Mark is our expert in all things relating to intellectual property, and particularly life sciences. He has over 30 years’ experience as a commercial and intellectual property lawyer.
Mark is continually highly recommended in Chambers Directory as a leading UK lawyer in his field, and for transactions in IAM1000 (a guide to the World’s Leading Patent Practitioners).
He chaired the Intellectual Property Law Committee of the Law Society (which directly advised government), and currently chairs the board of directors of BioLaw Europe FmbA.
Mark is accredited as an arbitrator by the WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center, regularly speaks and conferences and courses (see 'Our Courses' for more information), and is the author of several legal textbooks (see 'Our Books' for more information).
Mark is also the lead author of a legal blog, IP Draughts, which has won an American Bar Association award (see 'Our Awards' for more information).
Paul is our expert in negotiator, and regularly attends negotiations on behalf of our clients in both the UK and in Europe (and occasionally further afield).
He is recommended in Chambers & Partners where clients note that “he’s very good at understanding the specifics” and is “quick to master the brief, very strong in negotiations and excellent at finding a way forward when progress seems impossible”.
Paul's focus tends to be with commercial companies (particularly those within the technology or telecoms industries).
Paul was the author of the intellectual property chapter of Anderson Law’s publication, Drafting Agreements in the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries (Oxford University Press, 2009) and a contributor to Technology Transfer (3rd Ed, Bloomsbury, 2010). See 'Our Books' for more information.
Paul is also a frequent speaker on intellectual property and commercial law topics for a number of conference organisers.
Lisa is our expert for 'spin-out' companies and technology transfer. She is recommended for transactions in IAM1000 (a guide to the World’s Leading Patent Practitioners).
Most of Lisa’s clients are universities (particularly their technology transfer and research contracts groups) or are technology based businesses (predominately in the life sciences sector). Since joining Anderson Law, Lisa has been on part-time secondments to four clients, the longest of which has now been running for over four years.
Lisa has also contributed to some of the firm’s flagship publications, including “Drafting Agreements in the Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Industries” (Oxford University Press) and “Technology Transfer” (3rd Edition, Bloomsbury Professional).
AnnMarie is our expert in gambling law (and works extensively with the UK Gambling Commission), and in the university sector.
AnnMarie's commercial clients tend to be game developers that offer online games and platforms to other businesses. AnnMarie's knowledge of B2B licences and regulatory compliance is vast and in-depth.
Prior to qualifying as a solicitor, AnnMarie spent nine years as a supply chain manager for Unilever, where she held a variety of senior project management and commercial management roles. This blend of experience lends itself to AnnMarie’s commercial and pragmatic approach, and her understanding of her client’s needs.
Stephen is our expert on funding bodies and charities. He is recommended in Chambers Directory as a leading lawyer in this field.
His background is in technology transfer law and was involved in the formation of over a dozen 'spin out' companies. He also advised universities directly.
In the commercial field, he has acted for high-tech businesses of all sizes and represented individual inventors, academics and entrepreneurs.
He currently undertakes a secondment at a large funder of health research.
This mix of experience leaves him well placed to understand the needs and priorities of NHS, academic and commercial clients.
Lionel is our consultant barrister and expert in tax. He also has extensive experience of commercial litigation.
Lionel’s clients include individuals, SMEs, professional service firms, universities, investors, hospitals and charities.
Lionel is a founder and guarantor of a small charitable trust/regeneration agency in East Kent and an adviser at the Thanet and East Kent Chamber of Commerce business advice clinics.
Lionel is the contributor of the tax section of “Technology Transfer” by Mark Anderson (3rd Edition, Bloomsbury Professional) and volume 32 of the “Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents” (5th Edition, Lexus Nexus).
Victor is our consultant and expert co-author to most of our publication (see 'Our Books' for more information). He is also a notary public.
Victor has several years’ experience of advising the firm’s clients in various technology sectors, including life sciences, information and communications technology, engineering and the computer industry.
Victor’s work as a notary focuses on the authentication of documents for use outside England and Wales, including powers of attorney and other documents relating to overseas patent filings, company formation and administration and so forth. For more information visit Victor’s dedicated notary website.
Victor is the Secretary of the Richmond Legal Advice Service (based in Richmond, Surrey), which provides free legal advice.
Francis is a barrister and our expert in most things (particularly data protection and GDPR).
Francis specialises in advising clients in the IT sector and has considerable experience in contract negotiation and providing general commercial advice to technology-based start-ups. His experience as a barrister makes him especially able to handle dispute resolution.
Francis is a contributor to Law and the Internet (Lilian Edwards ed.) and lectures on e-commerce as part of the LLM course at Strathclyde University.
Francis has a degree in mathematics and a diploma in computer science. Prior to qualifying as a barrister, Francis carried out research in academic computer science and worked in IT.
Agnieszka, or simply Aga, is a solicitor and associate.
Aga is currently undertaking a part-time secondment to a spin-out client, where she provides advice and assistance in respect of development and commercialisation of their pioneering technology. Aga has spent time on secondment to a leading UK university client.
Prior to joining Anderson Law, Aga spent over five years as contracts officer at the University of Warwick. In that role she was responsible for drafting and negotiating the terms of a wide range of research contracts, including multi-party R&D collaboration agreements and multi-million-pound funding agreements.
Christopher is our solicitor advocate and associate.
Christopher advises on a range of intellectual property and general commercial law matters, which include licensing arrangements, transactions and exploitation of intellectual property.
Since joining us, Christopher has undertaken part-time secondments with research funding and university clients, who he continues to advise.
Prior to joining Anderson Law, Christopher qualified as a barrister. He was called to the Bar by Lincoln’s Inn in 2012. After this, he worked in the Disputes Resolution department of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as an in-house paralegal.
