Foteini Tzakoniati

Consultant Patent Attorney

Foteini is a European Patent Attorney, UK Chartered Patent Attorney and Greek Patent Attorney. She is experienced in prosecution of European patent applications, oppositions, patent drafting, as well as forming and executing worldwide prosecution strategy. The technical fields she has been working in include pharmaceutical formulations, biotech,immunology, immuno-oncology, therapeutic antibodies, gene therapy and RNA-based therapeutics. From 2019 to 2025, she worked at a leading UK patent firm.

Scientific Background

Foteini has a Master’s in Chemistry (MChem) from the University of Edinburgh and a PhD in Chemical Biology from Imperial College London. Her PhD focused on the development ofchemical biology methods to map the binding sites of toxin peptides on sensory ion channels and aid the development of new analgesics. Before completing her doctorate, she undertook an eight-month internship at Genentech in California where she gained biotech R&D work experience.