Henmans is happy to announce a further expansion of its rapidly growing teams with the recruitment of Stephen Brett, Melissa Ewen and Tom Maple.
Stephen, an intellectual property specialist, joins Henmans’s corporate team from Isis Innovation, Oxford University’s technology transfer subsidiary that it uses as a vehicle for launching spin-out companies from its scientific research. Stephen has a great deal of experience in advising these spin-outs and the University on intellectual property issues. He has advised on the creation and management of University investment vehicles, on the terms of research and collaboration agreements, on the implications of new legislation and other relevant developments, on questions of conflict of interest and on the negotiation of specific research agreements, material transfer agreements and confidentiality agreements as well as on the agreement of standard sets of terms for use generally or with particular partners.
Tom joins our growing commercial litigation group, also handling property litigation. Tom has specialised in commercial litigation for overseven years, with experience of working for a variety of companies from PLCs to small entrepreneurs. This has includedadvising a multinational telecommunications plc, a multinational supplier of beers and wines, a national provider of gas and electricity and a number of commercial agents.
Melissa joins the Henmans private client team from Barrett & Co in Reading, and specialises in complex trust and estate planning. The Henmans private client team is the largest in Oxford and handles complex tax work for high net worth individuals.
Julia Iball, managing partner, commented, “We are continuing to focus on expanding our corporate teams and the work we do for commercial clients, and Stephen and Tom will be great assets with the experience they have. Our private client team is very highly regarded for its difficult and interesting tax work, so Melissa’s arrival will increase the strength in depth that we regard as our trademark. The firm has been growing in all directions since the move to new premises, and it’s very exciting to be managing it at this point in its development!”
For further information please contact:
Carolyn Ten Holter, head of marketing, on 01865 781236