Stephenson Harwood IP partner Alexandra Pygall has been included in the 2019 edition of Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) IP STARS Top 250 Women in IP. She is one of only 20 women selected from the UK.

The list, which is based on global research and covers 80 jurisdictions, recognises female practitioners in private practice who have performed exceptionally for their clients and firms in the past year.

Pygall is a member of the firm's intellectual property practice and head of the firm's cross-practice life sciences group. She advises clients – which range from life sciences companies such as BTG plc and UCB, to brand companies such as Moët Hennessy and Lucozade Ribena Suntory – on the complete spectrum of intellectual property issues.