PETER FRANCIS, PARTNER, FAL LAWYERS
Peter Francis is a Partner of FAL Lawyers and established the firm along with Jenni Lightowlers. He is one of Australia’s pre-eminent lawyers on technology commercialisation and is considered to be a ‘true expert with years of experience’, ‘particularly esteemed in non-contentious circles for his dexterous handling of commercialisation work for research organisations and technology developers’ (IAM Licensing 250, 2011/2012, IAM Patent 1000, 2012).
Peter has more than 20 years experience advising listed companies, Commonwealth and State government agencies, Co-operative Research Centres, SMEs, not-for-profit funded research bodies and healthcare organisations.
Peter sits on the board of several not-for-profit organisations, including Knox-brooke Incorporated, a registered charity. He is Chairman of the Board of an ASX-listed biotechnology company.
Peter studied Law and Jurisprudence at Monash University. Prior to establishing FAL, he led the in-house legal team at Sirotech, the then commercialisation arm of CSIRO.
Peter Francis is a Partner of FAL Lawyers and established the firm along with Jenni Lightowlers. He is one of Australia’s pre-eminent lawyers on technology commercialisation and is considered to be a ‘true expert with years of experience’, ‘particularly esteemed in non-contentious circles for his dexterous handling of commercialisation work for research organisations and technology developers’ (IAM Licensing 250, 2011/2012, IAM Patent 1000, 2012).
Peter has more than 20 years experience advising listed companies, Commonwealth and State government agencies, Co-operative Research Centres, SMEs, not-for-profit funded research bodies and healthcare organisations.
Peter sits on the board of several not-for-profit organisations, including Knox-brooke Incorporated, a registered charity. He is Chairman of the Board of an ASX-listed biotechnology company.
Peter studied Law and Jurisprudence at Monash University. Prior to establishing FAL, he led the in-house legal team at Sirotech, the then commercialisation arm of CSIRO.