Addleshaw Goddard (AG) has strengthened its mental property providing with the rent of IP litigator Geoff Steward and a number of other members of his workforce from Stobbs.
Steward, who will be part of AG’s London workplace in October, spent nearly six years as head of the litigation observe at Cambridge IP boutique Stobbs, the place he and his workforce represented international manufacturers in instances earlier than IPEC, the Excessive Court docket, and the Court docket of Enchantment.
Previous to his tenure at Stobbs, Steward headed the IP observe at Macfarlanes, dealing with trademark instances involving Davidoff and Lotus.
At AG he’ll work as a part of a full-service IP workforce with specific experience appearing for retail and client sector shoppers comparable to Stella McCartney and Harrods. Current expansions to the workforce embrace the appointment of Emily Nuttall-Wooden as a associate and Jemma Inexperienced as a authorized director.
Georgina Powling, head of IP at AG, mentioned in a press release: ‘We’re thrilled to welcome Geoff and his workforce to Addleshaw Goddard. Geoff’s status as one of many UK’s main IP litigators, mixed with the experience of the workforce becoming a member of him, is de facto thrilling for our shoppers throughout all sectors.’
The agency’s head of disputes Mark Molyneux added: ‘We’re delighted so as to add Geoff and his workforce to the AG disputes observe. Having lately promoted IP litigator Emily Nuttall-Wooden to associate, we’ve made a big funding in our IP disputes functionality to help our shoppers in defending and enhancing their manufacturers and IP.’
Steward might be joined by two IA managers and two IA trainees.