Anita Cade

Anita focuses on all areas of contentious and non-contentious IP and media law. Clients entrust her to advise them on IP and media matters from their inception through to development, commercialisation, enforcement, protection and ultimate divestment. 

On the commercial front, Anita assists clients in major commercial and infrastructure transactions and has expertise in complex content licensing, advertising, marketing, sponsorship, production and talent agreements and media regulation. 

On the enforcement and defence side, Anita regularly advises and acts in trade mark, copyright, patent, consumer protection and breach of confidence disputes in the Federal Court of Australia.  

Anita's expertise is recognised by numerous leading legal directories. According to a market source, she is "a stand-out performer in terms of litigation management, strategy and legal precision. She is also excellent at people management and incredibly hard-working" (Chambers Asia Pacific 2021) and she is "careful, tactical and very well prepared," adding: "She's a real pleasure to work with" (Chambers Asia Pacific 2020).