Gina Bicknell—Thomson Snell & Passmore

South East law firm Thomson Snell & Passmore has announced that Gina Bicknell has joined the firm as a Partner in the Corporate and Commercial team.

Gina joins from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP in London, where she was a Senior Associate in their intellectual property (IP) and information technology (IT) practice group. This is a strategic move for Thomson Snell & Passmore as Gina will spearhead the push to bolster its IP/IT practice and reinforce its corporate and commercial offering.

Gina specialises in dealing with the IP/IT aspects of corporate and commercial transactions. She also advises clients on data protection and privacy issues and helps them with IP protection and commercialisation strategies.  Gina is dual-qualified as an English solicitor and US attorney-at-law (Illinois). She is also a registered US patent attorney and a certified licensing professional.  

James Partridge, Head of the Corporate and Commercial Team at Thomson Snell & Passmore, comments: “We are thrilled to welcome Gina to Thomson Snell & Passmore. Her expertise and years of experience working in industry and in very highly regarded law firms in the US and UK will be key to the expansion of our IP and IT offering.  It really is fantastic to add such a high calibre lawyer to our team and Gina will greatly strengthen our commercial practice.”

Commenting on her recent appointment, Gina Bicknell adds: “I am excited to be joining the Corporate and Commercial Team at Thomson Snell & Passmore, a firm with such a unique legacy. I am looking forward to the new challenge of growing the firm’s IP and IT practice.”