Adrian O’Connell
TughansThe ‘well-resourced’ contracts and technology team at Tughans is well-respected for its transactional/advisory IP skills. The practice regularly counsels clients on commercial activities which require complex IP advice, including data protection, privacy, and freedom of information. Adrian O’Connell leads the practice. O’Connell, an expert in contract and procurement, assists clients with IP exploitation. Andrew Kirke specialises in trademark law and often assists clients with trademark proceedings across various jurisdictions.
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‘Tughans has a strong and well resourced IP practice. As a full-service law firm, the IP practice works seamlessly into and through other departments.'
‘Andrew Kirke is our go-to lawyer for IP advice. He knows his area of law very well, works well in and across other departments, provides quality commercial advice and importantly provides it in a timely fashion.’
‘Tughans are diligent, efficient and pragmatic on IP issues and agreements. Tughans are able to look at queries, contracts and issues within the context of our business not just from a legal perspective, allowing progress that really benefits us as a company. ’
‘Andrew Kirke is our main point of contact and is able to provide ways forward quickly on all manner of engagements.’
‘Andrew Kirke has extensive knowledge of my industry, is extremely helpful and responsive to any queries I have.’
‘Adrian O'Connell has consistently and reliably dispensed extremely sound legal counsel in the course of many projects over the years. Adrian has the ability to weigh up the evidence provided my myself and my team and distil it promptly but carefully into the substantive issues, following on with clear and sound legal advice.’
‘We found that the Tughans team are uniquely capable of keeping up with our changing needs. Tughans has helped us build a brilliant foundation but also allowed us to remain proactive on legal topics so that we're addressing legal issues long before they become a problem. This allows us to continue focusing on growing our core business.’
Key clients
- Randox Group
- Fusion Antibodies PLC
- B-Secur
- EOS Group
- CIS Oncology
- Scileads
- MetaCompliance
- Cloudsmith
- Blk Box
- Smiley Munroe
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Adrian O’Connell