A career of 45 years as an Intellectual Property Lawyer and Patent Attorney, specialising particularly in all areas of trademark law from brand creation through to litigating the enforcement of IP rights.
Partner at both AJ Park and Baldwins IP over a period of 35 years.
Chairman at AJ Park for 7 years between 2013 and 2019.
Acted for many overseas corporates, including Disney, Warner Bros, Lacoste, Citibank, Ferrari, L’Oréal and BIC.
New Zealand companies included Mainfreight, Farmers, Healtheries, Navman and Manuka Health, as well as a large number of New Zealand wine companies and start-ups in association with The Icehouse.
In 2016 won the Who’s Who Legal award for International Trademark Lawyer of the Year.
A Notary Public and served on the Council of the New Zealand Society of Notaries for 6 years.
Currently, a Brand Ambassador for New Zealand legal software developer, Sortify.tm Limited, a locally based legal tech start-up.
