Profile

Sian has experience in both contentious and non-contentious matters across a range of intellectual property rights, including patent litigation in the life sciences industries.

Sian joined Powell Gilbert in 2026.  Prior to that, Sian gained experience in private practice in the UK and Australia, as well as in-house at a pharmaceutical company and in government.

Key Cases

  • BioNTech /Pfizer v GSK (UPC & UK – SARS-CoV-2 vaccine)
  • Illumina v Element Biosciences (UPC- biological & chemical analysis instrument)
  • Neurocrine Biosciences v Spruce Biosciences (UPC & UK – CRF1 receptor antagonists)*
  • Sandoz v Bayer (UK – rivaroxaban)*
  • Sequenom v Ariosa (Federal Court of Australia – non-invasive prenatal testing)*

* Prior to joining Powell Gilbert

Qualifications

2020 Barrister and Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria and the High and Federal Courts of Australia

Education

LLB, Monash University

BSc (Genetics and Molecular Biology), Monash University

Diploma in Intellectual Property Law & Practice, Oxford University

Connections & Networks

Member of AIPPI, IPSoc, NSW Law Society

Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice, Oxford University

Awards & Recognition
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If I wasn't a lawyer

A dog walker

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Most used tech

Aeropress

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Favourite place

Anywhere outside