Sebastian Moore

Sebastian is recognised by the legal directories as a leading patent litigator and regularly acts for clients such as Roche, Gilead, Takeda, Sanofi in UK litigation, EPO oppositions and in coordinating actions on a pan-European basis. He has also represented clients in two important references on SPC matters to the CJEU and has been involved in three further CJEU references.

Sebastian is a solicitor advocate with rights of audience in all civil proceedings in the UK and he is a Unified Patents Court representative. 

Sebastian is also a guest lecturer at the University of London (on the Certificate of Intellectual Property course and the LLM course in International and Comparative Patent Law) and a tutor on the Oxford University Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice.

Sebastian is recognised as leading individual in pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, and led the team which recently won "European Cross-Border Patent and Regulatory Team of the Year 2024" at the MIP Awards.

Accolades

• Band 1 for IP: Patent Litigation, Chambers UK 2027
• Band 1 for Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation, Chambers UK 2027
• Gold for Patent Litigation, IAM Patent 1000 2026
• Leading Partner for Life Sciences and Healthcare, Legal 500 UK 2027
• Leading Individual, JUVE Patent 2025
• Patent Star, Managing IP's IP Stars 2026
• "A very client-focused lawyer, I have confidence he has looked at every angle. He presents only what is strategically important to us and does not need to be the loudest voice in the room, but any point he does make you know will be valuable." (Chambers UK 2027, Life Sciences: IP/Patent Litigation)
• "Sebastian is a very strategic thinker who is very good at pulling together complex information and explaining it very concisely." (Chambers UK 2027, IP: Patent Litigation)
• "Sebastian Moore is a high-level strategist with good 'Spidey sense', that is to say good intuition and judgement." (Chambers UK 2026, IP – Patent Litigation)
• "Seb has really good judgement and understands the heart of the matter. He is able to articulate, problem-solve and manage the greater strategy." (Chambers UK 2025, Intellectual Property)
• Sebastian Moore is “an incredibly knowledgeable practitioner, brilliant patent strategist and excellent litigator, who has successfully represented big-name pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in important cases”. (IAM Patent 1000 2024)
• "Sebastian Moore is superb. He will always put the client first and considers the full picture. He has a great deal of experience with global litigation, giving great strategic advice whilst always being on top of the details." (Legal 500 2026, Intellectual Property)