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CMS partner Eleanor Merrett with new hires Sarah Klaczynska and Katie Goulding.
25 October 2022Sarah Speight

CMS adds two senior hires to its IP team in the UK

The firm has strengthened its Sheffield office with a senior patent attorney who joins from GlaxoSmithKline.

International law firm CMS has added two senior hires to its IP team in the UK.

Sarah Klaczynska becomes senior patent attorney, and Katie Goulding becomes senior trademark attorney at its Sheffield office.

Klaczynska brings more than 15 years’ experience of advising clients in the life sciences sector. She joins CMS after five years at GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines, where she led the patent team supporting GSK’s research and development centre in Siena, Italy.

During this time, she gained expertise in vaccine technologies, and in developing IP strategies to protect vaccine innovation.

Goulding, who is recognised by  WIPR as a ‘Leader’ and an ‘Influential Woman in IP’, is experienced in managing and developing IP strategies for businesses of all sizes, domestically and internationally.

She spent 10 years at the Leeds office of IP specialist firm HGF before joining CMS, and has established a reputation helping start-ups to secure IP funding and grow their IP.

She has also collaborated with a FMCG (fast-moving consumer goods) brand to develop its internal IP policy and strategy.

Eleanor Merrett, CMS IP partner, said of the moves: “We’re delighted to welcome Sarah and Katie to the team. Both bring world-class expertise to the firm, and they will be key to the continued growth and success of our IP offering.”

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