Managing Associate, Linklaters

Jean-François Merdrignac is a senior associate in Linklaters’ IP team in Paris and co-heads the firm’s Sport Sector in France. He advises international clients on their intellectual property rights enforcement strategies and is notably used to manage cross-border patent and trademark litigations. He also assists clients with negotiating and drafting contracts related to intellectual property rights, including sponsorship agreements. He advises banks, private equity funds and companies in all intellectual property issues raised by M&A transactions and complex restructuring operations.