Benoit Geurts has joined Gordon Brothers as managing director, intellectual property, EMEA. In this role, Geurts partners with the firm’s corporate recovery and global valuations teams to provide valuation, advisory and monetization services for intellectual property assets to support businesses and their advisors in restructuring and recovery situations across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
Based in London, Geurts brings over 20 years of experience advising businesses of all sizes on their intellectual property strategy, mergers and acquisitions, valuations, monetization and litigation support. Prior to joining Gordon Brothers, Geurts was managing director at Aon running its intellectual property and advisory practice in EMEA and previously held senior roles at ClearView IP and PA Consulting.
“We are pleased to expand our suite of service offerings in EMEA to include an intellectual property practice, further demonstrating our commitment to providing clients with trusted advice and support throughout the business cycle,” Mark Newton-Jones, head of Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Gordon Brothers, said. “Benoit brings extensive expertise in the intellectual property sector complementing and enhancing our existing capabilities in asset services, asset lending and asset trading.”
“I am delighted to join Gordon Brothers and look forward to advising our clients on valuation and strategy and bringing innovative solutions to monetise their intellectual property assets,” Geurts said.