Simon is a European and UK Patent Attorney and Litigator at Withers & Rogers with over 24 years of experience in the life sciences sector, having an academic background in genetics. Withers & Rogers is one of Europe’s largest dedicated intellectual property law firms, with offices across the UK, and in Paris and Munich.
Simon works with a range of clients from universities and institutions to spin-outs and scale-ups. Whilst he handles a wide range of technologies in the life science space, he handles a number of cases in the agritech space including precision agriculture, IoT and smart farming, vertical farming, gene editing, robotics and automation along with advising on plant variety rights and geographical indications.
He is a highly regarded attorney and is ranked in Band 1 by Chambers & Partners, listed in the IAM Strategy 300 for Legal, Biotech, Medical Devices and Pharmaceuticals/Life Sciences and recognised as an IP Star by Managing IP.