As we draw to the end of another successful working year at Mathys & Squire, it is appropriate to take stock of our achievements throughout 2024.
It is a privilege to work with some of the brightest minds within the industry here at Mathys & Squire, and it has therefore been a pleasure to see our staff and partners recognised as IAM Strategy 300: Global Leaders, Managing IP: IP Stars, Managing IP: Rising STARS, The Legal 500: Recommended Individuals, IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals and WTR 1000: Recommended Individuals. Our team is dedicated to achieving the very best for our clients, and it has been great to see our hard work and expertise recognised in this way. Indeed, this dedication has found considerable success this year in terms of a significant number of new clients.
This past year we have also celebrated many personal milestones in our team, including the promotions of Samantha Moodie, Edd Cavanna and Laura Clews into the partnership. Further, Alex Elder, Adam Gilbertson, Lionel Newton, Oliver Parish and Leonard Wright were promoted to Managing Associates.
As we continue to grow, we have welcomed many newcomers to the team. Some of those joining this year include Partner Matthias Brittinger, Managing Associates Chloe Flower and Markus Von Rudno, Associates Danielle Champagne, Emma Pallister and Greg Jones, and Technical Assistants Nathalie Richards, Alícia João, Adrian Salt, Thomas Mead, Sophie Wilson, Daniel Speed, Alexander Osborne, Craig MacGregor-Chatwin and Daniyal Khan. It is a pleasure to take on so many new joiners this year, and we look forward to growing our team and welcoming even more staff in 2025.
We have shown once again the excellence of our internal work processes and management systems through the achievement – for the 8th consecutive year – of our ISO 9001 & 14001 certifications.
Within our community, it has been great to give back, particularly through the charitable donations of the firm. We are pleased to share that we have raised over £3,300 through fundraising and match funding, with Southwark Food Bank (an initiative led by Technical Assistant Nathalie Richards), Movember and Macmillan Cancer Support a selection of the charities that have been positively impacted by our donations.
We have also invested £22,000 in improving diversity, inclusion, social mobility and wellbeing within the IP industry. Through our continued partnership with Career Ready, a non-profit organisation dedicated to bridging the gap between education and employment, we have a 12-month mentorship programme in which our colleagues guide their mentees through the early stages of their career journeys. We have also sponsored two students to go through the In2STEM programme led by In2Science, an initiative which encourages the pursuit of science, technology, engineering and maths based employment by increasing accessibility in these sectors. Finally, we have signed the ’Leaders’ Pledge’ of IP inclusive to underline our genuine commitment to enact positive change within our industry. This includes signatures from Paul Cozens, Caroline Warren and Alan MacDougall.
This year more than ever, we have seen the rewards of our focus on ensuring that our values are at the forefront of all that we do. We strive to ensure that we are Better Together by treating everyone fairly, encouraging diversity, and collaborating effectively within and across our various areas. And by Empowering one another there is always a wide breadth of opportunities for positive change, personal development and progress. The very bedrock of Mathys & Squire is our Clients First approach, upon which our best in class technical, legal and professional expertise is founded. We are indeed fortunate to have such an exceptionally talented team at Mathys & Squire.
Reflecting upon what the firm has achieved this year fills us with an immense sense of pride. Now, looking forward to 2025, we can be more than confident that we will bring this same strength to the new year – a year that marks no less than the 115th year anniversary of Mathys & Squire.
Best Wishes,
Mathys & Squire Managing Partners
