LMBE  is pleased to announce that Anne Bourdu joined the firm as an IP/IT  partner, where she will lead the Intellectual Property/Medias/Regulatory Practice with two associates, Laure Vago and Pierre-Xavier Feron.

They will be involved both in litigation, counseling and negotiation in all areas of Intellectual Property and Information/Communication Technologies, Medias and Products Regulatory notably in connection with the food and pharmaceutical industry.

With a Law Degree from the Parisian University “Paris II - Panthéon Assas” and a Post-Graduate IP and Medias Law Degree from the University “Bordeaux IV”, Anne Bourdu began her career within the French law firm “Pechenard & Associés”, where she practised, notably, in advertising law. Anne Bourdu then acted during six years within the IP/IT Dept of Latham & Watkins before cofounding her own law firm “Alinea, avocats associés” in January 2006.

From now on, Anne Bourdu will be handling the IP/IT/Medias/Regulatory matters closely with the Corporate, Tax, Labor, Antitrust and Litigation (including criminal law) teams. She is very active for both international and French clients in IP/IT litigations relating to counterfeiting, unfair practices, misleading or comparative advertising as well as to general commercial disputes and has developed specific expertise in the negotiation of all agreements in connection with Intellectual Property  (transfer, license, coexistence), Economic law (distribution, research and development, know-how, compliance) and medias (adviser/communication agency relationship and entertainment contracts; image/personality rights). Anne Bourdu is a member of the « Association des Praticiens du Droit des Marques et des Modèles (APRAM) ».