About this Event
When: Tue, 10 Feb 2026, 18:00
Where: CCLS, Room 3.1, Queen Mary, University of London.
Speaker Bios:
Rebecca Field (HGF)
Rebecca Field is a Partner and Chartered Trade Mark Attorney at HGF Limited Intellectual Property Specialists, in Birmingham. Rebecca has a keen interest in fashion branding and established the Fashionably IP Podcast with fellow HGF Partner, Lee Curtis, as well as the hugely popular fashion LinkedIn group, Fashion+IP. Her practical expertise span a wider number of areas including pharmaceuticals, medical devices, manufacturing, retail, financial and FinTech, food and drink, and the automotive sector Rebecca is also one of the mentors of students on the LLM in Fashion Law at QMUL.
Christiana Loizides (Sheridans)
Christiana is head of the Trade Mark and Branding team in the UK and EU, and advises across all soft intellectual property rights on both contentious and non-contentious matters. Christiana’s specific expertise includes advice on matters involving the infringement of intellectual property rights, including trade mark, copyright, design, passing off and breach of confidential information. Christiana’s sector focus covers: Fashion and Luxury; Gaming; Leisure; Entertainment and media; and Technology. Having managed global trade mark portfolios, including the firm’s largest portfolios and trade mark portfolios for the firm’s heritage clients, Christiana has extensive experience in advising on trade mark/brand clearance, worldwide filing programmes, prosecution, oppositions, and invalidity actions. Adopting a quasi-in-house role for both startups and established brands, Christiana is able to plug into her client’s business, understand their needs and commercially advise on strategic filings/IP acquisitions from both a protection and commercial exploitation perspective. Christiana also deals with design rights including design right clearance, registrations, and infringement, together with related copyright and passing off issues. As an IP litigator, Christiana advises on the protection of client’s IP including in the IPEC and High Court. In parallel, Christiana also manages the firm’s domain name practice. Through this, she manages domain name portfolios for the firm’s clients and advises on all aspects of online infringements, including on-line takedowns, anti-counterfeit campaigns and domain name complaints. As a recognised trade mark specialist, Christiana has been interviewed by BBC Worldwide in respect of topic trade mark issues, as well as market leading IP publications.
Linus Chu (BIOHM)
Linus Chu works at the intersection of biotechnology, fashion, and regulation. As Impact Intelligence Manager at Biohm, he leads the integration of AI into prospective lifecycle assessment and lifecycle sustainability assessment, designs hybrid input-ouput models for novel bio-based materials, and develops advanced workflows that connect research with real-world impact. Linus is also the founder of The Suitstainable Man, exploring how sustainability can shape consumer culture, advising on ESG, supply chains, and transparency while championing craftsmanship and responsible design. Linus is also a QMUL alumnus, graduating with a distinction LLM in Environmental Law in 2022, including a distinction dissertation on UK and EU legal remedies for greenwashing in the fashion industry.
Johanna Gibson (Director of Fashion Law at CCLS)
Johanna is Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, QMUL where she is also Director of the LLM programme. Johanna teaches, researches, and publishes widely, including in fashion, film and art, and has developed and launched the QMUL LLM in Fashion Law last year, the first of its kind in the UK. She is also a founding member of the Nordic Fashion and Design Law Collective. Johanna is also editor-in-chief of the Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property.
The LLM in Fashion Law
QMUL is the first and only law school in the UK to offer an LLM in Fashion Law. The LLM covers all areas of law pertaining to fashion, from employment to tax, intellectual property to advertising, and more. It has one of the most comprehensive mentoring schemes in the country, with every student being individually mentored by a member of the fashion law profession. Students also have the opportunity to pursue graduate placements in-house with major luxury brands, exclusive to students on the LLM in Fashion Law.
You can find out more about the programme here: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/taught/coursefinder/courses/fashion-law-llm/] or contact Professor Johanna Gibson, Director of the LLM and Programme Director for Fashion Law on [email protected]
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
CCLS, Room 3.1, Queen Mary, University of London,, 69 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, United Kingdom
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