Firm Name: Reed Smith LLP
Country: France
Expertise: IP Law
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Professional Biography:
Marianne Schaffner is our exclusively recommended IP Law expert in France on the Advisory Excellence website. If you need assistance in this area, please contact Marianne directly using the contact details listed above.
Marianne Schaffner is a partner in our Paris office. She heads the Intellectual Property team in Paris and the Patent practice in Europe.
Marianne is a well-known intellectual property litigation lawyer. She is recognized for coordinating and managing complex national and transnational patent, trade secrets and trademark disputes in the healthcare, chemistry, technology and telecommunications sectors.
She assists clients in negotiating intellectual property agreements, in defining employees’ inventions compensation policies and in evaluating their IP portfolios to strengthen their position in mergers and acquisitions, LBOs, financing transactions and initial public offerings.
Having studied and worked in the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and the United States, she has extensive knowledge of both the European and American judicial systems.
Marianne Schaffner is repeatedly ranked by Chambers Global and Chambers Europe and is regularly ranked in Legal 500 EMEA, Décideurs, Stratégie Finance Droit among the Top Leaders.
Finally, Marianne is a lecturer in the Master 2 of Intellectual Property Law of University Paris-Est and also teaches at the Ecole de Formation du Barreau de Paris (Paris Bar School).
Education
- Université Paris II – Panthéon – Assas, Paris, 1995, D.E.S.S., Intellectual Property Law
- Université Paris II – Panthéon – Assas, Paris, 1994, DEA, Community Law
- Université Paris II – Panthéon – Assas, Paris, 1993, Master, Corporate and German Law (Programme with Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich)
Professional Admissions & Qualifications
Languages
- Dutch
- French
- English
- German
Firm Overview:
At Reed Smith, we believe that the practice of law has the power to drive progress. We know your time is valuable and your matters are important. We are focused on outcomes, are highly collaborative, and have deep industry insight that, when coupled with our local market knowledge, allows us to anticipate and address your needs. You deserve purposeful, highly engaged client service that drives progress for your business.