Addleshaw Goddard‘s IP offering works across the firm’s offices in London, Leeds, Manchester and Scotland, providing comprehensive support to clients across the IP life cycle. The group covers contentious IP matters, in addition to transactional IP, portfolio management, and a range of other elements. Georgina Powling and Geoff Steward co-lead the team. Powling has a practice which covers both contentious and non-contentious matters, with aptitude in relation to IP matters in the context of corporate and finance transactions, while Steward specialises in contentious IP mandates, including trade mark infringement and unregistered design infringement claims. Jemma Green and Hayley Anderson are further key names to note.
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- Jemma Green has an approachable, calm nature which puts the business at ease. Again, she is able to flex her communication style to reflect the audience, appreciating the business's appetite for risk for the particular workstream. She has an ability to effectively translate a complex legal position into clear, straightforward advice. Jemma is keen to understand the business's objectives and often simply feels like a colleague within the business, rather than a separate legal adviser.
- Key strengths of the team are collaboration and style of communication. The team is able to flex their communication style depending on who within the business they are supporting, e.g., the in-house team or commercial stakeholders; and deliver advice that aligns with the business's strategic objectives and risk profile, which is succinct and clear.
Key clients
- Primark Stores Limited & Associated British Foods plc
- Diageo plc
- ASDA Stores Limited
- Fortnum & Mason
- Ionix Advanced Technologies Limited
- Stella McCartney
- Vision Express
- Rheal Superfoods
- The Beauty Tech Group
- Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM)
Work highlights
Advising a supermarket in the defence of allegations that its packaging infringed the trade mark rights of a major consumer goods company.
Advising a household brand on the worldwide licensing of its brand, and associated technology, for the development and production of branded lifestyle products.
Advised on the IP and Marketing & Advertising aspects of The Beauty Tech Group’s initial public offering (IPO) on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.
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Leading associates
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Jemma Green
Practice head
Georgina Powling; Geoff Steward
Other key lawyers
Jemma Green; Hayley Anderson