Appleyard Lees Appoints Head of IP Commercial Contracts to Support Clients of all Sizes

Amritjot leads the commercial IP contract service offering at Appleyard Lees. The firm’s commercial contract team also includes specialist IP solicitors Chris Hoole, Robert Cumming, Daniel Bailey, and Christopher Thomas.

Amritjot advises on, reviews, drafts, and negotiates complex commercial IP contracts, with a particular focu on in-licensing and out-licensing, across all types of IP. Amrit also has a wealth of expertise drafting bespoke collaboration agreements to support clients with AI-based platforms. 

With a varied client roster, Amritjot supports founder-CEO start-ups, equity-backed, early-stage technology companies, SMEs, charitable organisations, universities (including international institutions and their respective tech transfer offices), multinational pharmaceutical and technology companies, and government departments. 

Speaking on Amritjot’s appointment, Appleyard Lees Partner, Chris Hoole, commented,

“It is clear that our clients, particularly the high growth, high tech start-ups of which there are many in and around Cambridge, need an IP advisor with Amritjot’s commercial contracts experience.

Amritjot’s expertise in complex commercial IP work will greatly add to our firm’s strong litigation and prosecution capabilities, and her ability to provide services in this area will no doubt be very valuable to our clients.”

About Appleyard Lees

Appleyard Lees is a leading intellectual property law firm with approximately seventy patent and trade mark attorneys and litigators. 

Who we are and what we do – but also, how we do it – makes us distinctive. 

We help our clients protect and monetise their intellectual property, and manage post-grant challenges, should they arise.

We offer broad sector and industry knowledge, plus the ability to adapt our services to specific client requirements, in an agile way.

With offices in UK innovation hotspots, we are positioned to give clients expert strategic IP advice in the UK and worldwide.

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