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Diversity statistics 2023

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Every few years, we are required by our regulator (the SRA) to collect and publish certain diversity statistics for our firm, which appear below. Data published in previous years can also be found on this website. Two important caveats: (1) due to the small size of our firm (16 fee-earners completed the survey), the data is of limited statistical value. (2) we have not published the data in full, particularly where the information seemed very sensitive or might identify individuals. An important measure of diversity is whether diversity extends to […]

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AnnMarie becomes an Associate Partner

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We are delighted to announce that our Associate, AnnMarie Humphries, has been promoted to Associate Partner with immediate effect. AnnMarie joined us as a trainee solicitor in 2011, after 9 years working as a graduate trainee and then a commercial manager at Unilever. She has a masters degree in engineering from the University of Bath. She re-qualified as a solicitor early in 2013. AnnMarie has broad experience of working with our high-tech, life-science and university clients on commercial and intellectual property matters. She has developed a particular specialism working with […]

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Anderson Law joins Twitter!

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Anderson Law joined Twitter on #SocialMediaDay! Follow us for the latest news on upcoming &Law events @AndLawLLP. Don’t forget, you can also subscribe to our blog at ipdraughts.com or get in contact with us at enquires@andlaw.eu.

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IP Commercialisation: IP Licensing

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This course provides essential understanding of License Agreements and the underlying interests and risks of the parties. It assists in employing such understanding to negotiate better licensing deals. Topics that are discussed include: Efficient use of preliminary agreements. Due Diligence: risk identification and management. Group drafting exercises. Anatomy of a licence agreement. Getting to signature of the agreement, and beyond: avoiding legal ‘elephant traps’. Who is the course for? The course is designed for: Lawyers seeking how to better deliver strategic advice regarding licensing in context of the (client’s) company’s […]

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Francis Davey joins Anderson Law

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Francis Davey has joined Anderson Law as a barrister and an associate. Francis was a computer scientist for 12 years until 2002. He went on to study law and began practice as a barrister in 2004. He continues to lecture as part of the LLM course at Strathclyde University and sit as a judge in property tribunals. In his spare time, Francis maintains his skills as a computer scientist and Python code. To find out more about Francis, please view his bio page here.

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Agnieszka Wozniak joins Anderson Law

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Agnieszka Wozniak, or Aga for short, has joined Anderson Law as a trainee solicitor. Aga attained a masters of law in Poland and went on to convert to the law of England and Wales in 2008. She worked as a contracts officer at the University of Warwick for over five years before joining Anderson Law. During Aga’s first few months at Anderson Law she took the opportunity to be a judge’s marshal at the Intellectual Property Enterprise Court in London, during the trial of a passing-off case. In her free […]

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Christopher Pollard joins Anderson Law

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Christopher Pollard has joined Anderson Law as a trainee solicitor. Christopher graduated from Nottingham University with a degree in Environmental Science. There he researched various areas including: the effects of bovine spongiform encephalopathy prions and the hazard they pose to the environment; the feasibility of retrofitting domestic property to reach UK carbon reduction targets; and the vulnerability of permafrost and the implications for the global cycle (following research conducted in the Arctic Circle). Christopher went on to convert to law and qualify as a barrister. Since then he worked in […]