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Caroline Casalonga

Managing Partner at CASALONGA IP Law Firm, Caroline is recognized as one of the French leaders in Intellectual Property.

Caroline has more than 30 years of experience in all intellectual property fields, from counseling to litigation. She commenced her career with the famous French IP litigator (…)

Cristina Bercial-Chaumier

A member of the Alicante Bar (Abogada) since 1994 and admitted to the Paris Bar in 1995, Cristina is also a European Trademark and Design Attorney and Agente de la Propiedad (…)

Arnaud Casalonga

Arnaud Casalonga has more than 40 years of experience in French and European Intellectual Property Law. His practice concentrates primarily on complex and cross-border (…)

Alessandro Cavazzin

With a solid background in mechanical engineering and over 15 years of experience in intellectual property law, Alessandro advises Italian and international clients on all (…)

Floriane Codevelle

Always attentiveness, available and creative, Floriane knows how to find original strategies to advise our clients in order to achieve the best results, whatever the option chosen (secure/risky). She likes pleading and negotiating....

Floriane Codevelle has been a member of the Paris Bar for more than 20 years and has extensive expertise in counseling and litigation in the fields of patents, trademarks, (…)

Olivier Delprat

A recognized expert in the fields of electronics and mechanics, Olivier regularly handles patent litigation and high-stakes international negotiations. Recently involved in several proceedings before the Unified Patent Court (UPC), he combines technical expertise with legal strategy to protect his clients’ interests across Europe. Renowned for his negotiation skills and pragmatic understanding of industrial challenges, he works on complex cases with significant strategic impact.

With over 30 years of experience in Industrial Property law, Olivier advises numerous French and international clients with all patent-related matters, from drafting to (…)

Karina Dimidjian-Lecomte

Karina Dimidjian-Lecomte has practiced intellectual property law since 2000, with CASALONGA. She has been a partner since 2007. Previously, she was with a general practice firm (…)

Marianne Gabriel

Marianne Gabriel has over 20 years of experience as a French lawyer in all areas of intellectual property, both in advisory and litigation matters. She advises major French and (…)

Benjamin Grzimek

Benjamin practices all aspects of patent law, with a focus on German and UPC infringement litigation. For the last 25 years, Benjamin has acted for more than a hundred (…)

Gwennhaël Le Roy

A patent specialist in the fields of chemistry, particularly industrial chemistry, cosmetics and healthcare, Gwennhaël advises clients on the development of their protection strategies in Europe. Having been closely involved for several years in the strategic and practical issues surrounding the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and the Unitary Patent (UP), he has developed in-depth expertise in the opportunities and risks associated with this new European framework.

Within our chemistry team, which he co-leads, Gwennhaël advises numerous French and international clients with all patent-related matters, from drafting to prosecuting both (…)

Augustin Le Tourneau

Both responsive and rigorous, Augustin is an expert in the electronic and telecom sectors, with a keen interest in challenging questions related to FRAND licenses and commitments in telecom litigation.

Augustin has been working for over 20 years in the fields of Information & Communication Technologies (IT, telecoms, Artificial Intelligence (AI), image processing, (…)

Jean-Baptiste Lecœur

Rigorous and tenacious, appreciating complex cases, Jean-Baptiste uses his double qualification as an Attorney at Law and as a European Patent Attorney to serve the interests of his clients, aiming at becoming the specialist of the case he is in charge of.

Jean-Baptiste Lecœur began his practice in 2001 in a large IP law firm in Paris. He joined CASALONGA in 2008 and became a partner in 2012. Jean-Baptiste concentrates on patent (…)

Henning Lülf

Henning has extensive experience across a broad range of technical fields, including nanotechnology, materials science, pharmaceuticals, chemical engineering, polymer chemistry, medical engineering, and classical organic and inorganic chemistry. He advises clients on a wide spectrum of intellectual property matters, with particular expertise in prosecution, opposition and appeal proceedings, as well as strategic advisory work.

Active in the patent field for almost 15 years, Henning was admitted as a German Patent Attorney and European Patent Attorney in 2017. He holds a Ph.D. in chemistry and focuses (…)

Véronique Marcadé

Responsive, rigorous and efficient, Véronique is an expert in the biotech sector. As an engineer and Ph.D. in biology, she combines technical expertise with legal practice to provide effective and innovative solutions, even for the most complex issues.

Véronique has been working for over 20 years in the field of biotechnologies (molecular and cellular biology, immunotherapy, gene editing, pharmaceuticals, second therapeutic (…)

Virginie Martin-Charbonneau

An expert in the fields of chemistry, Virginie is a key figure in proceedings before the European Patent Office (EPO), where she is particularly valued for her strategic mastery in both prosecution and opposition.

Within our chemistry team, which she co-leads, Virginie advises and supports many French and foreign clients in the field of chemistry including cosmetics, dermatology, (…)

Jürgen Neugebauer

Jürgen has practiced Industrial Property Law for over 35 years. He drafts and prosecutes patent applications before the European Patent Office (EPO) and the German Patent and (…)

Laurence Schardt

Rigorous and organized, Laurence has more than 15 years of experience in managing the trademark, design and domain name portfolios of all our clients in France. She is the head of the Trademark Department and manages clients’ portfolios efficiently according to their needs and constraints.

French and European Trademark and Design Attorney, Laurence is in charge of the preparation and follow-up of national and foreign trademark registration procedures, search (…)

Julien Thon

Recognized for his pragmatic and creative approach, Julien is one of the leading French Patent Attorneys in the field of mechanics and electronics. He advises a wide range of clients, from SMEs to multinational corporations, as well as start-ups, universities and research institutes across France and Europe, on matters related to industrial property rights.

Within our mechanical/electronics team, which he co-leads, Julien advises numerous French and international clients with all patent-related matters, from drafting to (…)

Holger Tostmann

With over 25 years of experience in European and US- patent prosecution, as well as extensive practice in opposition and appeal proceedings, where he has achieved well above-average success rates, Holger focuses on patents in the fields of pharma, polymers, materials science and batteries. He provides strategic advice on patent portfolio management, aligning deep technical expertise with legal experience to support clients’ commercial objectives.

Holger has been active in the field of intellectual property since 2001. Holding a Ph.D. in chemistry, he has been admitted as a German and European Patent Attorney in 2004 and (…)

Ghislain de Trémiolles

Attentive to his clients’ needs, Ghislain optimizes the protection of breakthrough solutions in emerging technologies. Committed to providing them with personalized advice, he develops innovative strategies adapted to the circumstances, in order to respond to their specific issues and anticipate their future needs.

Ghislain has been working for over 25 years in the fields of Information & Communication Technologies – IT, telecoms, Artificial Intelligence (AI), image processing, (…)

Pascaline Vincent

Appreciated for her dynamism and her practical yet rigorous approach to cases, Pascaline manages to find solutions in even the most complex cases, keeping risks under control and always with client satisfaction at heart. She is recognized for her excellent practical skills in the IT field.

Pascaline has over 20 years of experience in intellectual property, contract negotiation, and innovation management. She advises French and international companies in all areas (…)

Axel Casalonga

Senior Partner at CASALONGA since 1975, Axel has practiced Industrial Property law since 1969. He is recognized as one of the most prominent patent specialist in France. He has (…)

Noémie Bardel

Attentive to the specific needs of her clients, Noémie specializes in cutting-edge technologies and brings her expertise in areas such as information and communication technologies (ICT), artificial intelligence, and signal and image processing.

Noémie has been practicing for nearly 10 years and has developed extensive expertise in information and communication technologies, artificial intelligence, and signal and (…)

Jörn Peters

Jörn was admitted to the German Bar in 2017. Since then, he has focused on counseling and litigating intellectual property rights, in particular technical industrial property (…)

Jean-Baptiste Dupont

Available, responsive and rigorous, Jean-Baptiste is an expert in microelectronics, optics and signal processing.

Jean-Baptiste has been working for nearly 20 years in the field of physics, and has developed considerable expertise in optics and semiconductors, as well as in signal (…)

Theodore Georgopoulos

A recognized and influential expert in Wine Law, Theodore Georgopoulos joined CASALONGA in 2021. Theodore is a EU as well as a Wine, Spirits & Food Law expert. He advises (…)

Hélène Leblois-Préhaud

Attentive to her clients, rigorous and efficient, Hélène has extensive expertise in biotechnology patents.

Hélène has been working for over 20 years in the field of biotechnologies, particularly in the medical field (microbiology, immunology, vectorology, protein and genome (…)

Patricia Ledrut

Responsive and efficient, Patricia has been practicing for more than 17 years in the field of intellectual property and has acquired a particularly recognized expertise in the field of mechanics. Our clients trust her completely for the protection and defense of their rights, and particularly appreciate her rigorous drafting of patent applications and her knowing of oral proceedings before the EPO.

As a European Patent Attorney since 2012 and a French Patent Attorney since 2013, Patricia is involved in the acquisition and defense of IP rights, in particular in drafting (…)

Inès Aivazian

Within our mechanical/electronics team, Inès assists French and foreign clients in various fields of mechanical engineering and electronics. She is involved in the acquisition (…)

Juliette Alexandre

Within our Wine, Spirits & Terroirs Department, Juliette is mainly involved in pre-litigation and litigation matters relating to intellectual property law, commercial law, (…)

Mathilde Alleaume

Within our International team, Mathilde is involved in both counseling and litigation in all areas of intellectual property law, including trademarks, designs, know-how, (…)

Marianna Antonelli (Kull)

French and European Trademark and Design Attorney, Marianna’s practice focuses defining IP protection strategies, managing and defending trademark, design and domain name (…)

Nathan Audinet

Within the litigation team, Nathan advises clients from various sectors on the protection and enhancement of their intellectual property rights (patents, trademarks, designs, (…)

Simon Bicaïs

European and French Patent Attorney, Simon assists French and foreign clients in the acquisition and defense of their intellectual property rights, in particular through the (…)

Micke Boher

European Patent Attorney, Micke assists French and foreign clients in acquiring and defending their IP rights, in particular in drafting patent applications and in grant (…)

Thomas Boucheteau

Within our chemistry team, Thomas is involved in the acquisition and defense of IP rights, in particular in drafting patent applications and in patent prosecution (grant and (…)

Daniel Braïk

Within our mechanical/electronics team, Daniel assists French and foreign clients in acquiring and defending their IP rights, particularly in drafting patent applications and (…)

Laury Bruyère

After an initial experience in documentary research within an R&D center in the chemical industry, Laury worked in an industrial property consulting firm for over 17 years, (…)

Stéphanie Buchillot

French and European Trademark and Design Attorney since 2014, Stéphanie’s practice focuses defining IP protection strategies, managing and defending trademark, design and (…)

Isabelle Caillet

Within our chemistry team, Isabelle advises French and foreign clients on all issues relating to the field of patents, from the drafting of patent applications through to the (…)

Hermine de Château-Thierry

Within our electronics-NICT team, Hermine assists French and foreign clients in acquiring and defending their IP rights, in particular in drafting patent applications and in (…)

Aylin Cremers

German Attorney at Law (Rechtsanwältin), Aylin focuses on counseling and litigating intellectual property rights, in particular technical industrial property rights. She (…)

Juliette Dhuyser

French and European Trademark and Design Attorney, Juliette advises clients for their IP rights protection strategy including trademarks, designs, domain names and copyrights. (…)

Juliette Dionisi

Attorney at Law at the Paris Bar and registered with the Milan Bar as an avvocato stabilito, Juliette has experience handling matters in all areas of Intellectual Property Law (…)

Teodor Dobrinescu

Within our mechanical/electronics team, Teodor assists French and foreign clients acquiring and defending their IP rights, in particular in drafting patent applications and in (…)

Zheng Duan

Zheng masters three languages: Chinese, English and French, and has a double legal education and cultural background. Graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Law in China and a (…)

Jean-Marc Fouilleul

Jean-Marc is the administrative manager of the domain names division within the Trademarks department and is responsible for the day-to-day management of domain name (…)

Pauline Freulon

French and European Trademark and Design Attorney, Pauline handles intellectual property matters, both in France and on an EU level, for several leading companies and (…)

Zoé Gauthier

Within our Trademark Department, Zoé advises clients for their IP rights protection strategy including trademarks, designs, domain names and copyrights. She also advises (…)

Camille Gustin

Within our Pharmaceuticals & Life Sciences Division team, Camille is involved in registration, filing and opposition cases as well as in litigation. She advises clients on (…)

Klervi Henry

Within our International team, Klervi assists and advises French and International companies, notably regarding their trademark protection and enforcement strategies. She is in (…)

Tanguy Kirscher

Within our electronics-NICT team, Tanguy assists French and foreign clients with procedures for acquiring and defending intellectual property rights, particularly in drafting (…)

Valentin Le Nozach

French and European Trademark and Design Attorney, Valentin is involved in registration, filing and opposition cases as well as in litigation. Within our Pharmaceuticals & (…)

Laurie Lortal

Within the mechanical/electronics team, Laurie assists French and foreign clients in acquiring and defending their IP rights, particularly in drafting patent applications and (…)

Laurent Markvoort

Within our mechanical/electronics team, Laurent is involved in the acquisition and defense of IP rights, in particular in drafting patent applications and in patent prosecution (…)

Eduardo Martinez Buil

Spanish Attorney at law (Abogado), based in Casalonga’s Alicante office, Eduardo practices primarly in intellectual property law, with a particular focus on trademark and (…)

Juliette Morin-Nouvion

Passionate about the wine and spirits sector, Juliette is a source of innovation and inspiration for the Wine, Spirits & Terroirs Department. A real “Swiss knife” within the law firm, particularly in wine and food law, she can adapt to all situations and respond to new challenges.

Juliette joined CASALONGA in 2019 and has been managing the Wine, Spirits & Terroirs Department since 2021. She advises our clients on issues related to food, wine and (…)

Boris Mouniama Coupan

Within our mechanical/electronics team, Boris assists French and foreign clients in acquiring and defending their IP rights, particularly in drafting patent applications and in (…)

Claire Mura

(in progress) Professional Organizations (in progress) Selected Recent Speaking Engagements (in progress) Education- Master’s degree in Intellectual Property Law and Cultural (…)

Antonin Rabault

Within our mechanical/electronics team, Antonin assists French and foreign clients in acquiring and defending their IP rights, particularly in drafting patent applications and (…)

Pauline Ravier

Within our Wine, Spirits & Terroirs Department, Pauline assists clients both in intellectual property and food matters. In particular, she is involved in cases relating to (…)

Jérémie Rioufreyt

Within our mechanical/electronics team, Jérémie is in charge of drafting patent applications and of the procedures for obtaining French and European patents. His activities (…)

Mathieu Sagnes

Within our mechanical/electronics team, Mathieu is involved in the acquisition and defense of IP rights, in particular in drafting patent applications and in patent prosecution (…)

Matthieu Stockmann

Within our chemistry team, Matthieu assists French and foreign clients in the protection of their innovations for instance in cosmetics. He is involved in the acquisition and (…)

Aude Thrierr

French and European Trademark and Design Attorney since 2007, Aude supports clients in defining IP protection strategies. She is notably in charge of managing and defending (…)

Aurélien Tourteau

Within our chemistry team, Aurélien is involved in the acquisition and defense of IP rights, in particular in drafting patent applications and in patent prosecution (grant and (…)

Muriel Bertrand

Muriel is responsible for all administrative aspects of the opposition procedures before the EPO as well as proceedings before the Boards of Appeal. She assists the European (…)

Luc Bisson

Luc is in charge of the preparation of all technical drawings required for patents applications as well as design applications. He is also responsible for the preparation of (…)

Raphaël Foulon

Raphael is financial manager. He oversees all accounting and billing processes.

Dabiah Ghanemi

Dabiah heads the Recordals Department and manages all recordal formalities (assignment, partial transfer of assets, merger, pledge, license, change of corporate name, legal (…)

Emmanuelle Hutet

Emmanuelle is responsible for the formalities relating to European Union designs, from filing to registration. She is also responsible for the administrative aspects of (…)

Teresa de La Pava

Teresa is responsible for the administrative management of CASALONGA in Alicante. She coordinates the administrative team. She is also in charge of the financial management (…)

Elise Pascal-Heuzé

Elise is responsible for CASALONGA’s communication, both external and internal. She is in charge of the firm’s website and social media accounts. She drafts the firm’s (…)

Céline Silva

After 15 years of experience in two Paris law firms, Céline joined CASALONGA trademark team in 2015 as a trademark and design assistant. Within the trademarks, designs and (…)

Rosa Torregrosa

Rosa is in charge of the formalities relating to European Union, International and Spanish trade mark applications, including filing, classification issues, recordals and (…)