Intellectual property (IP) firm Mathys & Squire LLP has hired Dr David Martin to work in its life sciences team.

Intellectual property (IP) firm Mathys & Squire LLP has hired Dr David Martin to work in its life sciences team.

Martin is a senior European and UK patent attorney who has carried out research at the University of California, Berkeley and Oxford University and has experience providing IP advice to companies internationally. In his new role in the firm’s Manchester office, he will provide commercially focused IP advice to clients.

‘We’ve set our sights on being the leading intellectual property firm in the region, and David’s arrival certainly takes us another significant step towards that goal,’ states Mathys & Squire partner Rob Hawley.