David J Gill LLM in IP (London), GDL (Law), MA Hons (St Andrews)

David Gill is a chartered UK and European Trade Mark Attorney. He read history at the University of St Andrews and then law. David gained a distinction (1st class) in the LLM in Intellectual Property at Queen Mary, University of London. He trained at the London office of  the international IP law firm, Marks & Clerk, before moving to Switzerland to work as in-house Trade Mark Attorney for ISL Worldwide and then at FIFA. David has managed the IP portfolios and anti-ambush marketing strategies for some of the worlds largest sports events and portfolios (including the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA EURO championships), building a strong network of associate law firms around the world. In 2002 David returned to the UK and became a partner at the Oxford office of the international IP law firm Rouse. In 2010 David left Rouse to set up a new IP law firm now called GILL & GILL.

David is a member of CITMA and INTA, sitting on various committees, such as the INTA Anti-Counterfeiting Committee and the EU Trademark Practices Committee. David regularly assists with IP working groups at the European Commission in Brussels and the EUIPO in Alicante.

David regularly lectures on IP Law and anti-ambush marketing. He was guest lecturer on IP Rights in Sport at the CIES, the University of Neuchatel for over ten years. He has also lectured at the HSE University in Moscow, the Licensing Executives Society International (LESI) conference in Johannesburg, the Central St. Martin’s University in London, and a US Sports Law Association workshop in New York .

Victoria Gill MSc (Imperial)

Victoria took over the management of the administration and business operations of the firm in 2015. Victoria has wide and diverse experience of different businesses having worked for BHP Billiton in Sydney, Morgan Stanley in London and the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.

David and Victoria divide their time between Oxford and London.