Andrew Watson

Current

• Owner at ipVA

Past

• Chairman at Charity Business
• General Counsel at Thirdspace
• Partner at Andersen Legal

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Education

• University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Recommended

1 person has recommended Andrew

Connections

188 connections

Industry

Management Consulting

Websites

• My Company

Andrew Watson’s Summary

I "found" IP or maybe it found me in 2001 in a Starbucks in Palo Alto. Now I see it as central to everything. Businesses that understand and manage their IP perform better on capital markets, sell for more and manage risk better.

But only a small small percentage of people really truly get it, and a smaller number still do anything about it. So that's our market and our goal, IP evangelism.

On the side, ha ha, there's a wonderful family for me to be humbled by and to enjoy.

So that's it in a nutshell, family and IP. Enough for any man.

Andrew Watson’s Specialties:

Translation of the relevance of something supposedly complex into something understandable.

Andrew Watson’s Experience

• Owner

  ipVA

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  April 2005 — Present (4 years 8 months)

  ipVA is an IP strategy/advisory and IP ratings business. We started in London in mid 2005 and now have offices in London, Thames Valley, Munich and Gothenberg. Our ethos is simple--IPR understanding and sophistication for the masses not the elite. Our clients are made up of SME's (mainly VC or PE backed) and a few large corporates. Its huge fun to be evangelising in this area, aiming to bring Europe's standards up several notches in this business critical area.
  
  One of our notable development areas is our ratings engine. If you want to know how you compare against best practice, ask us.

• Chairman

  Charity Business

  (Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)

  September 2006 — September 2008 (2 years 1 month)

  Board chairman of this fascinating growth company that aims to ensure that every pound donated to UK good causes gets spent on those causes, not on overhead

• General Counsel

  Thirdspace

  (Management Consulting industry)

  2001 — 2003 (2 years )

• Partner

  Andersen Legal

  (Privately Held; 10,001 or more employees; Legal Services industry)

  May 1995 — February 2001 (5 years 10 months)

  Managing Partner of Thames Valley office
  Quite a decent but frustrated M&A lawyer

Andrew Watson’s Education

• University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne

  1986 — 1988

Additional Information

Andrew Watson’s Websites:

• My Company

Andrew Watson’s Interests:

IP--the cornerstone of value My family Yoga

Andrew Watson’s Groups:

•    Gathering2.0
•    Golden Triangle Intellectual Property
•    Intellectual Property Strategists
•    IP Business Congress 2009

Andrew Watson’s Honors:

LLB

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