William Fry is delighted to announce that Laura Scott, a Partner within the Firm’s Intellectual Property Department and head of the Firm’s Healthcare & Life Sciences group, has been ranked in IP Stars 2019 as one of the Top 250 Women in IP globally.

Laura is one of only three people ranked in Ireland this year and the only person in Ireland to have been listed both this year and last year. 

Laura specialises in intellectual property law, dealing with both contentious and advisory matters. She advises on all aspects of work involving patents, trade marks, copyright, designs and confidential information and has extensive experience in large-scale litigation before the Irish Commercial Court. Laura is particularly experienced in complex multi-jurisdictional patent disputes and has acted in many of the patent cases that have come before the Irish Court in recent years.  She has particular expertise in the pharmaceutical, biotech and medical device sector from a regulatory, commercial and intellectual property perspective.

The IP Stars Top 250 Women in IP recognises female practitioners in private practice who have performed exceptionally for their clients and firms in the past year. Some of them were also involved in IP advocacy and/or corporate social responsibility initiatives in their jurisdictions.

Commenting on the ranking, Bryan Bourke, Managing Partner of William Fry said, “I am delighted to see that Laura’s hard work, experience and expertise in IP has been recognised in IP Stars 2019 as one of the Top 250 Women in IP for the second consecutive year.  Ireland is a key jurisdiction for IP globally and Laura is a leading figure in the industry here having worked on some of the most significant and high profile cases.”