Marks & Clerk

IP expertise to help you achieve commercial aims

Company Profile

About Us

Marks & Clerk set up its first office in the UK in 1887. Today, we’re a leading global intellectual property firm, working in partnership with businesses of all shapes and sizes across the globe, providing them with people whose legal, technical and commercial expertise exactly meets their needs. Our services are shaped around our clients to protect, enforce and maximise the value of their intellectual property, and support them achieve their business ambitions.

Energy & Environment sector and technological expertise

With significant expertise across the entire sector, we advise businesses and organisations involved in the production, transformation, processing, transportation, distribution and storage of the energy needed around the world.  

As the energy sector has transformed, we’ve developed our expertise to mirror changes in focus, remaining at the forefront of the industry and understanding the issues as they emerge. We work with both new and established companies as they develop solutions for the challenges faced today and in the future.

Whatever technologies you work with, you’ll find highly experienced engineers and scientists at Marks & Clerk who are familiar with your technology regardless of whether you’re developing your existing technology or innovating as part of the wider energy transition. We’re familiar with all the relevant technologies - including those associated with decommissioning, solar, wind, fuel cell and geothermal, for example. In energy transition, we work in areas such as batteries and fuel cells, hydrogen generation and storage, carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS), efficiencies in mining, electrification and more.

Commercial understanding

Our focus is on the commercial success of your endeavours. With Marks & Clerk, you’ll work with people who talk your language, know your world and understand your business drivers.

We advise large multinational organisations at board level as well as entrepreneurs building a business. Every business is different. Whatever your commercial ambitions, we can help you build an IP strategy that meets your business needs, and protect, enforce and maximise its value.

Complete IP service

Our team incorporates patent attorneys, trade mark attorneys, commercial lawyers and IP litigators. We can provide you with a holistic IP service that protects you from threats and makes the most of your commercial opportunities.

At Marks & Clerk, we never compromise. We invest time selecting the right team from our extensive global pool of experts. People whose technical and legal knowledge exactly meets your needs and specialist areas, and who work in a collaborative way to achieve your goals.