Paul Johns has joined Baldwins Intellectual Property as head of dispute resolution. Johns is a commercial litigator specializing in intellectual property, consumer protection and tort matters. He has been in practice since 2001 and has extensive experience representing both domestic and international clients before the patent ofice and the courts. He joins Baldwins from a leading New Zealand law irm where he was previously a senior associate working in the dispute resolution and intellectual property departments. Prior to this, he spent several years at a large law irm in London.