Greg has been a patent specialist with Baldwins since 1994, and a partner since 2001, based in the Wellington office. Greg works primarily in the areas of patents but also advises on copyright and design protection. He specialises in drafting patent specifications, providing validity and infringement advice, preparing license and other technology transfer agreements, and advising on intellectual property portfolio management.
Greg’s technical areas of expertise are chemistry (particularly organic chemistry) and biotechnology. His PhD research was in the area of natural products obtained from some New Zealand native trees. Greg’s post-doctoral research at Oxford University included the synthesis of novel amino acids and aspects of enzymology associated with the biosynthesis of penicillins. He also has carbohydrate chemistry experience obtained while working at Industrial Research Limited. This research was focused on analogues of simple sugars for use principally as inhibitors of carbohydrate processing enzymes.
Chemistry
Biotechnology
Pharmaceuticals
APAA (Asian Patent Attorneys Association)
LES (Licensing Executives Society)
NZIC (New Zealand Institute of Chemistry)
NZIPA (New Zealand Institute of Patent Attorneys) - Fellow
NZSBMB (New Zealand Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)
RSNZ (Royal Society of New Zealand)
1999 Bachelor of Laws - Victoria University of Wellington
1989 PhD (Chemistry) - University of Otago
1985 Bachelor of Science (Hons) (Chemistry) - University of Otago