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Helen is Head of Legal – Intellectual Property at Thomas Cook, with responsibility for developing and leading Thomas Cook Group’s IP strategy, managing the Group’s global trade mark and domain portfolios, defence and protection of Thomas Cook’s global intellectual property portfolios and advising the Group in respect of IP matters generally. Prior to joining Thomas Cook, Helen was Senior Legal Counsel – at Orange Group, where she led the Group portfolio and brand enforcement team, managed the Group’s global trade mark portfolio and advised the international business on IP licensing and brand protection issues. She has also worked as a lawyer at the BBC, where she advised on IP and media litigation issues. She qualified into the Media and IP Litigation team at Richards Butler LLP (now Reed Smith LLP) and later joined the Commercial Litigation team at Nabarro LLP before embarking on an in-house career.