Clyde & Co’s Middle East intellectual property (IP) practice head has left the firm to set up his own boutique IP advisory services in Abu Dhabi. 

Rob Deans, a partner of 17 years at Clydes, launches Deans IP, and will act as founding principal. He has practised as an intellectual property lawyer since 1994 and had been Clydes’ IP head in the Middle East since 2003.