Matthew Atkins
Partner
24-26 Museum Street
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP1 1HZ
Experience
Matthew is a partner in our corporate services department and leads the commercial litigation team in Ipswich. He is a commercial litigator with a special interest in intellectual property law.
Commercial Litigation
Matthew's recent work includes advising in connection with, and claims arising from, the sale/purchase of companies/shares; other advisory work and claims in relation to contracts (principally in the manufacturing and agricultural industries); shareholder disputes; claims arising from professional negligence (involving solicitors, accountants and surveyors); claims in connection with individual and corporate insolvency, including the enforcement of guarantees.
Intellectual Property
Recent work includes advising in relation to claims in the fields of copyright, design right, trade mark infringement and passing off.
Other Information
Matthew is a part time academic at the University of Essex, and has taught the copyright and trade mark seminars on the LLM in Information Technology, Media and E-Commerce. He has delivered seminars at UCL's former Adastral Park Postgraduate Campus on the protection of ideas in the electronic environment by knowledge based industries, and on general intellectual property law. In Chambers [UK 2010] he receives high praise for his negotiating skills and in Legal 500 [UK 2010] his team is described as "fair, practical, no nonsense and good value for money", and "calm and quick to understand; a pleasure to deal with".
