London—Dentons is pleased to announce the recruitment of leading UK patent attorney Dr Justin Hill as a partner and Head of Patent Prosecution and Opposition Practices, Europe. He joins the Firm from Olswang where he has been a partner since 2013, having previously served as Head of European IP Prosecution at McDermott Will & Emery.

Justin's practice covers the procurement, exploitation and enforcement of IP rights, in particular the preparation and prosecution of UK, European and international patent applications, designs, trade marks, know how and copyright issues. He is ranked by Chambers as an elite Band 1 patent attorney and has been described by Legal 500 as 'one of the pre-eminent patent prosecution attorneys in the EU'.

UK Managing Partner Brandon Ransley comments, "Justin brings heavyweight patent filing experience to the UK team, adding to the patent litigation experience of Campbell Forsyth who joined the Firm earlier this year. Clients from the US and Asia increasingly require patent advice in Europe, and Justin's arrival enhances our capacity to meet this demand, while also representing a further step towards achieving our objective of building a leading global patent capability.

Head of the UK TMT practice Andy Lucas adds, "We have a strategy in the UK of putting the 'Tech Back into TMT', which means focussing on 'rocket scientist'-type work such as hard IP where Justin excels."

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