The Name
JIP is where the firm started. It is not the limit of what it does.
The initials stand for Just IP — the firm's original name, registered in 2013, when intellectual property was the whole of the practice. Patent and trade mark filing, portfolio management, licensing, and the enforcement that followed.
Clients brought the rest. A patent dispute turned into a shareholder dispute. A licensing negotiation turned into an acquisition. A restructuring turned on security over the very assets the firm had spent years protecting. Referring that work out meant handing away the context behind it, so the firm built the capability to keep it instead — commercial litigation and arbitration first, then corporate and M&A, then banking and restructuring, then employment and regulatory.
Qualified accounting and audit specialists joined for the same reason. Quantum, completion accounts and financial due diligence are where commercial matters are actually decided, and outsourcing them costs time the client pays for twice.
Six practice areas now, two offices, and a team drawn from law, accountancy and audit. Intellectual property is still at the centre of the work — it is simply no longer the whole of it.
Just IP Limited remains the firm's registered entity. JIP Law is the name it practises under.
On the name
“If you arrived expecting a patent boutique: intellectual property is one of six practice areas, and it now turns up inside a share purchase agreement or a shareholder dispute as often as it does on a filing receipt.”JIP Law
Philosophy
Commercial advice that survives contact with the other side.
The practice emphasises precision — in drafting, in advisory opinions, and in litigation strategy. That reflects a belief that careful analysis and restrained advocacy serve commercial clients better than aggressive or speculative approaches.
Client confidentiality is treated as a foundational principle, not a marketing statement. Matters are handled with discretion, and the firm maintains a deliberate approach to client relationships and case selection. That is why you will not find a client list here.
We decline work we cannot give proper attention to. Capacity is part of the service, and a matter accepted is a matter senior counsel has time to handle personally.
Practice Structure
Partner-led, and selective by design.
Matters are handled directly by senior counsel and, where required, in coordination with appropriately licensed lawyers and specialist counsel in the relevant jurisdiction.
Transactional & Contentious
The firm handles both. That allows continuity of counsel from a negotiation through to the dispute it eventually produces, without the loss of context that comes from handing a file to a different firm at the moment it turns hostile.
Cross-Border Coordination
Commercial and intellectual property matters routinely involve several jurisdictions at once. The firm instructs and coordinates trusted counsel wherever a matter requires it, and remains the single point of accountability to the client throughout.
Commercial Awareness
Effective counsel requires understanding the commercial setting in which a client operates — the deal rationale, the covenant position, the board's actual constraints — rather than treating each matter as a purely legal abstraction.
Precedent-Based Analysis
Advice is grounded in careful analysis of applicable law, relevant precedent, and jurisdictional considerations — not speculation, and not a favourable reading of authority that would not survive scrutiny.
Principles
What clients can hold us to.
Analytical Rigour
Legal analysis that withstands scrutiny, grounded in statute, precedent, and reasoned interpretation.
Client Confidentiality
Absolute discretion in all client matters. No client names, logos, or details are disclosed without express consent.
Measured Counsel
Advice that acknowledges uncertainty where it exists, and avoids overstatement of prospects or outcomes.
Quality Over Volume
A selective approach to matters, ensuring capacity for thorough attention to each engagement.
Enquiries
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