Venner Shipley and AA Thornton have joined forces

We are delighted to announce that AA Thornton’s partners and the rest of the amazing team have joined Venner Shipley.

Our combined firm now has a headcount of over 230, including 45 partners, across six offices in the UK — London, Cambridge, Guildford, Manchester, Tunbridge Wells and Oxford — as well as EU offices in Munich and Alicante. Together, we offer the full range of IP services, including patents, trade marks, designs, copyright, litigation and licensing.

This combination represents a doubling in size of our trade mark team and strengthens our ability to provide the full range of IP legal services, including litigation and licensing.

We are bringing together the experience and expertise of both firms, enhancing our ability to serve clients throughout Europe, including representation before the Unified Patent Court (UPC). With 67 UPC representatives and a larger litigation team with technical as well as legal expertise, we can offer comprehensive support in UPC-related patent litigation, strategy and enforcement across Europe, building on our oppositions and revocations expertise and further strengthening our capacity to handle disputes under the UPC system.