IP specialists to join Brodies

Scottish law firm Brodies LLP has appointed IP specialists Gill Grassie and Robert Buchan, from Maclay Murray & Spens LLP, as partners.

Buchan and Grassie will join the firm’s specialist litigation and dispute resolution and technology teams, with Buchan starting in March and Grassie to follow in the summer.

Buchan has more than 12 years’ experience of IP and IT dispute work and has acted for high profile brands in passing off, trademark and parallel important claims and domain name disputes, as well as patent infringement and patent entitlement disputes.

Grassie, who is an expert on the Nominet dispute resolution panel, has specialised in IP and IT dispute resolution for more than 20 years, in sectors including luxury goods, pharmaceuticals, food and drink, and energy and motoring. She has also worked with Bristows’ IP litigation unit in London and with a commercial firm in Germany.

Bill Drummond, managing partner of Brodies, said: “The appointment of Gill and Robert will, I believe, give us unparalleled expertise in the Scottish legal marketplace and provide our clients with advice from lawyers of the very highest calibre.”