Patrycja Szczepanek

Patrycja is a Solicitor at Briffa, advising on both contentious and non‑contentious matters across the full spectrum of Intellectual Property (IP), as well as related commercial matters. She acts for a range of IP-rich clients on trade mark and design portfolio management, and advises rights holders on the protection and commercialisation of their IP.

Prior to joining Briffa, Patrycja trained at a City law firm where she gained experience across commercial, transactional and contentious work. Patrycja also brings specialist experience in sports and football sectors having completed a secondment at a Premier League club. Her work included brand protection, trade mark portfolio management, IP enforcement and licensing as well as commercial contracts relating to media and content production.

Patrycja has a particular interest in the evolving relationship between artificial intelligence and IP, especially in the media, entertainment, and sports sectors. Her interest in innovation extends beyond legal practice as she co-founded Polish legal platform Kruczek.pl, where she contributed on the topics of IP and legal developments in Poland.

Patrycja holds an LLB in Law with Philosophy from the University of Liverpool and an LPC MSc in Legal Practice with Commendation from the University of Law (Manchester).

She is fluent in English and Polish, and outside work, she enjoys writing fiction, reading philosophy, and playing squash. Having spent over a year travelling independently around Japan, she also has a keen interest in Japanese language and culture.