Background
Chris McLeod has been a partner in the Melbourne office of Clayton Utz for over twelve years.
He acts for significant private and government clients in contentious and non-contentious matters across the entire intellectual property spectrum, including in relation to trade marks/domain names, copyright, patents, designs, passing off and confidential information.
Chris leads our national Advertising and Marketing Law industry group and works with a team of lawyers to provide a one-stop shop for legal issues (including litigation) in the marketing context. His relevant experience includes conducting litigation relating to misleading or deceptive advertisements and drafting and negotiating significant sponsorship and endorsement arrangements and other marketing-related agreements.
Chris also undertakes significant work for clients in the leisure and entertainment (including racing) industries.
Recognition
- Best Lawyers Australia: voted by peers as one of Australia's Best Lawyers in Information Technology and Telecommunications (2011 - 2012)
- Legal 500 Asia Pacific: listed as a "Recommended Practitioner" for Intellectual Property (2011 - 2012)
