Tuba Yamaç is a partner in our Intellectual Property (IP) group and a registered patent agent in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Europe. With her extensive industry experience and global perspective, Tuba spearheads intellectual property strategies for technology clients, spanning start-ups, large corporations, and research institutions. Clients appreciate Tuba's pragmatic and client-centric approach.

Tuba holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Materials and a M.Sc. in Intellectual Property Management, both from the University of London. She is recognized above all for her technical and industrial skills in medical technologies, ranging from medical devices to digital health. Over the course of her 20-year career, Tuba has also built up proficiency in clean tech and automotive technology.

Tuba advises clients in building and adapting intellectual property strategies that align with business goals, at any business stage, including procuring global patent and design rights, establishing trade-secret strategies and internal policies, providing IP partnering support, preparing for investment, and delivering commercial transaction support, patentability landscaping, freedom to operate, and due diligence.

Before joining BCF, Tuba was the intellectual property director of a medical device company in Montréal, where she developed its IP portfolio, aligned IP and medical device regulatory strategies, and provided business support through multiple strategic initiatives.

Tuba is trilingual and regularly represents the Québec life sciences business ecosystem in the United Kingdom and the United States. She also teaches patent law and is an invited speaker at the annual LifeSciences UK Patent attorney conference (CIPA).