Practicing intellectual property law for over three decades, Mr. Thompson has been repeatedly recognized by the World Trademark Reporter as one of the top 300 trademark attorneys in the world.
Mr. Thompson has served in leadership positions at the largest brand companies in the world, including as Assistant General Counsel at Philip Morris Companies, Vice-President and Associate General Counsel at Colgate-Palmolive, and Vice-President of Global Trademarks at GlaxoSmithKline.
Most recently Mr. Thompson was the General Counsel – Intellectual Property/Marketing Properties for Mars Incorporated. He also simultaneously served as the interim General Counsel for Mars Edge helping the start-up division in its first two years of growth in new innovative areas of business.