Katrina holds degrees in both Science and Law, as well as a Masters in Intellectual Property Law. With more than 15 years’ experience, her clients have ranged from global companies, the university sector, the public sector, a major Brisbane hospital, SMEs and start up companies.
She is known for providing accurate, practical advice, with a focus on solutions and her clients’ objectives. Her practice includes licensing and commercialisation of IP, assistance with IP ownership and structuring issues, research and development collaborations, alliances and joint venture arrangements, the sale and purchase of IP assets and companies, IP audits and due diligence, establishment of franchise systems, manufacturing, supply and distribution agreements, software, technology and other services agreements, general contracts law and commercial and corporate law. Katrina also advises in relation to protection of intellectual property assets, privacy and franchise compliance, the Australian Consumer Law, infringement of copyright, trade marks, patents and designs, protection of data, know how and other valuable confidential information, advertising law and domain name disputes.
Katrina sits on the Queensland committee of the Licensing Executive Society of Australia and New Zealand (LESANZ). She is the winner of an International Law Office Client Choice Award 2013 for Healthcare and Life Sciences in Australia, and has been voted by her peers as one of Australia’s Best Lawyers in Intellectual Property Law in 2014.
Katrina’s email is katrina.chambers@gadens.com.
