Mark Cruickshank

Managing Legal Counsel, Outsourcing Technology & IP, The Royal Bank of Scotland Group

Mark is Managing Legal Counsel in Outsourcing, Technoloy & IP at RBS and he heads up the IP team.  Mark advises on all contentious and commercial IP matters for RBS Group including for NatWest, Coutts and Ulster Bank.  This has focussed more recently on innovation projects, Fintech and structural reform of the bank.  He is accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a specialist in intellectual property law. He sits on the Law Society of Scotland’s Panel for Specialist Intellectual Property Law Accreditation and also on the Intellectual Property Law Sub-Committee. He is a ranked individual by Chambers & Partners in the field of IP disputes and brand enforcement matters. Before joining RBS, Mark worked in private practice at both Brodies LLP and Maclay Murray & Spens LLP (now Dentons), specialising in IP and dispute resolution.