Meet Lockton's Intellectual Property Team

Meet the Intellectual Property Team

Lewis Parle
Head of Intellectual Property Risk
United Kingdom
Lewis leads PECAP's Intellectual Property Risks practice. He focuses on assisting our corporate, PE and VC clients with IP strategy, IP risk assessment and the placement of specialist transactional and IP related insurance products, all with the aim of facilitating investment. He has created and underwritten IP insurance and transactional risk products for nearly 10 years and has worked with some of the world's best known creative, technology and life science businesses to help unlock value . He is a solicitor and is also called to the Bar.
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Harry Blakelock
Partner
United Kingdom
London
Harry heads the UK Transactional Risks Practice having joined Lockton in January 2014. Before joining Lockton, he worked for a large M&A underwriter in both the US and the UK. Today, he advises clients on a wide range of transactions across multiple jurisdictions and sectors specialising in Warranty & Indemnity Insurance and other transactional risk related insurance products.
Neo Combarro
Partner
United Kingdom
Neo leads the Lockton PECAP division and draws on 20 years of transactional and financial services expertise when tailoring insurance to his clients’ needs. He advises clients on Transactional and Contingent insurance, Professional Lines insurance, and Structured and Alternative Risks Transfer solutions. His experience includes structuring large soft capital solutions for financial institutions and accessing international markets in North America, Bermuda, Europe and Asia. Neo speaks Spanish.
Callum Henry
Junior M&A Associate
United Kingdom
Callum joined Lockton in 2021, as a Paralegal in the Transactional Risks department. He joins us as a LPC graduate from the University of Law. Before joining Lockton, Callum completed his LLB Law degree whilst working as a legal advisor for small claims.
George Apperly
Vice President
United Kingdom
George joined the UK Transactional Risks Practice at Lockton in January 2015. Before joining Lockton, he helped start the Transactional Risks practice at another broking firm in London. Today, he advises clients across Real Estate, Private Equity, Corporates, Infrastructure and Secondaries investors helping them utilise insurance products to protect their transactions, operations and assets.
Kristian Salte
Vice President
Norway
Kristian joined Lockton in 2022, as a Vice President in the Transactional Risks department. He formerly worked as an investment banker at Saga Corporate Finance, a boutique investment bank in Norway where he focused on sell-side M&A, specifically within business services, and industrial companies.
Thomas Mullock
Junior M&A Associate
United Kingdom
Tom Joined Lockton in June 2022 as a Junior associate in the Manchester Office. Prior to joining Lockton, Tom worked at Thompsons Solicitors where he worked in the PI department. Tom graduated from Nottingham Law School in 2019 with a Bachelor of Laws. Currently, he advises on W&I with a focus on the North of England and Scotland.