Rachel has a passion for helping businesses protect and develop their most important asset - their awesome ideas. She has specialised in intellectual property law for more than 20 years, with roles including:
- Assistant Commissioner at the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand - leading the trade marks examination team and running a project to align practices with IP Australia where possible;
- General Counsel of an ASX listed New Zealand intellectual property investment and commercialisation company;
- UK Counsel for an international IT/IP company; and
- senior solicitor roles in IP law firms in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
During her career, Rachel has become well aware that every single business has intellectual property that they should be using and commercialising but many do not have an IP strategy due to the perceived cost or difficulties involved. She therefore established aRc Legal in 2015 to help make intellectual property protection more accessible and affordable for everyone.
