

In addition to the core team, HLK also has a number of interdisciplinary sub-teams to match our clients’ requirements for a particular type of technology.

Meet the team

Below are the key members of the Engineering & environment team.

Patrick Chapman

Partner
Andrew Dowling

Partner
Ashley Giles

Partner
George Tebbutt

Partner
Greg Sharp

Partner
Jack Whitfield

Senior Associate
Robert Woolley

Senior Associate
Alexander Ford

Senior Associate
James Plunkett

Senior Associate
Luke Dent

Associate

Insights from our team

General

On-demand webinar – IP in the age of digital engineering: How to succeed in Europe as engineering shifts to the digital domain
21st May 2024
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Other teams

With highly experienced patent attorneys in the UK and Germany able to represent clients before the European Patent Office and the national patent offices of Germany and the United Kingdom, we have one of the largest and best-established Tech patent teams in Europe.

The Team has a wealth of experience protecting inventions in fields as diverse as biochemistry, electrochemistry, organic chemistry, ceramics, chemical engineering, petrochemistry, materials, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, microbiology, immunology & antibodies, molecular biology, food technology and many more.

Our team of experienced and commercially focussed trade mark attorneys together with our dedicated paralegals will provide you with the support that is right for your brands and your business.

Our in-house litigation team – specialist leading IP lawyers and scientifically specialised attorneys – are recognised by multiple legal rankings. Our success rate of 82% over the last 10 years speaks for itself.

Our specialist team of design experts is one of the most experienced in the UK, working with global businesses as well as SMEs across a variety of industry sectors, from fashion to toys and from automotive to aerospace engineering.