Our People
We understand that people are the key to our success and we invest heavily in them.
As well as comprehensive training in IP matters, we offer support to develop a variety of skills in other areas, ranging from commercial awareness skills to well-being techniques.
Our people are an interesting group with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We think that you will enjoy working with them.
BSc (Hons), PhD, Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys, European Patent Attorney.
Mark studied microbiology and virology at the University of Warwick and obtained a PhD in Molecular Cell Biology at the same university. His studies included placements in research departments of several multinational pharmaceutical companies in the UK and Austria. Mark subsequently completed a two-year post-doctoral fellowship in mammalian molecular biology at Cancer Research UK in Dundee.
Mark joined Potter Clarkson in 2003 and specialises in the field of biotechnology, including screening assays, gene therapy approaches and recombinant DNA technologies. In 2005, he was awarded the Moss Prize for obtaining the highest overall mark in the foundation level patent examination papers.