Andrew Payne
Andrew Payne

Andrew Payne

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Andrew is a partner in the Patents & Innovation team and offers expert counsel on contentious patent and regulatory matters.

Leveraging his previous experience as a medicinal chemist in the pharmaceutical industry, he is particularly focused on advising companies within the life sciences sector and is recognised by clients for his extensive industry knowledge.

Expertise

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Patents & innovation
Commercial & consumer contracts
Disputes & investigations

Sectors

Life sciences & healthcare
Chemicals
Manufacturing & industrials

CV

Since 2025 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2024 - 2025 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing
2020 - 2024 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing

Career

Since 2025 Partner, Taylor Wessing
2024 - 2025 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing
2020 - 2024 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing

Education

2015 Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales
2013 LPC distinction, BPP Law School
2011 GDL commendation, BPP Law School, London

Publications

Declaratory Relief in the English Patents Court, Bio-Science Law Review, 2016, p 123-128
Patents Overhauled: Impact of the America Invents Act on the Pharmaceutical Industry (co-author), European Biopharmaceutical Review, Spring 2015
New and Approved: The New EU Clinical Trials Regulation (co-author), European Pharmaceutical Contractor, December 2014 p 50-53

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The UK and the Unified Patent Court, two years in - how can long-arm reach be prevented in the UK?

4 June 2025

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Dealing with difficult service in the UPC: The cases of Philips IP Ventures v Belkin and Panasonic v Xiaomi as examples.

24 January 2024
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30 March 2018
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