Best brains in ...

Patent litigation, licensing, collaborations and manufacturing agreements in the life sciences industry, as well as aspects of pharmaceutical regulatory law.

Highlight of your career so far?

The recent patent case which we won in the Patents Court for Siemens Magnet Technology against the University of Queensland. It involved particularly complex technology.

Most challenging job you've ever done?

Co-ordinating patent litigation in the UK and three other European states for a US East Coast life sciences company relating to its key product. Our expert witness was from the west coast of the US and the client's exclusive licensee, who was involved in all key decisions, was Scandinavian. The matter was eventually settled on advantageous terms for our client.

What about outside the UK?

Most of my work has an international element, but a more extreme example was negotiating an agreement for a Dutch company which was taking a licence from an Italian company and the agreement was subject to Swiss law.

An example of your great client service?

A client in the veterinary products business called from a trade fair to say that a competitor was launching an infringing product at that fair. Within an hour and a half I had analysed the infringing product, drafted a cease and desist letter and travelled to the fair to serve the letter on the infringers who pulled their product immediately.

Best example of a creative legal solution?

I was involved in the first case where the Patents Court sat outside London. We asked it to sit in Birmingham as the lawyers' clients and witnesses were all from that city. We won the case but the court has not repeated the experiment!

When have you ever given a client a real competitive edge?

One of my clients is involved in enforcing patents as an investment. I put him in contact with an inventor who had a patent but could not afford to enforce it. As a result of the subsequent enforcement program we have made several million pounds for the client and the inventor.

What's been written or said about you that you're most proud of?

'I have over 12 years experience in IP licensing and technology transfer – I'd rate Luke as one of the best legal advisors I've come across. I have recommended Wragge & Co to other organisations largely on the basis of Luke's service [to the client]. Luke would be one of only a handful of legal advisors I'd choose from to do business with.'

'Luke did an absolutely superb job for our company and our corporate partner. ... We would without any hesitation re-engage or recommend to a third party Luke Kempton & Wragge & Co for any future work in European litigation matters.'