Natasza Shilling

Senior Legal Counsel, Vodafone

Natasza is an in-house lawyer at Vodafone Group and has broad experience in commercial and intellectual property, working in these sectors both in private practice and in-house for global companies (Caterpillar Inc., Sony Music and Vodafone Group).

She is responsible for all intellectual property matters relating to Vodafone’s brand including overseeing clearance of product names, devising global trade mark filing strategies, managing over 300 intellectual property litigation matters worldwide, brand protection/enforcement and licensing. Additionally, Natasza advises on Vodafone’s commercial activities including global advertising campaigns, advertising/marketing clearance, social media and drafting terms and conditions. Natasza also works on M&A deals and recently acted as lead IP counsel for Vodafone’s £16bn acquisition of Liberty Global’ s European assets.