Katia Manhaeve
Luxembourg
Allen & Overy
33 avenue John F. Kennedy
L-1855
Luxembourg
Tel: +352 44 44 55 508
Email:
katia.manhaeve@allenovery.com
Web:
www.allenovery.com
Katia Manhaeve is a partner at Allen & Overy in Luxembourg where she heads the intellectual property and technology department with more than 25 years of experience.
She focuses on both contentious and non-contentious IP matters. She has important experience in trademark, copyright and patent issues, including litigation before the courts of the European Union.
Katia also specialises in distribution law, advertising, trade practices, e-commerce and TMT law, including data protection.
Katia is active in several working groups related to her fields of specialisation and is a regular speaker at conferences.
She is the president of the Luxembourg Chapter of the International Association for the Protection of Intellectual Property (AIPPI), a member of the International Trademark Association (INTA), of the Benelux Association for Trademark and Design Law (BMM) and of the MARQUES Trademark Law and Practice Team. Katia is also an appointed member and Luxembourg representative of the Benelux Council of Intellectual Property. She served as the former president of the BMM and was a longstanding member of this association’s board and legislative committee.
Katia is ranked as a Notable Practitioner in Band 1 by Chambers Europe 2019, as an IP star by Managing Intellectual Property 2018 and as a World Leading Trademark Professional by World Trademark Review 2019.
At a time of significant change in the legal industry, we are determined to continue leading the market as we have done throughout our 88-year history. We will do this by ensuring we always challenge ourselves to bring new and original ways of thinking to the complex legal challenges our clients face.
Over the past year we have worked with some of the world’s leading businesses on transactions that have changed their industries. These include advising: HSBC globally on the project to restructure its legal and business structure to meet the post-crisis regulatory reform agenda and is the single largest project undertaken by the UK financial services industry to date; 21st Century Fox on its proposed acquisition by The Walt Disney Company; the second restructuring of Edcon Holdings Ltd and Edcon Ltd, one of the market’s most significant restructurings, which brought together experts advising on South African law, English law and New York law; and Worldpay on its merger with Vantiv, which involved lawyers from 20 A&O offices.
Building on our long heritage enables us to attract the most talented people and continue to deliver this level of innovation with and for our clients.
To support our clients’ international strategies, we have built a truly global network now spanning 44 offices in 31 countries. We have also developed strong ties with relationship law firms in over 100 countries where we do not have a presence. This network makes us one of the largest and most connected law firms in the world, with a global reach and local depth that is simply unrivalled.
Global coverage in today’s market does not simply mean having offices in important cities around the world. For us, it means combining our international resources and sector expertise to work on cross-border transactions directly in the markets and regions important to our clients.
Katia Manhaeve is a highly regarded IP specialist who handles a variety of advisory and contentious patent, trade mark, design and copyright matters. She advises clients from a range of sectors, including pharmaceuticals, e-commerce and finance. She is well respected by commentators, who note her lengthy career in IP matters.