IP licensing and transactions

We understand that licensing is not just a legal exercise – it’s a strategic tool.

We help you to unlock the full value of your intellectual property and technology assets through well-structured licensing arrangements. Whether acting for licensors or licensees, we provide commercially focused legal advice that protects your rights while enabling innovation, collaboration and growth.

Licensing plays a central role in the development and exploitation of technology, brands and creative assets. Whether you’re developing cutting-edge innovations or leveraging existing platforms, our team provides tailored legal support to structure, negotiate, and implement licensing deals that align with your business goals.

Our licensing work spans a wide range of sectors and technologies, including life sciences, clean and renewable energy, fintech, retail, and insurance. We advise on both licensing in and licensing out of IP and technology, helping businesses of all sizes to navigate complex commercial, legal, and regulatory landscapes.

Patent and technology licensing

We support you leverage your innovations through robust patent and technology licensing strategies.

Whether you are commercialising proprietary technology or accessing third-party solutions, our team ensures that your technology assets are not only protected but also positioned to drive growth and competitive advantage. We advise both licensors and licensees on structuring agreements that balance control with flexibility, enabling businesses to scale, collaborate, and enter new markets with confidence.

How we help:

  • Drafting and negotiating:
    • Patent licences
    • Know-how and trade secret agreements
    • Technology transfer agreements
    • Software development and licensing arrangements
  • Advising on:
    • Scope of licensed rights and field-of-use restrictions
    • Royalty structures, milestone payments, and anti-stacking provisions
    • R&D and collaboration agreements
    • Commercialisation triggers and performance obligations
    • Termination rights and post-termination IP handling
  • Supporting complex structures such as:
    • Joint ventures
    • Intragroup licensing frameworks
    • Cross-border technology transfers

Trade mark and brand licensing

Your brand is more than just a name or logo – it’s a key business asset that conveys reputation, trust and market value.

Whether you’re expanding into new markets, launching a franchise, or collaborating with partners, we help you to protect and monetise your trade marks and brand identity through carefully structured licensing arrangements that preserve brand integrity and maximise commercial value.

How we help:

  • Drafting and advising on:
    • Trade mark licensing agreements.
    • Brand exploitation and marketing agreements.
    • Franchise and co-branding arrangements.
  • Ensuring:
    • Clear territorial and sector-specific rights.
    • Quality control provisions to maintain brand standards.
    • Royalty and fee structures aligned with brand value.
    • Termination and enforcement mechanisms.
  • Supporting brand licensing in:
    • Retail and consumer goods.
    • Luxury and lifestyle sectors.
    • Franchising and platform-based business models.

Our experience includes:

Advising a global biotech company on patent and knowhow licensing, including preparing and negotiating licenses for gene expression technology, and cell and gene therapy patents and knowhow.
Advising Spanish marine engineering firm Esteyco S.A. on a patent and technology licence for an innovative method of installing towers for a wind farm off the UK coast.
Advising a quantum computing business on ensuring employment contracts secure IP rights and on collaboration arrangements with universities in the US and Australia.
Acting for the sellers in relation to the sale of a pharmaceutical business, including the evaluation of licences in and out of the company, and a significant number of co-development agreements.
Advising the script writers/producers on an exclusive option to make a TV series/film based on a well-known series of adventure gamebooks originally published by Penguin Books.
They were on hand whenever we needed them, giving us peace of mind whenever we had a question or obstacle to overcome. They explained how the negotiations were going in a clear and understandable way.
CHAMBERS UK