Ken Simpson

Principal – Singapore, Davies Collison Cave Asia

Ken Simpson is a principal of Davies Collison Cave Asia. He is a registered patent attorney in Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. Dr Simpson specialises in patents for software and computer technology and has experience in a wide variety of other technologies, particularly fintech, semiconductors, anti-counterfeiting technology, additive manufacturing, optics and bioinformatics. He has worked with a range of clients in both the private and public sectors in Australia, Singapore and the United Kingdom, helping them to obtain, defend and enforce IP rights, as well as advising them on freedom-to-operate and IP strategy. In addition to his years in private practice, Dr Simpson has worked as in-house counsel for a large multinational financial services company, where he advised on all areas of intellectual property, including IP-related aspects of contracts and M&A deals, patent and brand strategy and protection, and technology and brand licensing.