Deborah Kessell-Haak

Phone: +64 4 471 6884

Email: deborah.kessell-haak@baldwins.com

Fax:+64 4 473 6712

Position: Baldwins Law Limited - Associate

Office: Wellington

Qualifications: MSc (Hons) BSc LLB

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Deborah joined Baldwins in November 2005.  Prior to this, Deborah worked in the litigation team of major commercial law firm for four years.  Deborah works with a wide range of local and international clients spanning, in particular, the cosmetics, entertainment, clothing, and food and beverage industries.  

Expertise

Deborah’s principal area of practice is trade marks and brand protection including counterfeiting and border protection measures.  She also provides advice in respect of commercial agreements, passing off, copyright, and the Fair Trading Act. Coming to Baldwins from a major commercial law firm, Deborah also has experience in general commercial law and dispute resolution including intellectual property litigation, company, insolvency and media law and trade practices legislation.

Affiliations

RSNZ (Royal Society of New Zealand)

Qualifications

2001  Bachelor of Laws - Victoria University of Wellington
1994  Master of Science (Hons) (Plant Molecular Biology) - University of Auckland
1992  Bachelor of Science (Molecular Biology and Biochemistry) - University of Auckland

Articles by Deborah Kessell-Haak

• 26/04/2013 - Inventions that are just...well...cool
• 02/11/2012 - Surfing the Social Media Wave
• 31/01/2012 - Australian Personal Property Securities Register
• 26/01/2012 - Megaupload shut down by US authorities
• 19/09/2011 - Big Blak Saks obtains injunction against competitor in passing off action