Emily Sharkey
Counsel Intellectual Property
Languages
English, German
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Emily is a dynamic, commercially minded IP lawyer, who prides herself in giving practical, solutions driven advice. She helps clients to protect, commercialise and enforce their brands and related intellectual property rights in the UK and globally, and provides complex deal critical IP advice on corporate transactions. Emily has significant experience in the consumer sector, with a solid understanding of key commercial drivers relating to brands in this space. Her clients describe her as "a delight to work with", "very understanding of the demands we face as a major international brand" and a "knowledgeable and practical trade mark lawyer".
WTR 1000 2023Emily Sharkey offers pragmatic and solutions-focused advice to help protect and monetise her clients’ intellectual property.
Representative experience
Acting for several global consumer brands on the strategic protection and enforcement of their brands, including Tiffany & Co, Boardriders, Edrington, Asahi, Mars, Lucozade and YUM!.
Acting for adidas in the UK High Court action of a global trade mark dispute with US fashion house Thom Browne.
Advising clients on cross-border joint ventures, including ViacomCBS on its launch of the co-branded SkyShowtime SVOD streaming service with Comcast.
Providing strategic IP advice on complex, high-value corporate transactions, including for AmerisourceBergen Corporation on its US$6.47bn acquisition of Alliance Healthcare.
Credentials
Education
- Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice, University of Oxford, 2013
- LPC, BPP University Law School, 2009
- LL.B., University of Bristol, 2008
Recognition
Publications
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Press releases
24 October 2024
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10 May 2024
Press releases
04 January 2024