Naomi Pearce

Since founding the boutique firm Pearce IP in 2017 with “a laptop and a newborn baby”, Naomi Pearce has deliberately cultivated a workplace that challenges industry norms. Her firm boasts remarkable diversity statistics: 85% female staff, 75% female leadership, 23% from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and 8% with disabilities. At present, Pearce IP is the only leading IP firm in Australia and New Zealand with a female founder and certified as ‘Women Owned’.Pearce has implemented innovative policies that support employee wellbeing, including generous leave provisions for menstrual/menopause experiences, fertility treatments, and comprehensive support for mental health and personal challenges. Her ‘work from anywhere’ model removes geographical and structural barriers to employment.Her law firm supports a number of philanthropic and charitable organisations including One80tc, Canteen, Smith Family, A21, Asbestos Disease Society of Australia and WWF.