Professional background
Nathalie assists French and international clients in the management and defence of all their intellectual property rights (management of patent, trademark, design and domain name portfolios; intellectual property and contractual due diligence; drafting and negotiation of licensing and sale agreements; R&D; specialised litigation relating to infringement proceedings, oppositions, domain names, customs control, etc.), both in France and worldwide, thanks to a network of correspondents in each country.
She has a strong focus on contentious work involving all intellectual property rights, enabling her to represent her clients before national and European courts, both in the framework of urgent protective proceedings and of full trials.
Nathalie acts for a wide range of clients from various business sectors including the luxury, media, new technology, healthcare and wine industries.
She graduated from the Universities of Bordeaux (DESS in Wine Law) and Paris I (DESS in Industrial Property Law) and is a lecturer in the Master 2 "Design Law" at the University of Lyon 2.
Before joining Fieldfisher in 2013, Nathalie was a partner at the US law firm Winston & Strawn (2007 to 2013), and at DS Avocats (2004 to 2007), after an 11-year experience at Ernst & Young Legal (1993 to 2004). Between 1988 and 1993, she was a trade mark attorney at IP boutique Cabinet Vittoz. Nathalie became a lawyer in 2003 and was admitted to the Paris and Nanterre bars. She is a registered agent at the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO).
Nathalie advises her clients in French and English.
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