{"id":49720,"date":"2025-07-04T15:13:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T15:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/?post_type=press_releases&#038;p=49720"},"modified":"2025-07-04T15:13:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T15:13:47","slug":"carpmaels-ransford-promotes-energy-specialist-to-the-partnership","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/press-releases\/carpmaels-ransford-promotes-energy-specialist-to-the-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"Carpmaels &amp; Ransford promotes energy specialist to the partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Russell Woolley joins the partnership on 1st July 2025<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Carpmaels &amp; Ransford is pleased to announce the promotion of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carpmaels.com\/people\/russell-woolley\/\">Russell Woolley<\/a> to the partnership effective from 1st July 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Russell sits within the firm\u2019s Chemistry team. Building on his academic experience and PhD researching fuel cell electrodes, Russell has built up particular expertise in the field of energy storage and conversion, including lithium-ion batteries. He works for firms big and small, from established industry players to guiding start-ups with their first few patent applications. His work stands up to scrutiny: Russell\u2019s clients have secured major investment following in-depth due diligence assessing the strengths of portfolios he has drafted and prosecuted.<\/p>\n<p>Russell is a leading member of the Carpmaels multidisciplinary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carpmaels.com\/energy\/\">Energy+ team<\/a> made up of attorneys with expertise across chemistry, materials, electro-mechanical engineering, IT, and biochemistry.\u00a0The team enjoys devising creative strategies for high-value IP assets in the rapidly developing and exciting energy field, leveraging their technical know-how and extensive experience handling contentious matters and coordinating global portfolios.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carpmaels.com\/people\/hugh-goodfellow\/\">Hugh Goodfellow<\/a>, Managing Partner at Carpmaels &amp; Ransford, comments:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cRussell has developed an impressive practice during his time at the firm, and we are very pleased that he is joining the partnership.<\/em> <em>His promotion will further strengthen our growing energy team and the work we do advising clients across the full spectrum of new technology in the energy sector.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-49722\" src=\"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/07\/Russell-Woolley-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/07\/Russell-Woolley-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/07\/Russell-Woolley-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/07\/Russell-Woolley-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/07\/Russell-Woolley-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/07\/Russell-Woolley.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-49720","press_releases","type-press_releases","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases\/49720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press_releases"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press_releases"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}