Louise Audhlam-Gardiner
Louise is a Director in the Patents & Designs department, overseeing and managing the department to deliver a range of services to our clients. Qualified as both a UK Patent Attorney and as a European Patent Attorney, Louise provides advice on global patent filing strategies and overcoming prosecution issues.
David Booth
David is our IT and Systems Director, and is responsible for the company’s entire IT infrastructure, as well as the development of our in-house database and information systems. He holds a Master's degree in Information Technology from the University of Liverpool.
Richard Stilwell
Richard is a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney and heads Lysaght’s contentious trade mark services. He is responsible for the firm’s relationships with agents and clients, as well as maintaining a senior role within the Patents Department.
Caroline Johnstone
Caroline is our Head of Operations, responsible for managing the company’s finance, HR, company secretarial and general business operations. She is a qualified Chartered Accountant, and holds an Institute of Directors Certificate in Company Direction.
Sara Lloyd
Sara manages the worldwide annuities portfolio of the department, including providing ad-hoc advice and responding to client queries. Given the breadth of the countries involved and the technical expertise required, Sara has excellent agent relationship management skills.
Mike Neagle
Mike manages agent relationships and handles client queries on a regular basis, allowing him to broaden his technical knowledge and skills. In addition to his role in the Patent and Design department, Mike provides operational support to the company to ensure our database and working procedures are kept up to date and are sufficiently robust.
Angela Fairlie
Angela joined Lysaght in 2015 and assists with the prosecution and consolidation of our patent portfolio. Having gained technical experience throughout worldwide jurisdictions, Angela also provides invaluable support to our patent annuities client portfolio working closely with Sara Lloyd.
Rita Henderson
Rita joined Lysaght in 1980 and has become a specialist in trade mark renewals. As her main area of responsibility and oversight, Rita provides clients with the benefit of considerable experience and knowledge. As she coordinates this service in over 170 jurisdictions, this allows her to have an interesting and wide-ranging client portfolio.
Josh Frame
Josh is a member of our Trade Mark Department, having joined our team in 2019. He is responsible for a full range of our trade mark services, including trade mark registrations, renewals and recordals, predominately focused in the Far East, Pacific and Caribbean regions. Josh is also a CITMA Paralegal.
Tatiana Despres
Tatiana is a CITMA Paralegal, and has been a member of the trade mark department since 2007. She has amassed over 20 years in the IP industry, and has extensive knowledge in all matters of trade mark services, including trade mark registrations, renewals and recordals.
Christine Krach
Christine holds a degree in Hospitality from the Industrie und Handelskammer, Nürnberg. She joined Lysaght in 2017 with five years of experience in the IP industry. Christine assists with the day-to-day administration of trade mark applications in various jurisdictions.
Michelle Boyes
Michelle joined Lysaght in 1975 and has amassed a wealth of knowledge and experience over her time in the IP industry. Michelle has worked with most of our clients for many years, allowing her to provide a specialist service at an unparalleled level of continuity. Michelle specialises in trade mark prosecution, consolidation and renewal work in many African countries. Being fluent in French, this allows her client portfolio to be diverse and multi-lingual.
Joey Guézou
Joey joined Lysaght in 2023 to enhance the department’s offering of trade mark application services and expand his trade mark knowledge. Joey started his career in IP in 2016. His primary focus was to process and report the key stages of applications and renewals in many jurisdictions, predominantly in Africa. Joey liaises with small and multinational clients, aiding with the successful registration and ongoing protection of their trade mark rights.
Zoë Molloy
Zoë joined Lysaght in September 2024, bringing with her experience of both IP law, and general legal practice, from her time in the industry to date. With a focus on Trade Mark prosecution and recordal work across a broad range of countries, Zoë and has assumed responsibility for a parcel of jurisdictions in the department, and we are thrilled to have her as a part of the team.
Patricia McGurk
Patricia has been at Lysaght since 2000 and performs a key role in the finance department. She is responsible for the sales ledger and works closely with the trade mark and patent & design departments on billing queries, utilising her vast experience in our client portfolio. She is also responsible for day-to-day monitoring and supervision of the company’s credit control.
Kim Ingram
Kim joined Lysaght in 2023 and is responsible for the purchase ledger, working with our global agents. A large part of her role is to liaise with the trade mark and patent & design departments to ensure costings and payments are accurate and timely. She has had a long career in the finance industry since 1991, having previously worked for a local trust company for 15 years and has held various other accounting roles.
Anita Marett
Anita joined Lysaght in 1999 and has since provided valuable secreterial and filing assistance throughout the company. Anita is now responsible for the management of all incoming and outgoing post and couriers, and still assists the whole firm with various day-to-day tasks. Her experience and knowledge is indispensable to Lysaght.
Wilfried Schreder
Wilf is a valued member of our technical and digital solutions team, maintaining, and developing our client database, IT systems and operational working practices. His IP, technical and creative backgrounds help to further ensure that all our technical solutions are firmly aligned with our core business.