HLK boosts Trade Mark and Legal team with lateral hire of senior IP lawyer

Haseltine Lake Kempner is delighted to announce the recruitment of Carl Steele. Carl joins the rapidly expanding team as Senior Counsel, bringing a wealth of IP experience to the firm, having spent over 25 years advising UK and international clients on all IP matters, including trade marks and designs, and handling both contentious and non-contentious matters.

Carl joins from Top 100 law firm Ashfords LLP, where he was Head of Intellectual Property. Carl is dual qualified as a Solicitor and Chartered Trade Mark Attorney, recognised by The Legal 500, Chambers & Partners, World Trademark Review and Managing IP as a leading practitioner.

Carl’s experience includes managing global trade mark and design portfolios for notable brands and drafting, negotiating, and resolving disputes related to a wide array of commercial contracts. He is also an experienced litigator before the English Courts.

Carl Steele comments:

“I’m extremely pleased and excited to join one of the UK’s leading IP firms. Haseltine Lake Kempner’s IP offering stands head and shoulders above the crowd of commercial law firms operating nowadays in this very complex and specialised area of law. It’s an honour to be invited to join such a prestigious business. I can’t wait to get started.”

Chris Morris, Partner at Haseltine Lake Kempner, adds:

“I’ve known and respected Carl for many years, and we are delighted to welcome someone of his calibre to the team. He will bolster our already thriving contentious and non-contentious legal offering, and his dual qualification means he’s a perfect fit with our full IP lifecycle offering. I am confident that Carl, along with our other recent senior UK lateral hires Louise Perkin and Jamie Rowlands, will supercharge our legal offering to the benefit of Haseltine Lake Kempner’s global client base.”

Chris Morris, Carl Steele and Michael Conway stood in front of the Bristol HLK office

From left to right: Chris Morris, Carl Steele and Michael Conway

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