Georgia is a dedicated Trainee Patent Attorney in Marks & Clerk’s Life Sciences team, based in Cambridge. She holds an Integrated Master’s degree in Biosciences from Durham University, where she specialised in biomedical studies and graduated in 2021.

Georgia assists in drafting and prosecuting international and national patent applications, with particular expertise in European patents and other commercially significant jurisdictions, including the US, China, Japan, Australia, and Canada. She supports the strategic development of IP portfolios for a diverse client base, ranging from start-ups and SMEs to leading research institutions and global corporations. Georgia primarily works with clients in the agritech and pharmaceutical industries, providing tailored intellectual property strategies to support commercial growth.

In the agritech space, Georgia works across a broad spectrum of exciting technologies, such as chimeric plant proteins, genetically modified crops, and advanced plant transformation systems - for example, plant-based Omega-3 production.

Georgia has recently completed a secondment with a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Cambridge.  During this placement, she assisted with the onboarding and management of a complex global portfolio encompassing numerous on-market products, including anti-fungal treatments, ADD/ADHD stimulants, a first-in-class chemotherapeutic, and opioid antagonists