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Wrays lures key principal from competitor
One of Australia’s leading intellectual property law firms, Wrays, has appointed a new principal to the firm’s engineering and technology team.
Tony Zhang
Richard Baddeley joins Wrays after 31 years at Watermark and after Watermark was subsumed into the listed IPH Group of entities.
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This high-profile appointment is a coup for Wrays with Mr Baddeley regarded as “a stalwart” of the intellectual property industry.
Mr Baddeley’s appointment follows the recent arrival of Dr Mary Turonek.
According to the firm, with Dr Turonek and Mr Baddeley now both at Wrays, the firm has arguably one of the best technical chemical and engineering IP groups in the country.
“I see great potential for developing our energy practice working with Mary Turonek who has much experience as I do. We’re going to be busy!” Mr Baddeley said.
Mr Baddeley is the immediate past president of The Institute of Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys (IPTA) and governor and honorary secretary of the Petroleum Club WA.
His appointment builds on the already well-established national engineering and technology team.
He provides advice on all aspects of intellectual property and has built an impressive track record acting for a range of clients from start-ups to large multinationals.
Mr Baddeley’s background in both chemical and mechanical engineering provides a platform to understand the technical merits of innovation across a wide range of fields including the energy, mining and automotive sectors.
For Mr Baddeley the decision to join Wrays followed a number of changes and mergers in the IP legal industry.
“I have long admired the ambition and drive behind Wrays. As a formidable competitor to my previous firm, our team was always looking for ways to step ahead,” Mr Baddely said.
“I would often find that the Wrays team, with its brand strength had already got there. Now, I look forward to joining that step-ahead team culture and making things happen with the Wrays team.”
Among several exciting developments in the energy industry, Mr Baddeley is particularly excited about is floating LNG technology as well as hydrogen and its use as a competitive and powerful “clean” fuel.
Mr Baddeley believes there are enormous possibilities for Australia to develop leading-edge technologies using hydrogen and he encourages collaboration within industries to take advantage of the opportunities.
