Hiske Roos

Hiske is a Senior Associate in the Litigation team with a focus on patent litigation, particularly in large cross-border enforcement projects and before the Unified Patent Court. She has experience of litigation before the Dutch Court (both first instance and appeal) and the UPC. Hiske has been involved in numerous infringement and revocation actions before the UPC, acting for both claimants and defendants, primarily in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology sectors. This includes the high-profile dispute between Sanofi / Regeneron and Amgen concerning PCSK9 inhibitors as well as PI proceedings between 10x Genomics and Curio involving procedural disputes on costs, confidentiality and language, including appeals before the UPC.​

In addition, Hiske has experience of coordinating multi-jurisdictional disputes across Europe and the US and has worked on patent and other IP related, contentious and non-contentious, matters in various jurisdictions such as the Netherlands, the UK and Hong Kong. She has worked for clients mostly operating in the pharmaceutical and tech industries.

Hiske has a broad range of patent litigation experience, including (cross-border) preliminary injunctions, confidentiality issues, validity and infringement issues. She began her career at a Magic Circle law firm and has also spent time on secondment at a major tech company where she was responsible for coordinating their patent litigation in Europe.

She obtained an LLM on Intellectual Property Law at the Queen Mary University of London (with distinction) where she wrote her thesis on second medical use claims, and is Dutch qualified.

Outside of work Hiske plays the violin, likes travelling and recently got interested in the art of bread making.