Andrea has a chemistry degree from Cambridge University and has worked as a private practice patent attorney for over 20 years. In 2000 she co-founded her current firm Greaves Brewster LLP, which she has since helped to manage and grow.

She has worked with a range of clients, from start-ups and university spin-outs to major corporations, and been involved with patent filings, prosecution, EPO oppositions and IP strategies and portfolio management.

Andrea joined CIPA Council in 2010 and has served on the Institute’s Education Committee, Seminars Sub-Committee and Textbooks & Publications Committee and the Joint CIPA/ITMA Business Practice Committee. She has been involved in several key CIPA projects related to the education and training of the IP profession.

These days Andrea is well-known for her blog-like “Not-so-Secret Diary”, a light-hearted take on her Institute work, which appears in the CIPA Journal.