Fiona Nicolson

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About Fiona Nicolson

I am passionate about helping clients to commercialise Intellectual Property and have specialised in intellectual property and commercial law for over 25 years. I provide advice across a range of sectors including life sciences, IT, industrial markets, academia, and consumer products. Much of the work I do is international in nature and involves both working with UK clients who are commercialising their IP internationally and also assisting clients (or their advisors) who are based overseas in relation to transactions in the UK or involving English or Scottish Law. I represent clients across the spectrum including start up and spinout companies, fast growing SMEs, universities, multinational corporations, public companies and institutions. As well as working for clients, I lecture widely on business and IP related topics. I am a Board Member and Immediate Past President of the Licensing Executives Society International (LESI) and am a Council Member and past President of LES (Britain and Ireland). I am Convener of the Law Society of Scotland’s accreditation panel for intellectual property. I am also honorary Vice President of St Andrews Clinic's for Children. I am also past chair of the Lex Mundi IP Practice Group. Over the years I have been recommended for my work in a number of well regarded international legal and IP directories. I was recently recognised in the MIP IP Stars (2024) directory for IP transactions, patent strategy and counselling. For a number of years I have been included in the IAM Patents transactions directory – most recently in 2024. I am also recommended in the list of World IP leaders for 2020, the Who’s Who life science legal directory for 2020 and in the Best Lawyer directory 2021 for IP and IT CONTACT DETAILS: Email: fiona.nicolson@keystonelaw.co.uk