Hélène LABIT is a European and French Patent Attorney, and a UPC representative. A patent Attorney specialized in Biotechnology, she is an expert in Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Biochemistry, with over 10 years of experience in Intellectual Property.

She holds a PhD in Genetics, having conducted her doctoral research on the initiation of DNA replication at the CNRS unit “Regulation of Gene Expression” (Department of Biology, École Normale Supérieure, Paris). She is also a CEIPI graduate (Patents).

Hélène began her career in research at the “Cell Cycle Control” laboratory of the Cancer Institute at University College London, where she led a project on the impact of phosphorylation in regulating proteins involved in cell division.

She joined ICOSA in 2015 as part of the Biotech/Biology/Techbio team. She supports biotech startups with their innovation strategies in France, Europe, the US, and Asia. Her work includes drafting patent applications, managing procedures through to the grant of Intellectual Property rights, conducting freedom-to-operate analyses, and handling pre-litigation and litigation matters.