Baker & McKenzie describes Ben Allgrove as "an outstanding legal practitioner, colleague and member of the community".

He joined the firm's London office in 2004 with an exceptional academic record and quickly established himself as one of the firm's rising stars. He combines excellent legal work and client relationship skills as an intellectual property (IP) specialist with a commitment to contribute fully to the office life.

His pro bono work includes providing legal advice to NetHope, a non-profit IT consortium of leading international non-governmental organisations. Recently Ben worked on a pro bono project for Irex relating to freedom of information laws in Yemen which resulted in members of the Yemeni Parliament writing to express their thanks.

He is also coordinating a global pro bono project for the Public Interest Law Institute relating to freedom of information laws in Nepal. This is a joint project with Google's in-house legal team.

His external activities also include his work as a part-time lecturer at King's College, London, on copyright and design law. He is also an enthusiastic participant in business development activities, speaking at events and seminars and contributing articles to magazines and journals. His practice includes acting on major IP disputes with a focus on copyright, technology, trademark and trade secrets disputes, as well as advising on content licensing and regulation, music, and software copyright issues.

He is also a qualified solicitor-advocate, having appeared in the Copyright Tribunal, High Court and County Court on behalf of his clients, who include McLaren Racing, Orange and The Body Shop.

"Ben provides the kind of lawyering and personal touch that makes a difference," said one client of his work. The regard with which he is held within the firm was recently demonstrated when he was appointed as an employee representative during the firm's redundancy consultation process.