AJ Park to buy rival Baldwins for $7.9m

AJ Park to buy rival Baldwins for $7.9m
Dan Brunskill
AJ Park plans to buy rival Baldwins Intellectual Property for $7.9 million, which would bring together two of the nation's top IP firms under the ownership of Australia's IPH.  Baldwins was established in 1896 and serves clients including multi-national corporations, universities, government agencies. AJ Park and Baldwins are two of the four top tier IP firms identified by the Legal 500, along with corporate law firms Chapman Tripp and Simpson Grierson. The deal will need Commerce Commission approval, and is expected to be completed in th...

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