IP, Anti-Piracy & Compliance
CJCH deliver a comprehensive, end-to-end software Anti-Piracy and licence compliance service through CJCH Legal & Compliance Services.
We embrace the whole Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) life-cycle including trademark, patent and copyright. CJCH services include IP management and consultancy, IP commercialisation and IPR protection-related compliance and enforcement.
We protect and strengthen IP rights of software vendors to recover revenue lost through the unauthorised use of licenced software products. Our investigation team combine market-leading technical innovation with extensive research and legal enforcement expertise to deliver tailored strategies and action plans to address global challenges.
Our specialist team also co-ordinate and implement raids in cases of extreme infringements. We are innovative in our thinking, persistent in negotiation, and practical in our approach. We always keep the end goal in mind: the most effective protection for our client’s intellectual property.
For more information on our specialised Anti-Piracy and Licence Compliance service offering, and to find out how your company could potentially recover lost revenue from piracy of your software and IP, click through to our CJCH Legal & Compliance Services site via the icon below.
Our Team
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Andy Clarkson
Andy Clarkson
Director of Strategy and Development
Andy Clarkson has led an illustrious career focusing on investigations and compliance. He spent 24 years serving in the UK law enforcement services as a career investigator working in organised crime and anti-corruption investigation and as a certified hostage negotiator. After leaving public service, Andy focused the last 18 years in the private sector to assist the technology and software industry with the challenge of IP theft as a global thought leader, most recently as the global lead of licence compliance for a French based software company before joining CJCH Consulting in 2019, and now serves as the Director of Strategy and Development of CJCH Consulting.
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Luke Heydenrych
Luke Heydenrych
Chief Technology Officer
Luke joined the firm in 2016 and is the Chief Technology Officer for CJCH Consulting. With a background in operational transformation, banking, management consulting, and global system integration programs, he is responsible for the firm’s operations, internal technology, and innovation as well as supporting our global software clients with their license compliance program strategy.
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Charlotte Bardet
Charlotte Bardet
Client Account Manager
Charlotte joined CJCH Solicitors in 2017, having previously interned with a division of the UN. Charlotte became Supervisor of the specialist researcher division in Anti-Piracy and Licence Compliance in 2018 and in 2019 began her training contract with the firm. Upon qualification, she was promoted to General Counsel of Anti-Piracy and Licence Compliance and in 2022 took over the role of Client Account Lead for a global software client.
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Hannah Elderfield Cramp
Hannah Elderfield Cramp
Client Account Manager
Originally from Sweden, Hannah has been with CJCH since 2019. Prior to joining CJCH, Hannah’s career included working in the legal industry in Sweden, and then as a case manager for Ministry of Justice matters at a UK-based law firm. Since joining CJCH, Hannah has gained extensive experience in licence compliance as a senior compliance officer, a search and seizure (raids) coordinator and more recently as a client account manager for one of our global software clients.
Hannah speaks English, Swedish and basic Norwegian, and holds an LLB (Hons), and LPC (PgDip) degree from the UK as well as having undertaken legal studies in Sweden. Hannah is also a member of CILEX.
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Debora Cabral
Debora Cabral
Client Account Manager
Debora joined the CJCH team in February 2019, in anti-piracy and license compliance analysis and has worked with a number of our global software clients. She now leads a team of specialist analysis and compliance officers across both volume and bespoke license compliance programs.
Debora studied Languages at Cardiff University, majoring in Spanish and Specialised Translation.
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Ryan Williams
Ryan Williams
Ryan joined CJCH in August 2021 as a Client Account Manager in the Anti-Piracy and Compliance department. Ryan is an experienced Account Manager within the IT sector and has spent 2 years living and working in Australia, where he gained valuable experience. He leads the anti-piracy and compliance programme for a global software client. Ryan studied Business and Marketing at Cardiff Metropolitan University.
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Matteo Pisani
Matteo Pisani
Business Development Manager
Matteo joined CJCH in 2021 and is part of the Anti-Piracy and License compliance client account management team. Matteo has a wealth of experience in, amongst other things, client relationship and acquisition management, with a specific focus on strategy implementation, client retention, and client satisfaction. Matteo has also gained extensive experience in data analysis and management information reporting. He is originally from Tuscany, in Italy, and moved to the UK in 2015 where he undertook an MA at the University of South Wales.
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William Claydon
William Claydon
Will joined CJCH in 2017 in the Anti-Piracy & Compliance department. Will’s role has expanded to the training department and coordinates marketing for the firm.
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Kasia Commeureuc-Chérot (nee Kaminska)
Kasia Commeureuc-Chérot (nee Kaminska)
Client Account Manager
Kasia joined CJCH in June 2016 in the software anti-piracy and compliance team, and in 2017 was promoted to leading a dedicated license compliance engagement. She has a degree in Faculty of Public Economy and Administration, as well as a Law degree and the title of MSc in Law, Business and Management.
Kasia is now the Client Account Manager on a global software client account, while also qualifying as a solicitor.
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Fuensanta Sanchez-Guerrero
Fuensanta Sanchez-Guerrero
Fuen is fluent in Spanish and English and is a Manager in the Anti-Piracy and License Compliance team overseeing our civil search and seizure function.
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Announcements
CJCH Solicitors have become a limited company
As of Monday October 14th, 2024, CJCH Solicitors have become a limited company.
CJCH Solicitors is now the trading name of CJCH Legal Limited, a company registered in England and Wales under company number 15452031. The registered office is Williams House, 11-15 Columbus Walk, Cardiff CF10 4BY.
CJCH Legal Limited is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA Number 8009371). Please note there is no change to our bank account number and sort code.
Winner: Public Law Team of the Year 2022 – Wales Legal Awards
We are proud to announce that the CJCH Court of Protection team was named the Public Law Team of the Year in the 2022 Wales Legal Awards. Recognising the work they do with individuals who lack the capacity to act in their own best interests.
Winner: Cardiff Life Awards 2019
With a dedicated focus on service excellence, and a passion for innovation the CJCH team was the proud winner of the best Legal and Financial Business of the Year in Cardiff for 2019!
CJCH Solicitors appoints new Board member
Wales top 20 Law Firm and 2018 Financial and Professional Services Firm of the Year in the Cardiff Business Awards - CJCH Solicitors, has announced a major promotion in their leadership team welcoming Jodi Winter to their Board.
Winner: Cardiff Business Awards 2018
CJCH Solicitors has experienced unprecedented growth and achieved important milestones over the last few years, all of which have culminated in the first half of 2018 being a prosperous year for us at the Firm and winning the Financial and Professional Services of the Year award.