ACID Legal Affiliates

DMH Stallard is an award winning, full-service law firm, whose people deliver tailored legal services with energy and creativity, backed by technical expertise. With 82 partners and a total staff of around 350 people, based across Sussex, Surrey and London, we are able to provide multi-disciplinary legal teams with real depth to deliver a high-quality service and work in partnership with some of the most successful organisations in the country.

We believe in exceptional service. Our senior lawyers understand what is required to run a successful project and how to deliver client objectives. Our clients get the best technical and commercial advice from day one in a manner that best suits their business and legal needs.

Consistently ranked as a leading intellectual property (IP) law firm, our IP lawyers create and retain value by helping clients protect and leverage value from their IP rights and assets. The team is comprised of IP lawyers with an outstanding track record across the IP lifecycle, from advisory and transactional matters to enforcement, litigation and conflict resolution.

Tim Ashdown heads  up our contentious team with Robert Ganpatsingh and Beatrice Bass.  John Yates leads our non-contentious team with Debbie Venn.  Both Tim Ashdown and John Yates are highly experienced lawyers and experts in IP.