Amritjot Jethwa

Amritjot Jethwa

Head of IP Transactions, Partner

LLB, MSc

Amrit’s experience as an IP solicitor allows her to effectively assist clients to protect and commercially exploit their IP, including trade marks, patents as well as know-how and trade secrets, by providing strategic legal advice to support businesses at their respective stage of growth.

Amrit works with clients of various sizes, with a particular focus on founder-CEO start-ups, equity backed early stage technology companies, and SMEs. Such clients cross a number of sectors including life sciences, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, with subject matter ranging from diagnostic and therapeutic agents, biological and chemical compounds, psychedelics, PET-imaging agents, proteins, polymers, imaging devices, analytical instruments, machine perfusion, alternative fuels, drug delivery systems and artificial intelligence based platforms.

Amrit provides ad-hoc advice as well as acting as pseudo “in-house” counsel for clients and/or working closely with inhouse legal teams by drafting, advising and/or negotiating contracts with an IP focus such as confidentiality agreements, consultancies, those related to and supporting pre-clinical studies, and manufacturing and distribution agreements. She has an expertise in drafting bespoke collaboration agreements (both academic and commercial) and regularly advises and drafts licensing arrangements (in and out) across all types of IP, negotiating with universities (including international institutions and their respective tech transfer offices), multinational pharmaceutical and technology companies, funding bodies and government departments.

Amrit holds a law degree from UCL and qualified as a solicitor at an internationally recognised London law firm.

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Articles Apr012026

Amritjot Jethwa promoted to Partner

We are pleased to announce the promotion of Amritjot Jethwa to Partner.

Podcasts Jul182024

The Greenshoots Podcast by Appleyard Lees – commercialising innovation: five golden rules for licensors and licensees when licensing IP

In this episode, Amritjot Jethwa, Head of Commercial IP Contracts, is joined by Chris Hoole, Partner, in providing a quick-fire summary of 5 important factors to consider as a Licensor and as a Licensee when licensing technology, creating the building blocks for the successful commercialisation of IP.

Podcasts Jan192024

The Greenshoots Podcast by Appleyard Lees – when should early-stage companies consider IP contracts?

In this episode, Appleyard Lees partner, trade mark attorney and solicitor Chris Hoole, and head of commercial IP contracts Amritjot Jethwa look at the different types of IP agreements and contracts that businesses should have in place, at each stage of their growth.