We are delighted to welcome Naleesha Niranjan to Pearce IP as a Senior Associate, Trans Tasman Patent and Trade Mark Attorney.
Naleesha’s passion is med-tech. She has a medical engineering background and 8 years’ experience in the med-tech, healthcare, animal health, and life sciences industries, both in private practice (FB Rice, Fisher Adams Kelly Callinans, Baxter IP) and in-house (Resmed).
Naleesha’s practice includes strategic advice, drafting, prosecution, office actions, FTO clearance, contentious office disputes, and litigation support.
Pearce IP’s Founder and CEO, Naomi Pearce says:
“I am delighted to welcome Naleesha to the team, and to demonstrate Pearce IP’s commitment to the med-tech sector. Naleesha has worked hard in her 8 years of practice to build her network and industry presence in ANZ, and I am excited about expanding our existing med-tech legal/IP business, and investing in the next generation of Australia’s leading attorneys.”
Naleesha Niranjan says:
“Pearce IP already has a real and growing presence in the med-tech sector, and I am excited to be a part of further growth and to work with our leaders to set the standard for excellence in the provision of legal/IP services supporting med-tech. I am very excited to add to Pearce IP’s exceptional work in this sector.”
About Pearce IP
Pearce IP is a boutique firm offering intellectual property specialist lawyers, patent attorneys and trade mark attorneys to the life sciences industries (in particular, pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, biotech, ag-tech and food tech). Pearce IP is recognised by MIP as the only leading regional IP firm with a female founder, and is certified by WEConnect International as women owned. Pearce IP is the 2021 Intellectual Property Team of the Year (Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards) and was shortlisted for the same award in 2022. Pearce IP is ranked in Chambers & Partners, IAM Patent 1000 and Managing IP (MIP) IP Stars, in Australasian Lawyer 5 Star Awards as a 5 Star firm, and the Legal 500 APAC Guide for Intellectual Property.
Our leaders have been recognised in virtually every notable IP listing for their legal, patent and trade mark excellence including: Chambers & Partners, IAM Patent 1000, MIP IP Stars, Doyle’s Guide, WIPR Leaders, 5 Star IP Lawyers, Best Lawyers, and Australasian Lawyer 5 Star Awards, and have been honoured with many awards including Australian Law Awards – IP Partner of the Year, Women in Law Awards – Partner of the Year, Women in Business Law Awards – Patent Lawyer of the Year (Asia Pacific), Most Influential Lawyers (Changemaker), among other awards.
Naomi Pearce
CEO, Executive Lawyer (AU, NZ), Patent & Trade Mark Attorney (AU, NZ)
Naomi is the founder of Pearce IP, and is one of Australia’s leading IP practitioners. Naomi is a market leading, strategic, commercially astute, patent lawyer, patent attorney and trade mark attorney, with over 25 years’ experience, and a background in molecular biology/biochemistry. Ranked in virtually every notable legal directory, highly regarded by peers and clients, with a background in molecular biology, Naomi is renown for her successful and elegant IP/legal strategies.
Among other awards, Naomi is ranked in Chambers, IAM Patent 1000, IAM Strategy 300, is a MIP “Patent Star”, and is recognised as a WIPR Leader for patents and trade marks. Naomi is the 2023 Lawyers Weekly “IP Partner of the Year”, the 2022 Lexology client choice award recipient for Life Sciences, the 2022 Asia Pacific Women in Business Law “Patent Lawyer of the Year” and the 2021 Lawyers Weekly Women in Law SME “Partner of the Year”. Naomi is the founder of Pearce IP, which commenced in 2017 and won 2021 “IP Team of the Year” at the Australian Law Awards.