Helen Palmer

Phone: + 64 4 494 9605

Email: helen.palmer@baldwins.com

Fax:+ 64 4 473 6712

Position: Baldwins Intellectual Property - Partner

Office: Wellington

Qualifications: PhD, MSc(Hons), BSc

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Helen first joined Baldwins as a patent specialist in December 2000, and after spending time working in the patent profession overseas she returned to Baldwins in March 2008. Helen works primarily in the area of patents, but also advises on copyright and design protection. She specialises in drafting and prosecution of patent specifications, providing patent validity and infringement advice and providing strategic management of intellectual property portfolios for both the local and overseas markets.

Helen is currently pursuing studies towards a law degree.

Expertise

Helen's technical area of expertise is chemistry. Her PhD research focused on the design and synthesis of potential hypoxia-selective anti-cancer agents. Helen also spent time as a postdoctoral research fellow in New Zealand and the US.

Additional Experience
Helen has experience in the areas of chemical and pharmaceutical patents.

Affiliations

NZIC - (New Zealand Institue of Chemistry)
NZIPA - (New Zealand Institute of Patent Attorneys)

Qualifications

1992-1997 PhD (Chemistry) University of Auckland
1991 -1992 MSc (1st Class Hons) (Chemistry) University of Auckland
1988 -1990 BSc (Chemistry) University of Canterbury