Ben is a partner at Fieldfisher. The focus of his practice is on advising and representing clients in patent litigations. He has worked for small, medium, and large corporations from all industries. Ben’s expertise includes co-ordination in cross-border disputes, planning and execution of strategies for both enforcement campaigns and the defence against such attacks. In addition, he has acted both as counsel and as an arbitrator in several patent and license-related arbitrations. Another focus is on litigating standard essential patents. Ben has advised and represented both plaintiffs and defendants in more than 50 cases and is familiar with the various particular legal issues in such disputes, especially the FRAND defence. He further advises and represents clients in and litigates trade secret cases with a technical focus. Ben is a member in the intellectual property associations GRUR, VPP, and LES. He has published on various aspects of patent and licensing law and is a frequent speaker on these topics.