WIPR Leaders released its annual global guide to the world’s leading practitioners last week, and we are delighted to have 8 Pearce IP leaders across Australia and New Zealand ranked for patents and/or trade marks for 2024. Each of Pearce IP’s Executives in Australia and New Zealand are ranked by WIPR (including Naomi Pearce, Helen Macpherson, Paul Johns, Kimberley Evans) together with each Special Counsel employed by Pearce IP during the research period (including Jacinta Flattery-O’Brien PhD, and Chantal Savage).
WIPR Leaders lists over 2,000 lawyers across patent, trade mark, and copyright practices. Following an extensive nomination period, the WIPR research team narrowed the field to Australia’s top 85 and New Zealand’s top practitioners, including 8 Pearce IP leaders.
We are incredibly proud of our leaders and the entire Pearce IP team for their dedication and relentless pursuit of excellence.
Pearce IP’s Founder and CEO, Naomi Pearce, says:
“The fact that every single Executive and Special Counsel at Pearce IP achieved a ranking is astounding! It is testimony to the quality of the Pearce IP team and the dedication of Pearce IP’s leaders. Congratulations to all!”
Our Deputy CEO and Head of Talent at Pearce IP, says:
“At Pearce IP we are intentional about ensuring our leadership are experts in their field, contemporary in their thinking and respected leaders. I am so incredibly proud that every member of our Executive and Special Counsel have achieved a ranking in the 2024 WIPR rankings. Congratulations to Naomi and her award-winning team.”
About Pearce IP
Pearce IP is a specialist, life-sciences focussed, intellectual property/law firm offering lawyers and attorneys in Australia and New Zealand.
In 2025, Pearce IP was honoured by Australasian Lawyer and New Zealand Lawyer as a Top Specialist Firm, 5 Star Employer of Choice, and the “Standout Winner” for Inclusion and Culture (<100 employees). Pearce IP and its leaders are ranked in every notable legal directory including: Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, IAM Patent 1000, IAM Strategy 300, MIP IP Stars, Doyles Guide, WTR 1000, Best Lawyers, WIPR Leaders, Best Law Firms, among others.
Pearce IP is the only leading IP firm in Australia and New Zealand with a female founder, and is certified by WEConnect International as women owned.
Naomi Pearce
CEO, Executive Lawyer (AU, NZ), Patent Attorney (AU, NZ) & Trade Mark Attorney (AU)
Naomi is the CEO and Founder of Pearce IP, and is one of ANZ’s leading IP practitioners. Naomi is a market leading, strategic, commercially astute, patent lawyer, patent attorney and trade mark attorney, with over 29 years’ experience, and a background in molecular biology/biochemistry.
Ranked in virtually every notable legal directory, highly regarded by peers and clients, Naomi is renowned for her successful and elegant IP/legal strategies focussing on complex/multijurisdictional litigation, global FTO, and strategic advice. Among other awards, Naomi is the 2026 Lexology Client Choice Winner for Patents, the 2024 Lawyers Weekly Women in Law “Executive of the Year”, the 2023 Lawyers Weekly “IP Partner of the Year”, the 2022 Lexology Client Choice Winner for Life Sciences, the 2022 Asia Pacific Women in Business Law “Patent Lawyer of the Year”, and the 2021 Lawyers Weekly Women in Law “Partner of the Year”. Ranked in Chambers Asia Pacific, Chambers Global, IAM Patent 1000, IAM Strategy 300, is a MIP “Patent Star”, and is recognised as a WIPR Leader for patents and trade marks.
Pearce IP is the premier life sciences focussed firm in ANZ. Commencing in 2017. Pearce IP is the 2025 Australasian Lawyer and NZ Lawyer 5-Star Employer of Choice & “Standout Winner” for Inclusion and Culture (<100 employees). In 2021, Pearce IP was the Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards IP Team of the Year.