Our team

Valérie CORIZZI

Valérie CORIZZI

   -   Founding partner
  • French and European Patent Attorney
  • Representative before the Unified Patent Court
  • Engineer from École Polytechnique
  • Doctor in Chemistry (organic chemistry) from the Pierre and Marie Curie University

Before founding PACT-IP, Valérie worked from 1994 as a patent engineer in large industry groups and then for 15 years in several leading Parisian firms.

She is also an Expert before the Paris Court of Appeal and registered on the list of WIPO mediators.

Valérie is a lecturer at the École de Formation du Barreau (EFB Paris) where she speaks on the subject of invention patents.

She is a member of several professional associations CNCPI, EPI, AIPPI, general secretary of the X-Expertise and member of the Compagnie Nationale des Experts Judiciaires de la Chimie (CNEJC).

Islem BELAID

Islem BELAID

   -   Partner
  • French and European Patent Attorney
  • Representative before the Unified Patent Court

Islem is an Engineer in Analytical Chemistry and Instrumentation graduated from the University of Tunis and INSA Lyon.

She holds a Doctorate in Chemistry (polymerization catalysis) from Claude Bernard Lyon 1 University and a diploma from the Center for International Intellectual Property Studies (CEIPI) patent course. During her PhD, she co-authored several publications in first rank journals.

Islem joined the firm in 2019. She became a partner in 2023.

Within the firm, her practice is focused on prior art searches, drafting patent applications, patent granting procedures, patentability and validity studies as well as freedom to operate studies.

Islem is a lecturer at the École de Formation du Barreau (EFB Paris) where she speaks on the subject of invention patents.

She is a member of several professional associations CNCPI, EPI, AIPPI.