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Brand Finance at INTA 2025 Annual Meeting

17 May 2025, 16:0022 May 2025, 04:00 UK Time

17 May 2025, 08:00 — 22 May 2025, 20:00 PT

Brand Finance are joining INTA for the 2025 Annual Meeting.

The Meeting gathers more than 10,000 top intellectual property (IP) professionals, business leaders, government officials, judges, NGOs, and solutions providers at the largest IP gathering of the year.

The theme of this year’s Annual Meeting is The Business of IP”, which highlights the pivotal role that intellectual property plays in driving innovation and business success. Our three educational tracks—Law and Policy, Business and Technology, and Professional Development and Career Advancement—feature over fifty educational sessions and are complemented by unparalleled Business Development opportunities.

Laurence Newell. Managing Director, North America and Hugo Hensley, Valuation Director will be attending the event and welcome the opporunity to connect.

Email enquiries@brandfinance.com to set up a meeting during the week or click here to be directed to the INTA website to register attendance at the Meeting.

17 May 2025, 16:0022 May 2025, 04:00 UK Time
In association with
International Trademark Association (INTA)
The International Trademark Association is the global association of brand owners and professionals. The not-for-profit organisation supports trademarks and related intellectual property to promote consumer trust, economic growth and innovation.
International Trademark Association (INTA) Website

Speakers

Laurence Newell
Managing Director
North America

Laurence is a brand specialist and consolidated marketing services business developer with 26+ years of experience directing client engagements in brand-building disciplines encompassing valuation, B2B and B2C research, strategy, corporate identity, and packaging across numerous sectors and markets. With experience throughout Latin American and North American markets, Laurence serves as Managing Director for the Americas Region of Brand Finance, the world’s leading brand valuation and strategy consultancy. 

Laurence is a frequent contributor on marketing and branding topics in media outlets such as Bloomberg, and The Drum. Laurence is a representative for Mexico before the ISO Technical Committee responsible for reviewing the creation of a transparent, reconcilable, and repeatable approach to brand valuation, ISO 10668 on Monetary Brand Valuation, and participates in the US Marketing Accountability Standards Board (MASB), with Brand Finance.

Laurence holds an undergraduate degree from Southern Methodist University and a postgraduate degree from the University of Miami.

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Hugo Hensley
Head of Sports Services
Brand Finance

Hugo Hensley is an expert in the business of sport and sponsorship, and has led Brand Finance’s services in this area for 4 years. Hugo has worked with the likes of Liverpool FC, Real Madrid, and Mercedes F1 to help them understand the value of their brands and calculate the value they create for partners through sponsorship. Hugo leads Brand Finance’s research studies into the value of sporting brands around the world, and the fan research studies that form the foundation of these insights. 

Hugo has contributed insights and commentary to print and broadcast media, as well as podcasts and industry journals, including The Economist, Bloomberg, BBC World News and WARC (World Advertising Research Centre). Hugo has lectured on the business of sport, branding in sport, and sponsorship return on investment at EmLyon Business School and UNSW Business School. 

Hugo qualified as a chartered accountant with Brand Finance, after graduating from Oxford University with a Masters in Engineering. 

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