The speakers and preliminary agendas for the 3rd Annual IP Dealmakers Europe and Annual LF Dealmakers Europe, taking place at the Royal Garden Hotel from May 11 to May 13, are finally out.
The agenda for IP Dealmakers, which also includes a pre-day workshop on AI, will feature panels on the injunction arms race, why India, Brazil, and China are now essential jurisdictions, and the “new age” of IP-backed finance. Meanwhile, LF Dealmakers discussions will cover disclosure, conduct, and proportionality, as well as judicial pressure points – and their implications for firms, funders, and cases, and pricing and negotiation dynamics with funders in a tighter market.
We’re delighted to be partnering with the team behind IP Dealmakers Europe 2026 and LF Dealmakers Europe 2026 – returning to London this spring for one powerful, co-located week.
Participants who sign up for the 3rd annual IP Dealmakers Europe and/or the 3rd annual LF Dealmakers Europe by February 21 will be able to access the Super Early Bird rate (£1,595). Decision-makers who are interested in both LF and IP can select an “all access ticket” for £1,995 (again, by February 21).
ip fray is the official media partner of the dual event and will report before, during, and after, as well as hold one-to-one meetings with IP and LF decision-makers at the event.
Click here if you want to register for one or both of the events.
IP Dealmakers Europe 2026
The agenda, available here, includes a pre-day (half-day) workshop on the use of AI in IP, while the main event will cover everything from the global FRAND “chessboard” to the injunction arms race to why India, Brazil, and China are now essential jurisdictions, as well as the “new age” of IP-backed finance.
The speakers confirmed so far include:
- Judge Kai Härmand: Nordic-Baltic Regional Division, Unified Patent Court
- Mollie Stoker: Group GC and Company Secretary, Ocado
- Sean Alexander: Head of IP, Umicore Group
- Harold Barrault: VP, Head of Patent Licensing, Orange
- James Clulow: Head of Technology and IP, Eakin Healthcare
- Cassandra Derham: Head of IP, Amadeus
- Eli Gilsohn: VP, IP, Resolution Therapeutics
- Rachel Kelly: Group IP Director, Johnson Matthey
- Ceyda Maisami: Chief IP Counsel, HP
- Mitsuaki Matsumura: Head of IP Licensing, AP and EMEA, IBM
- Anne McAleer: Head of IP, Paragraf
- Emily O’Neill: Head of Patents, BAT
- Claudia Ritter: VP, Digital IP and IP Operations, BASF
- Toni Santamaria: Chief IP Officer, Adalvo
- Andy Spurr: Head of IP, Ceres Power
- David Taylor: Director IP, Cambridge Mechatronics
- Helen Waugh: Senior Commercialisation Manager and Licensing Lead, Ploughshare
- Lucy Wojcik: Chief IP Counsel, Ocado
- Alexis Cheynel: IP Business Intelligence and Portfolio Manager, Orange
- Yann Dietrich: Group Head of IP, AI and Tech Regulations, Atos Group
- Alexandre Ribeil: Senior Manager, IP, Amadeus
LF Dealmakers Europe 2026
The event, details of which are available here, will include panels on the expectations surrounding disclosure, conduct, and proportionality, as well as judicial pressure points – and their implications for firms, funders, and cases – collective redress in the Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain, and pricing and negotiation dynamics with funders in a tighter market.
The speakers confirmed so far include:
- Judge Kai Härmand: Nordic-Baltic Regional Division, Unified Patent Court
- Sir Colin Birss: Chancellor, UK High Court
- Quirijn Bongaerts: Founding Partner, Birkway
- Christopher Chorba: Partner, Gibson Dunn
- Marytn Day: Senior Partner, Leigh Day
- Andoni De La Llosa: Partner, Redi
- Jessica de Rooij: Partner, Evers Soerjatin
- Mike Giles: Chief Financial Officer, HFW
- David Greene: Senior Partner, Commercial Disputes & Class Actions, Edwin Coe
- Karl Hennessee: Senior Vice-President, Litigation, Investigations, and Regulatory Affairs, Airbus
- Simon Hitchcock: Managing Partner, Horizon Capital
- Becca Hogan: Partner, Senior Litigation
- Andrew Leitch: Partner, Hogan Lovells
- Anthony Maton: Global Co-Chair, Hausfeld
- Porfirio Moreira: Partner, Sousa Ferro
- Genevieve Quierin: Partner, Stephenson Harwood
- Carlijn van Rest: Partner, Scott+Scott
- Judge Fabian Richter Reuschle: Deputy Presiding Judge, Stuttgart Regional Court
- JoaquĂn JimĂ©nez Rubio: Partner, Ayuela JimĂ©nez
- Louise Trayhurn: Co-Founder & Director, Crescient
- Shazia Yamin: Partner, Mischon de Reya
- Eduardo Ayuela Zurita: Co-Founder & Head of Commercial Law, Corporate Disputes and Arbitration, Ayuela Jiménez
