Intellectual Property Team shortlisted for the Yorkshire Legal Awards

24th August 2021

Award-winning Intellectual Property Team recognised for third consecutive year

Walker Morris is delighted to announce that it has once again been shortlisted for the Intellectual Property Team of the Year award at the Yorkshire Legal Awards 2021. Having previously been announced as winners in 2019 and shortlisted in 2020.

The Yorkshire Legal Awards brings together the region’s legal community to recognise and celebrate its many achievements. Winners will be announced at an awards ceremony on 7 October at New Dock Hall in Leeds.

The Firm’s award-winning team offers specialist advice across the full spectrum of intellectual property law and its lawyers are trusted by many household names and leading businesses to manage and protect their highly valuable brands and technology. The Team includes both solicitors and chartered trade mark and design attorneys, enabling Walker Morris to provide a complete service for all intellectual property matters, including the capture, commercialisation and protection of intellectual property.

Over the last year, the Walker Morris Intellectual Property Team has seen significant investment in the recruitment and development of its expertise and strength-in-depth. Following the appointment of Sakura Proctor as Chartered Trade Mark Attorney and Senior Associate, Matthew Lingard’s completion of Oxford University’s Postgraduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice, which he passed with Merit.

Commenting on the announcement Alan Harper, Walker Morris Intellectual Property Director, said:

“As one of only five firms shortlisted for this award, we are delighted to have been recognised at this year’s Yorkshire Legal Awards. Being shortlisted for the Intellectual Property Team of the Year is testament to the quality of the team, our long-standing commitment to investing in leading individuals and the calibre of the work undertaken by our practice.”