Sinclaire Marber Schäfer

Since joining Kirkland, Sinclaire has been involved in the following matters:

• Acting for a multinational telecommunications company in its defence of an SEP infringement and global FRAND licensing action in the English High Court and co-ordinating with parallel US and China proceedings
• Advising a leading biosimilar manufacturer in its market entry strategy in respect of a well-known blockbuster biologic

Prior to joining Kirkland, Sinclaire worked on the following matters:

• Acted for a global pharmaceutical company in biosimilar litigation under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act
• Defended a global pharmaceutical company in contract litigation relating to small-molecule oncology product
• Represented a manufacturer of intravascular heart pumps in two patent litigation matters before federal district court
• Acted for a fashion company in trademark opposition proceedings before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
• Defended a European museum against a property recovery action for materials in collections, which achieved dismissal with prejudice in federal court

White & Case LLP, New York

• Associate, 2019–2020
• Law Clerk, 2018–2019
• Summer Associate, 2017

Since joining Kirkland, Sinclaire has been involved in the following matters: 

• Advising an international non-profit organisation on trademark issues

Prior to joining Kirkland, Sinclaire worked on the following matters:

• Represented a client in a federal prisoner-rights case, for which she received a pro bono award
• Assisted in drafting two U.S. Supreme Court amicus briefs, one on behalf the American Intellectual Property Law Association in closely watched case, Oracle v. Rimini Street