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Richard Plaistowe
Work Department
Commercial, IP and IT
Position
Principal Associate
Career
I am a dual qualified South African attorney and English solicitor, who has specialised in intellectual property law since 1992. I work with clients in the UK and across the world to protect, enforce and exploit their IP. My work covers all aspects of intellectual property law, both contentious and non-contentious. Candidate Attorney to Associate at Webber Wentzel in Johannesburg (1992 to 1999). Solicitor at Hammond Suddards/Hammond Suddards Edge/Hammonds (1999 to 2007); Senior Solicitor at Mills & Reeve (2007 to 2010). Principal Associate at Mills & Reeve (2010 to present).
Languages
Afrikaans (conversational)
Memberships
International Trademark Association
Education
Pretoria Boys High School (1979 to 1983); University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (Bachelor of Commerce 1986; Bachelor of Laws 1989)
Lawyer Rankings
East Anglia > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
(Next Generation Partners)Praised by clients for its ‘keen business sense ‘, the Cambridge based group at Mills & Reeve LLP
handles a broad range of issues for clients in the life sciences, automotive, and agriculture industries. Practice head Mark Pearce works from both the Leeds and Cambridge offices, regularly advising chemical and higher education clients on licensing issues. Head of life sciences James Fry and consultant Alasdair Poore, who specialises in the protection, exploitation, and enforcement of IP rights, are key contacts. Principal associates Richard Plaistowe and Nicola Hanglin ‘provide nuanced, commercially pragmatic advice‘ to both public and private sector clients on trademark filings and data protection.
Lawyer Rankings
- Intellectual property East Anglia > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
- Next Generation Partners East Anglia > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Cambridge
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Norwich
- Real estate > Commercial property: Cambridge
- Real estate > Commercial property: Norwich
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Cambridge
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Norwich
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employment
- Private client > Family
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Employment > Immigration
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Employment > Pensions
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Cambridge
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Norwich
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Public sector > Public sector