By Steve Hoare
Allan Poulter leaves Markforce Associates to join Field Fisher’s TMT group
The managing director of trade mark agents Markforce Associates, is defecting to Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW).
Allan Poulter, who is also a director of brand consultancy Interbrand, will become the fifteenth partner in FFW’s brands, technology, media and telecommunications group when he joins the firm in January.
Poulter brings with him a wealth of intellectual property experience. He was a partner at Marks & Clerk between 1995 and 1999, and was previously at Simmons & Simmons. He has also had a spell as a barrister in Hong Kong.
Poulter, who specialises in name clearance projects for brand owners, joins John Olsen’s trade mark and brand protection practice.