Maître Soukaina Rizqy, fondatrice du cabinet RLF – Rizqy Law Firm, est une avocate expérimentée à Casablanca, spécialisée en droit des affaires, droit des sociétés, et propriété intellectuelle.
Forte d’un parcours riche dans le secteur juridique et en entreprise, elle allie une expertise juridique pointue à une vision stratégique des enjeux économiques. Avant de créer son propre cabinet, elle a occupé des postes de juriste d’entreprise et de responsable des affaires juridiques au sein de grandes structures marocaines, ce qui lui confère une approche pragmatique et orientée résultats.
Elle a également évolué au sein de cabinets d’expertise comptable et de cabinets spécialisés en propriété industrielle, consolidant ses compétences en fiscalité, structuration d’entreprises, et protection des actifs immatériels.
Son expérience s’est enrichie au contact de grands cabinets d’avocats d’affaires, lui permettant de développer une approche rigoureuse et stratégique des dossiers complexes, notamment en arbitrage commercial et contentieux des sociétés.
Aujourd’hui, elle met son expertise au service :
🔹 des entreprises locales et internationales,
🔹 des investisseurs,
🔹 des startups et entrepreneurs,
en leur proposant un accompagnement juridique sur-mesure, à la fois en conseil et en contentieux.
Maître Rizqy est également reconnue pour sa maîtrise des procédures judiciaires marocaines, sa force de plaidoirie, et sa capacité à défendre efficacement les intérêts de ses clients dans des dossiers sensibles liés au droit des affaires, à la propriété intellectuelle et à l’arbitrage.
Founded to focus specifically on IP, Powell Gilbert is one of the most highly regarded and innovative IP litigation and advisory
teams in Europe. We are uniquely positioned to navigate the complex and commercially critical IP matters faced by our
clients.
We have been involved in some of the most high-profile and ground-breaking pieces of European patent litigation, across a wide
range of technologies and industries, and regularly feature in the top tier of the legal directories for IP and patent
litigation, winning awards for our work.
As well as our renowned IP litigation experience in the UK and Germany, we are regarded by many as the go-to firm for
advising on, and co-ordinating, IP disputes across Europe. With an exceptional team, many of whom have strong scientific
and technical backgrounds, our depth of experience and proven track record means that we are ideally placed to advise
clients on European patent litigation strategy, including the potential options provided by the Unified Patent Court (UPC).
With many of our litigators registered as UPC representatives, we have been active in representing clients in the UPC since it
opened its doors in June 2023. Our experience includes cases before many of the Local Divisions, including the various
German Local Divisions, the Nordic-Baltic Regional Division, the three branches of the Central Divisions and the Court of
Appeal, with members of our team advising on procedural strategies, preparing written submissions and also acting as oral
advocates at hearings.
We work with organisations of all sizes – from start-ups to multinationals – across a range of knowledge, technology and
brand-based industries, including pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, electronics, telecommunications, medical devices,
energy technologies and consumer goods. Our experience ranges from acting in many of the earliest and most complex
biotechnology patent cases, to advising on some of the largest telecoms disputes and enforcing trade mark rights against
counterfeits in the luxury goods sector.
In addition to litigating all aspects of IP rights, we regularly advise clients on complex technology contract disputes, both in
the courts and in confidential arbitrations. We also assist clients with IP portfolio assessments and freedom to operate
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European Patent Litigators
With years of experience in advising on, and coordinating, international IP disputes, we are a go-to firm for developing and
implementing Europe-wide patent litigation strategies. Our flexible, market- leading European litigation offering is of the
highest quality and has a proven track record of success in supporting clients with their European IP challenges.
Many of our team – including all of our partners – are registered as Unified Patent Court (UPC) representatives and we have
been recognised as one of the leading firms before the UPC.
We work as part of cohesive teams with other leading IP litigators across Europe to achieve the best results for our clients. In
addition to our market-leading teams in the UK and Germany, we have the flexibility to work with our clients’ chosen advisers
in other European jurisdictions or can assemble and manage bespoke teams on a case-by-case basis, bringing together the
most appropriate trial lawyers for the relevant technology and for the relevant court.
Powell Gilbert is involved in mentoring
students aged 16 to 19 years,to provide
personal and professional support to help
the students achieve their academic and
career aspirations.
Powell Gilbert is proud to support charitable
initiatives for a variety of causes. We’re always
keen to get involved and raise money, whether
by dressing up, baking cakes or putting our
running shoes on.
Powell Gilbert actively seeks to mitigate the
impact of its business on the environment,
including minimising energy consumption,
extensive recycling schemes and encouraging
cycling to work.
Corporate Social Responsibility
Diversity
We believe that our people are our most significant strength and that fostering an inclusive work environment with equal opportunities is
instrumental to recruiting and retaining talented and diverse individuals and ensuring our ongoing success.
As such, we aim to maximise the potential of our team by promoting mutual respect and ensuring that everyone is seen as an individual
first and foremost. We aim to support each individual at the firm and empower them to achieve, regardless of their gender, ethnicity,
nationality, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, disability, marital or civil partner status or socio-economic background.
We regularly review our recruitment, retention and career progression policies to further our DEI goals. These policies include the
implementation of flexible working initiatives and the roll-out of our market-leading maternity / paternity / adoption leave package. We
work actively to support employees with caring commitments and strive to ensure that there is no “parenting penalty”.
Each year, our staff are invited to participate in a Diversity Survey on an anonymous and voluntary basis. The data, based only on those
individuals who completed the survey, can be found here.