Tom Phipps—Ashfords LLP

Ashfords LLP has announced a major lateral hire in its commercial intellectual property team. Tom Phipps joins the team as a partner from Field Seymour Parkes in Reading. Tom is well known to the Plymouth business community being a former head of intellectual property at Bond Pearce (now Bond Dickinson) and having worked in Plymouth for over 20 years.

Tom specialises in intellectual property and concentrates on the identification, enforcement and exploitation of trade marks, patents, designs and copyright.

Mark Lomas, head of intellectual property law and chairman of Ashfords comments: “We are extremely pleased that Tom Phipps has joined the firm. He is a first class lawyer with a great reputation and Ashfords now has one of the strongest and largest intellectual property teams outside of London. Tom's appointment is an important step in the strategic growth of our intellectual property practice. We are immensely proud of the work that is being carried out by the team as we continue to grow and provide excellent service for our clients.”

Tom says: “I am thrilled to be joining Ashfords’ leading intellectual property team and to help further advance the firm’s intellectual property expertise. Ashfords’ commercial acumen fits perfectly with my approach of seeking the best business results for clients and focusing on the key issues that matter to them.”