IP Specialist Murgitroyd Makes Key New Hires
May 16 2018 - 5:37AM
Business Wire
Global intellectual property (IP) attorney firm Murgitroyd has
bolstered its European presence with a number of key new hires.
Steven Suèr, based in the firm’s Aberdeen office, has
joined its energy team in a director, patents role from Kent-based
IP attorney firm Graham Watt & Co. LLP, where he worked as a
partner. Prior to that, he was a partner at London-based Ablett
& Stebbing. Steven is a highly experienced patent attorney
specialising in mechanical engineering inventions, with particular
expertise in the oil and gas sector, working with clients to secure
them patent, trade mark and design protection.
Dr Laura Fè joins the firm’s Munich office in a senior
patent attorney role from German IP practice Kador & Partner.
Laura is a chemistry and materials specialist and has held previous
positions as IP departmental head at Chiesi Farmaceutici and
in-house patent counsel with Novartis. Laura has extensive
experience in patent prosecution and opposition strategy before the
European Patent Office.
Trade mark and design attorney Elena Brioschi has joined
the firm’s Milan office, bringing a host of commercial experience
with her, including running her own Milan and Padua-based IP
consultancy prior to joining Murgitroyd. She has also held previous
roles with Vicenza-based IP practice Studio Bonini and plastics
business Stefanplast. Elena has particular expertise of brand
protection in the jewellery sector, and European and Italian trade
mark, design and copyright issues relating to this.
The firm has also recently hired four new trainee patent
attorneys in its Glasgow and Aberdeen offices. Jamie Ingram
and Helen Lavery (both Glasgow) specialise in the life
sciences and chemistry fields and Andy Caulfield (Glasgow)
and Andrew MacLennan (Aberdeen) both come from an
engineering background – Andy being a mechanical engineering
specialist and Andrew having expertise in the electronics area. All
will look to qualify as UK and European patent attorneys.
Gordon Stark, Chief Operations Officer, said: “This is an
exciting time for Murgitroyd, as we make further key appointments
to our patent and trade mark attorney pool, which is already one of
the largest in Europe. We are delighted to have attracted new staff
of the calibre of Steven, Laura and Elena.
“We’re also investing in our future by recruiting top-class
trainee talent, and we’re glad that Jamie, Helen, Andy and Andrew
chose Murgitroyd as the place to take the next step in their IP
careers.
These key additions to our attorney and trainee staff will allow
us to further strengthen our pan-European offering to our clients,
ensuring streamlined and seamless IP advice across all key European
jurisdictions”.
Notes to Editors
Murgitroyd (murgitroyd.com) is a global firm of
intellectual property (IP) attorneys with offices in the UK, USA,
Germany, France, Italy, Ireland and Finland. The firm’s patent and
trade mark experts help businesses from all sectors protect and
maximise return on their IP assets.
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