People
Our strength is our people and their experience
Our business teams are made up of attorneys from a range of legal and technical disciplines and come from both private practice, industry and academia. This breadth and depth of experience and expertise allows us to provide our clients with the right combination of skills to meet their commercial needs. A skilled support team enables our professionals to deliver the high levels of service our clients have come to expect, right from the filing of applications to the payment of renewal fees. Finally, our operations team ensures that HGF runs as an efficient, professional and commercially successful business that is not afraid to do things differently to meet the needs of our clients.
Click on one of the groups below to meet the team...
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Aberdeen Office
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Douglas Drysdale
Visiting Patent Director
Aberdeen
+44(0) 1224 258 510
ddrysdale@hgf.com
Chem LS
Glasgow Office
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Douglas Drysdale
Patent Director
Glasgow
+44(0) 141 229 5800
ddrysdale@hgf.com
Chem LS

Dr Fiona Edwards
Patent Attorney
Glasgow
+44 (0) 141 229 5800
fedwards@hgf.com
Chem Pharma

Dr Annette Flaherty
Patent Attorney
Glasgow
+44(0) 141 229 5800
aflaherty@hgf.com
Eng
Leeds Office
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Lisa Brown
Patent Director
Leeds
+44(0) 113 233 0100
lbrown@hgf.com
LS

Dr Stewart Eccles
Trainee Attorney
Leeds
+44(0) 113 233 0176
seccles@hgf.com
Chem

Rachel Jones
Patent Assistant
Leeds
+44(0) 113 233 0160
rjones@hgf.com
LS

Hazel Robson
Senior Patent Attorney
Leeds
+44(0) 113 233 0118
hrobson@hgf.com
Chem Pharma
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David Selby
Patent Attorney
Leeds
+44(0) 113 233 0163
dselby@hgf.com
Chem Pharma

Guy Towlson
Patent Assistant
Leeds
+44(0) 113 233 0122
gtowlson@hgf.com
Elec Eng
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Georgina Wilkins
Trainee Attorney
Leeds
+44(0) 113 233 0151
gwilkins@hgf.com
Eng

Richard Wylie
Trade Mark Attorney
Leeds
+44(0) 113 233 0162
rwylie@hgf.com
TM
London Office

Adjoa Anim
Trade Mark Assistant
London
+44(0) 207 440 8900
aanim@hgf.com
TM

Jeff Clarke
Patent Attorney
London
+44(0) 207 440 8903
jclarke@hgf.com
Elec Eng Nano

Maria Daraban
Patent Assistant
London
+44(0) 207 440 8920
mdaraban@hgf.com
LS TM

David Smith
Patent Assistant
London
+44(0) 0207 440 8900
dsmith@hgf.com
Elec

Siobhan Ward
Senior Patent Attorney
London
+44(0) 207 440 8908
sward@hgf.com
LS

Jocelyn Wheeler
Trade Mark Assistant
London
+44(0) 207 440 8928
jwheeler@hgf.com
Law TM
Manchester Office
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Paul Banford
Consultant
Manchester
+44(0) 161 247 4900
pbanford@hgf.com
Pharma LS
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Lee Curtis
Trade Mark Director
Manchester
+44(0) 161 247 4913
lcurtis@hgf.com
TM
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Dr Mike Holmes
Patent & Trade Mark Attorney
Manchester
+44(0) 161 247 4900
mholmes@hgf.com
Chem Eng TM

Karen Russell
Senior Patent Attorney
Manchester
+44(0)161 247 4900
krussell@hgf.com
LS

Punita Shah
Senior Patent Attorney
Manchester
+44(0) 161 247 4910
pshah@hgf.com
LS
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Lauren Somers
Trainee Attorney
Manchester
+44(0)161 247 4904
lsomers@hgf.com
TM

Rebecca Tilbury
Trade Mark Attorney
Manchester
+44(0) 161 247 4912
rtilbury@hgf.com
TM
Sheffield Office

David Hufton
Patent Attorney
Sheffield
+44(0) 114 274 3700
dhufton@hgf.com
Elec

Vincent Jennings
Patent Attorney
Sheffield
+44(0) 114 274 3700
vjennings@hgf.com
Elec

Dr. Benjamin Wright
Trainee Attorney
Sheffield
+44(0) 114 274 3700
bwright@hgf.com
Eng
York Office

Richard Gover
Senior Patent Attorney
York
+44(0) 1904 732 120
rgover@hgf.com
Elec
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Adam Hines
Trainee Attorney
York
+44(0) 1904 732 120
ahines@hgf.com
Chem

Nienke Lubben
Trainee Attorney
York
+44(0) 1904 732 120
nlubben@hgf.com
Chem LS

Jennifer Uno
Senior Patent Attorney
York
+44(0) 1904 732 120
juno@hgf.com
Eng