Adele Chadwick

Executive, Deputy CEO & Head of Talent

Email: adele.chadwick@pearceIP.law
Tel: +61 (0) 2 9023 9988

Adele brings to Pearce IP her extensive experience in senior human resources and executive roles, predominately in the private sector with companies including Qantas, Speedo, Calvary and Australian Ethical Investment.

Adele was appointed to an International Board of Directors early in her career and a few years later was appointed to her first CEO role in a not for profit organisation, Northside Community Service. The significant growth and success of Northside under Adele’s leadership earned her the ACT Government’s CEO of the Year Award in 2012. Since then, Adele has worked in General Manager and Executive Director roles and for the past 5 years has been a consultant to senior executives of Federal Government Agencies including Border Force, the Australian Taxation Office, and the Department of Education, Skills and Employment.

Adele is passionate about excellence, leadership, and talent development, along with establishing strategic direction and continuous growth within organisations. She mentors start-up businesses, students and individuals with the goal of ensuring their ongoing success.

Adele Chadwick Awards

World Intellectual Property Review (WIPR)

WIPR World's Leading IP Practitioners (2024)
WIPR Diversity’s Top 100 (2024)

Pearce IP Awards

Chambers and Partners

Intellectual Property (2024)

Legal 500 Asia Pacific

Market Leading Intellectual Property Firm (2024)
Market Leading Intellectual Property Firm (2023)

IAM Patent 1000

Bronze for litigation (2023, 2022, 2021)
Bronze for prosecution (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021)

Australian Law Awards (Lawyers Weekly)

Finalist – Women in Law Awards – Boutique Diversity Firm of the Year (2022)
Finalist – Intellectual Property Team of the Year (2022)
Winner – Intellectual Property Team of the Year (2021)

Managing IP Stars

Patent Prosecution (2024, 2023, 2022)
The Only Leading Female Owned Life Sciences focussed IP Firm (2023)
Pearce IP ranked firm (2021)

Women in Business Law Awards - APAC

Shortlisted – Australian Firm of the Year (2022)

Lexology Legal Influencer

Australasia – Healthcare and Life Sciences (Q2 2024, Q1 2024, Q4 2023, Q3 2023, Q2 2023, Q3 2022, Q2 2022, Q1 2021, Q4 2020)

Cross-border – Healthcare and Life Sciences (Q2 2024, Q1 2024, Q4 2023, Q3 2023, Q2 2023, Q1 2023)

Australasian Lawyer

Top Boutique Firm (2024)
5-Star Intellectual Property Law Firm (2021)

Doyles Intellectual Property

Doyles Leading Intellectual Property (2021, 2020)
Doyles Recommended Intellectual Property (2021)

"Winner - Intellectual Property Team of the Year 2021"

Australian Law Awards (Lawyers Weekly)

"Finalist - Intellectual Property Team of the Year 2022"

Australian Law Awards (Lawyers Weekly)

"Pearce IP bronze ranking for litigation and recommended for prosecution"

IAM Patent 1000 2021

"Pearce IP ranked bronze for litigation and prosecution"

IAM Patent 1000 2022

"CEO of the Year Award 2012"

Awarded by ACT Government

"5-Star Intellectual Property Law Firm"

Australasian Lawyer 5-Star Awards 2021

"Pearce IP Ranked Tier 3 - Prosecution"

MIP IP Stars 2022

"Women in Business Law Awards - APAC"

Shortlisted: Australian Firm of the Year (2022)

"Lexology Legal Influencer"

Healthcare and Life Sciences (Australasia): Pearce IP (Q2 2022, Q1 2021, Q4 2020)

Healthcare and Life Sciences (Cross-border): Pearce IP (2021)

The Legal 500, 2023, Intellectual Property, Australia

“The Pearce IP team has an in depth understanding of the science and the pharmaceutical regulatory industry driving many of their client’s businesses. They are passionate about achieving their client’s commercial objectives – and they are extremely hard-working and dedicated lawyers.”

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By 2027, be the premier life sciences IP practice in
Australia and New Zealand.

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