It has been a big week at Pearce IP as we gathered our clients, colleagues and New Zealand based team at Auckland’s highest rooftop bar to celebrate the launch of Pearce IP in New Zealand.
We toasted visionaries Naomi Pearce and Adele Chadwick and New Zealand Executives and IP superstars Paul Johns, Julie Ballance, Sally Paterson and Kim Evans, and celebrated the early successes and great future of Pearce IP in New Zealand.
At the launch party, which was well attended by colleagues and clients, our CEO Naomi Pearce reinforced her 2027 Vision to be the premier life sciences focused IP firm in Australia and New Zealand. Naomi spoke passionately about her unapologetic focus on achieving Pearce IP’s 2027 Vision and commitment to further growth in New Zealand:
“New Zealand became a focal point for Pearce IP in 2023, and has quickly become a place of strategic investment and recruitment. In 2024 we incorporated an attorney firm and a law firm, and staffed offices in Wellington and Auckland. I remain unapologetic about my 2027 Vision and resolute in my commitment to bring it into fruition.”
Executive Lawyer and Head of Litigation Paul Johns says:
Pearce IP is the only known leading IP firm with a team of lawyers and attorneys who have biology/chemistry backgrounds and are dually registered in New Zealand and Australia. This means our Trans-Tasman offering is truly seamless – with one team running contentious disputes on both sides of the Tasman!
I am excited to be working with my fellow Executives based in New Zealand and Australia and their respective teams, to shake up the Trans-Tasman IP market, and become the premier life sciences IP firm in New Zealand.
We were delighted to be joined by Pearce IP’s newest New Zealand based Executive Sally Paterson (Lawyer, Patent Attorney and Trade Mark Attorney) who commences with Pearce IP in Auckland in early May 2025.
About Pearce IP
Pearce IP is a specialist firm offering intellectual property specialist lawyers and attorneys with a focus on the life sciences industries. Pearce IP and its leaders are ranked in every notable legal directory for legal, patent and trade mark excellence, including: Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, IAM Patent 1000, IAM Strategy 300, MIP IP Stars, Doyles Guide, WTR 1000, Best Lawyers, WIPR Leaders, 5 Star IP Lawyers, among others.
In 2025, Pearce IP was recognised by Australasian Lawyer and New Zealand Lawyer’s 5 Star Employer of Choice, and is the “Standout Winner” for inclusion and culture for firms with less than 100 employees. Pearce IP was awarded “IP Team of the Year” by Lawyers Weekly at the 2021 Australian Law Awards. Pearce IP is recognised by Managing IP as the only leading ANZ IP firm with a female founder, and is certified by WEConnect International as women owned.