CORE FACTS:Aspirational brands specialist, providing a full suite of trade mark, design right, copyright and domain name advisory services to a broad range of leading and niche IP rich businesses globally.EXPERIENCE:After more than 25 years spent in the practice of law as an IP attorney, I have gained a significant experience (including working in one of the top tier US firms) in all aspects of contentious and non-contentious intellectual property law, with particular emphasis in litigation, relating to trade marks, designs, copyright, unfair competition, privacy and protection of trade secrets as well as to contracts concerning the management of these rights.My intellectual property practice is focused on trade mark prosecution and trade mark right infringement litigation, with special emphasis on clients in the fashion, luxury goods, sport, entertainment, cosmetics and software sector. I am also an expert in complex unfair competition and copyright matters.PRACTICE AREAS:I advise my clients on global anti-counterfeiting strategies, parallel import, including national and EC-wide customs filings as well as related (cross-border) litigation. Amongst others, I act for several fashion brands ( billion-dollar companies) for many years in relation to all their counterfeit and IP matters.I also defend my blue-chip clients as respondents in complex cross-border civil trade mark infringement cases.CLIENTS:My client roster includes media companies, recording artists, actors and athletes; fashion designers, apparel and cosmetic companies; as well as trade mark licensors/licensees involved in a multitude of different consumer product and service businesses. I advise my clients in all questions re. trade marks, including the development of trade mark strategies, the supervision and administration of trade mark portfolios, the drafting and negotiation of license agreements and the extrajudicial and judicial enforcement of trade mark rights.