Christopher Young

MinterEllisonRuddWatts
PwC Tower
15 Customs Street West
Auckland 1010
Tel: +64 9 353 9910
Email:
christopher.young@minterellison.co.nz
Web:
www.minterellison.co.nz
Christopher is a widely recognised intellectual property expert with an extensive international practice and network. He is known for his technical expertise and pragmatic advice. Consistently ranked as a leading IP lawyer in legal directories, he assists with all aspects of IP through its lifecycle including development, protection, transfer, enforcement, and commercialisation. He has significant experience in media, film, and television production, and regulatory work in the pharmaceutical and medical sectors.
Head of the firm’s IP team, Chris specialises in IP, brand strategy, trade marks, commercial IP, licensing, franchising, marketing, sponsorship, privacy, IP disputes, enforcement, and IP audits. Chris has significant expertise handling the IP aspects of M&A and other corporate transactions.
Our award winning intellectual property practice advises a wide range of national and global clients, from SMEs to large multinational companies across various industries. Chris Young heads our IP practice. He is consistently recommended in leading legal directories for his strategic and commercial approach to IP .
Our full service practice will provide practical advice on your IP throughout its lifecycle. We’ll advise you on strategies for the protection, commercialisation, and enforcement of your IP. We are leading advisers in New Zealand handling the IP aspects of a wide range of corporate transactions. Chris and his team provide strategic advice for IP, brand and trade mark development and protection, and full trade mark portfolio registration and management services for a wide range of local and international businesses. We work closely with patent attorney colleagues at MinterEllison for patent strategy, prosecution, registration, infringement, and enforcement.
Chris has an extensive international network and is actively involved in the International Trademark Association (INTA) and the International Bar Association (IBA).
We are a top tier New Zealand full-service law firm known for our excellence, innovation, and specialism. We will work alongside your team to give a one-off opinion or to assist on a regular basis.
Our practice includes corporate and commercial law, mergers and acquisitions, competition and regulatory issues, finance, real estate, dispute resolution, public law, employment, intellectual property, and taxation. Our teams collaborate to bring our best and brightest skills to bear for the benefit of clients across key industry sectors including Infrastructure, Government, Health, Banking and Financial Services, Managed Funds, Technology, TMT, and Energy & Resource sectors.
The firm also provides a seamless, integrated approach for clients in the Asia-Pacific region and more globally. As a member of the Minter Ellison Legal Group, you have access to one of the largest full-service legal groups in the Asia-Pacific region, with more than 290 partners and 900 legal staff worldwide in offices in Auckland and Wellington, Australia, Asia, and the UK. You’ll be able to hand-pick a team of legal experts that fit your business.