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Several AJ Park partners listed in 'The Best Lawyers in NZ'

Friday, 20 March 2015, 12:27 pm
Press Release: AJ Park

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Several AJ Park partners listed in 'The Best Lawyers in New Zealand 2015'

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, 19 March 2015 – We're proud to announce that 13 AJ Park lawyers were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in New Zealand© 2015in the field of intellectual property law.

Managing partner Damian Broadley, partners Anton Blijlevens, Anton Gibson, Damon Butler, Greg West-Walker, John Hackett, Kim McLeod, Mark Hargreaves, Matt Adams, Michael Brown, Teresa Griffiths, and consultants Logan O'Callahan and Mike Bennett are featured on the list. Their combined expertise spans several areas of intellectual property including patents, software, biotechnology, trade marks and litigation.

AJ Park represents 30% of the lawyers featured on the intellectual property list—with the highest number of lawyers from any one firm in New Zealand.

AJ Park chief executive, Pete Boyle, said 'It's great to see so many of our partners featured again in this year's Best Lawyers listing. We work with clients around the world, and it is an honour being recognised for our commitment to excellence among the international legal community.'

About Best Lawyers

Since it was first published in 1983, Best Lawyers has become universally regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence. Best Lawyers is based on an exhaustive peer-review survey. Over 52,000 leading attorneys cast more than 5.5 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas. Lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore inclusion in Best Lawyers is considered a singular honour.

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About AJ Park
AJ Park is a leading provider of intellectual property services in New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific region. For over 120 years, we've helped companies and individuals identify, develop, protect, commercialise, manage, and enforce their intellectual property throughout the world. Visit our website www.ajpark.com or follow us on twitter @AJParkIP

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