Manu Aggarwal
Benjamin May
Benjamin May was admitted to practice law in 2000 and further admitted to the panel of “Intellectual Property specialists” with the Bar Association. Practice head of IP at Aramis, Benjamin specializes in cross-border patent litigation with a focus on pharmaceuticals, medical devices and biotechs. The 7 attorneys of the IP team are all internationally trained and address a wide range of patent law matters (e.g. invalidity strategies, infringement, launching at risk, preliminary injunctions, licensing, R&D and consortium agreements). In 2023 the team was ranked amongst the leading patent litigation practices in France, and Benjamin as “leading individual” (Legal 500).
Pierluigi Perrotti
Eleanor Root
Rob Cerwinski
Peter van Schijndel
Kathleen Fox Murphy
Agathe Michel-De-Cazotte
Tjibbe Douma
Julie Sommer
Dr. Julie Sommer is a Patent Specialist working in the IP Department of Valneva Austria GmbH. Her academic background includes a B.S. in Microbiology and a Ph.D. in Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, both from USA-based universities. Julie has worked in a variety of industrial settings in roles ranging from quality assurance to basic and applied research. She moved from research to IP at Valneva more than 10 years ago and is now responsible for patent prosecution, IP searches and, most recently, development and implementation of an in-house Trade Secret Policy.