Eleanor Maciver
Mewburn Ellis LLP
Building off her longstanding chemistry sector expertise, Eleanor Maciver at Mewburn Ellis LLP works at the forefront of IP mandates impacting the future of sustainable chemical and material inventions.
Bringing deep knowhow regarding innovative sustainable polymers, nature-based materials, plant-based foods, and energy transition technologies, Maciver is a key partner to deeptech and cleantech companies. Key clients include sustainable food company Ecovative, whom Maciver assists on all European patent and licensing matters, and plant-based pigments spin-out Sparxell, whom Maciver advises on its IP strategy.
As the firm’s sustainability champion, Maciver leads its internal environmental strategy and sustainability collaboration group. Within this leadership, Maciver coordinates the firm’s engagement with EcoVadis, the Science Based Targets initiative, and the CDP climate change questionnaire. Helping boost sustainability within the cleantech sector, Maciver provides IP advice to the Undaunted climate innovation community and the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Change Makers programme, which seeks to leverage deeptech solutions to power sustainable change.