Judges for the Annual Oxford International Intellectual Property Law Moot Competition 2021

Oxford IP Moot Grand Final Judges

Lord David Kitchin

Lord Kitchin, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom

The Right Honourable Sir Christopher Floyd PC

Recently retired Lord Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales

The Right Honourable Lord Justice Birss

Lord Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales

Oxford IP Moot Semi Final Judges

David Stone

Partner, Allen & Overy LLP, sits as a Deputy Judge of the High Court of England and Wales

Michael Skrein

Partner, Reed Smith LLP

Diana Sternfeld

Head of Intellectual Property, LifeArc

Emily Hudson

Reader in Law, Kings College London, Director, Oxford International Intellectual Property Moot

Catriona Smith

Consultant, Wiggin LLP, Deputy Director, Oxford International Intellectual Property Moot.

Melissa Clarke

A HH J Melissa Clarke, Senior Circuit Judge, Designated Civil Judge, Designated Civil Judge for Thames Valley, Beds & Herts, sits as a Judge of the High Court of England and Wales.

Judges from the Preliminary Rounds

Paul Abbott, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Clara Affeld, Silveiro Advogados, Brazil

Shobhit Agarwal, Corporate Lawyer, India

Chris Aikens, 11 South Square

Betul Ayranci, University of California, Berkeley School of Law

Jonathan Ball, Gowling WLG

Mario Bouchard, Retired General Counsel, Copyright Board Canada, IP Osgoode

Georgie Burrow, Allen & Overy LLP

Alessandro Cerri, RPC

Simon Clark, Bristows LLP

Her Honour Judge Melissa Clarke

Alex Driver, Allen & Overy LLP

Lisiane Feiten Wingert Ody, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Alvaro Fernandez de la Mora, University of Oxford

Katarina Foss-Solbrekk, DPhil Student in IP Law, University of Oxford~

Rowan Freeland

Penny Gilbert, Powell Gilbert LLP

Divanshu Gupta , Advocate, High Court of Judicature for Rajasthan (Jaipur Bench), India

Rebecca Halford-Harrison, Keystone Law

Paul Harris, OUIP Diploma lecturer

Gordon Harris, Gowling WLG (UK) LLP

Tim Harris, Osborne Clarke

Caroline Hayward, Trowers & Hamlins LLP

Belinda Isaac, Isaac & Co Solicitors

Stephen Jones, IP Consultant/Solicitor

Paul Keller, Allen & Overy LLP

Birgit Kramer, Allen & Overy LLP, Germany

Jen Le Mière, IP, Kymab Ltd

Daniel Lim, Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Carrollanne Lindley, Kilburn & Strode

Brigitte Lindner, Serle Court Chambers

Morag Macdonald, Bird & Bird

Tom Mitcheson QC, Three New Square

Frederick Mostert, King’s College, London/Bird & Bird

Heather Newton, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

Jin Ooi, Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Tim Powell, Powell Gilbert LLP

Anna Rawlings, Osborne Clarke LLP

MacKenna Roberts, General Counsel of Choice Telemed

Roisin Higgins QC, 8 New Square LLP

Andrea Rush, Blaney McMurtry, Canada

Brett Schandler, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

Iona Silverman, IP & Media, Freeths

Michael Skrein, Reed Smith LLP

Joel Smith, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

Catriona Smith, Wiggin LLP / Deputy Moot Director, Oxford

Darren Smyth, EIP

Katharine Stephens, Bird & Bird

Diana Sternfeld, Head of Intellectual Property at LifeArc

David Stone, Allen & Overy LLP

Michael Tappin, 8 New Square LLP

Ben Travers, Stephens Scown

Eleanor Wilson, Virtuoso Legal