Founded in 1998 as Ann De Clercq & Co bvba, De Clercq & Partners is a rapidly expanding intellectual property firm providing high quality services required for today's innovative industry. Most relevant areas of practice are filing, prosecution and administration of European, PCT and National patents and applications, opposition and appeal procedures, nullity and infringement procedures, opinions, licensing, status checks and searches, due diligence and auditing.

The success of the firm is based on a group of patent attorneys and advisers with high-level scientific and industrial backgrounds, which enables them to deal with high tech subject matter and to comprehend new developments. Attorneys and advisers continuously follow training to keep up with all recent developments in the technological and legal field.

The firm's clients include startups, SME's, multinationals, universities, educational and research institutions and investment companies from all around the world. Serving the needs of every client through the versatility and strong technological knowledge helps our clients to obtain their objectives efficiently and economically.