Gus Hazel

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Phone: +64 9 359 7717
Fax:+64 9 373 2123
Position: Baldwins Law Limited - Senior Associate
Office: Auckland
Qualifications: BSc LLB (Hons) Grad Dip (Legal Practice)
Keys Barrister & Solicitor NZ
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Gus joined the litigation and commercial team of Baldwins’ Wellington office in January 2005.  He has an honours degree in law, and a science degree specialising in molecular biology and genetics.
Prior to joining Baldwins, Gus was a Senior Associate in the intellectual property and commercial disputes (litigation) teams of a major international law firm in Melbourne.
In this capacity he was also the coordinator of a team of 60 lawyers providing pro bono legal services to the homeless under the auspices of the Public Interest Law Clearing House (PILCH). Prior to this Gus was Associate to the Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Australia. While a member of the Faculty of Law at Monash University, Melbourne, Gus taught a range of subjects (including torts, contract, corporations law and administrative law), and conducted research on intellectual property law and genomics. He is a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of Australia, the Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Courts of Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory

Expertise

  • Enforcement of intellectual property rights, dispute resolution and litigation
  • Commercial transactions involving intellectual property and like rights, including licensing, acquisitions and disposals
  • Due diligence
  • Regulatory compliance

Affiliations

AusBiotech
IPSANZ (Intellectual Property Society of Australia and New Zealand)

Qualifications

1995  Graduate Diploma (Legal Practice) - Australian National University
1994  Bachelor of Laws (Hons) - Australian National University
1993  Bachelor of Science - Australian National University

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