Dr Shohta Ueno is a Senior Director, Assistant General Counsel, at Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., a leading biopharmaceutical company where he advises the company on a broad range of complex, multi-jurisdictional disputes. While Shohta deals with all matters relating to disputes, he focuses mostly on non-US IP matters and helps the company navigate through increasingly complex IP landscape. Shohta joined Regeneron in 2018 from a leading IP litigation practice based in the UK. Shohta is also a trained scientist – he obtained a PhD in Virology as well as an undergraduate degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Cambridge. Shohta is a member of CIPA, AIPPI and IP Federation and was recognised as a notable UK practitioner by IP Stars 2024.