Charlotte Walden

Solicitor, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP

As a Professional Support Lawyer for the Banking team at CMS, Charlotte monitors developments in law and practice to support our lawyers to deliver exceptional, tailored and pragmatic advice to clients in the lending and debt markets. Charlotte’s role also includes preparing and maintaining the team’s standard form documentation and know how, delivering training and publishing thought leadership pieces.

Prior to joining the Banking Knowledge team, Charlotte was a Senior Associate in the Corporate & Leveraged Finance team at CMS. Charlotte gained over 7 years experience at CMS and other international law firms advising a range of corporates, sponsors and lenders in relation to domestic and cross border corporate, real estate and leveraged finance transactions.

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Taking security over intellectual property—practical points

Practice notes

This Practice Note deals with the interrelationship between the law relating to security and the law relating to IP. It is increasingly recognised that all businesses own and use IP of some kind. Lenders in sectors which include IP-rich businesses are focusing increasingly on ensuring that their security captures the value of this IP. The law relating to security over IP is uncertain, and lenders must manage their way through the uncertainty. In addition, security over IP rights may be costly to put in place and difficult to enforce.