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Claudia Vander Velde

Claudia Vander Velde

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Claudia Vander Velde is a trainee patent attorney in the Intellectual Property practice group and specialises in patent litigation.

Claudia has a multidisciplinary background combining law and science with a particular focus on the life sciences. She specialises in intellectual property law, with a strong emphasis on patent law across a range of technical fields, including but not limited to the life sciences. She also advises on copyright, trademark, and design rights.

She has prior experience at the European Commission, where she worked on the REACH chemicals regulation, as well as experience on setting up clinical trials at a CRO, gaining insight into specific challenges of the pharmaceutical industry.

Fluent in French, Dutch, English, and Spanish, Claudia supports clients in an international and multilingual context.

 
 

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Since 2025 Patent attorney (trainee) | Associate, Taylor Wessing
2023-2024 Regulatory specialist, clinical trials, Fortrea
2022-2023 Trainee, European Commission, DG Grow - REACH unit
2023 LLM European Law, Maastricht University, Maastricht
2021 Bsc, Health and Technology with a specialisation in Biology, Sorbonne University, Paris
2021 LLB, Panthéon-Assas University, Paris

Career

Since 2025 Patent attorney (trainee) | Associate, Taylor Wessing
2023-2024 Regulatory specialist, clinical trials, Fortrea
2022-2023 Trainee, European Commission, DG Grow - REACH unit

Education

2023 LLM European Law, Maastricht University, Maastricht
2021 Bsc, Health and Technology with a specialisation in Biology, Sorbonne University, Paris
2021 LLB, Panthéon-Assas University, Paris

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