PIZZEYS - Key Persons


Andrew Lee

Job Titles:
  • Principal
Andrew joined Pizzeys in 2007 with over 17 years experience in the patent profession. During his time in the profession, Andrew has worked as a senior associate with a large domestic IP firm and has also spent several years in Singapore where he managed a Singaporean patent agency, prior to its merger with a Singaporean law firm. Whilst in Singapore, Andrew obtained qualifications as a Singapore patent attorney. His practice was primarily focused on the preparation and filing of patent applications in the Asia Pacific region. As such, Andrew brings a wealth of knowledge on the region and the relevant patent laws to the Pizzeys team.

Bernadette Hawkins

Job Titles:
  • Principal

Bernard Nutt

Job Titles:
  • Principal

Di Hall

Job Titles:
  • Trade Mark Attorney

Elfin Lim

Job Titles:
  • Patent Engineer

English, German

Interests When not at work or with his family, Peer can be found puffing up the hills of Brisbane on his bike, usually at a ridiculously early time. Interests His outside interests include old man's (masters) football, golf, red wine, history and current affairs.

Howard Yap

Job Titles:
  • Principal
Howard qualified as a Singapore Patent Attorney in 2011. He is also an executive committee member of the Association of Singapore Patent Agents (ASPA) which keeps him at the forefront of the patent profession. Howard was also awarded the ASPA book prize for gaining the highest marks for paper C (Infringement and Validity of a Singapore patent) in the qualifying examinations held in 2010.

Jerome Lay

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate

Julie Simpson

Job Titles:
  • Principal

Justin Sweetman

Job Titles:
  • Principal
Justin has particular interest in the fields of life sciences & biotechnology, chemical & healthcare and agriculture & food. He has been recommended for patent prosecution in Australia by the prestigious Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) world's top 1000 Patent Attorneys (2022 & 2023).

Kentaro Iijima

Job Titles:
  • Australian, New Zealand & Japanese Patent Attorney
Over his 13 years experience in Pizzeys (as of 2023), Kentaro has been working at Pizzeys' Canberra, Brisbane and Singapore offices and has been involved in over 1000 patent cases across technologies including communications, automotive, medical device and so on.

Lars Koch

Job Titles:
  • Managing Principal

Peer Watterson

Job Titles:
  • Principal

Pulari Thangavelu

Job Titles:
  • Associate