McDermott Will & Emery Katya Ascher focuses her practice on patent law issues in litigation and transactional matters across technology sectors. She has over 15 years of experience counseling clients in the United States, France, and the United Kingdom. Her clients include mid-sized companies and start-ups, operating in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, medical device, nutraceutical, veterinary and engineering fields.
She regularly negotiates every type of agreement associated with research and development, technology transfer, services, manufacturing and distribution.
She also represents French companies in patent litigation and contractual disputes in the US, handling all facets of pre-suit matters, pretrial discovery, case management and trial preparations.
Katya Ascher spent the first five years of her career as an associate in one of the top New York intellectual property boutiques where she litigated cases in district court and the International Trade Commission and advised clients on patent validity and infringement. Before studying law, Katya gained technical experience as an intern in a genomic research laboratory of a major biotechnology company.
