our mission
Securing the future of innovation
Our mission is to help innovative businesses protect what truly matters — the ideas, data, and digital assets that drive their growth and define their competitive edge. In today’s connected economy, those assets are more valuable than ever, but also more vulnerable. Traditional IP protection on its own isn’t enough. Cybersecurity in isolation misses the bigger picture. We exist to bridge that gap.
By combining deep expertise in intellectual property strategy with advanced cybersecurity and information risk management, we provide integrated protection for intangible assets. We don’t just identify risks — we translate complex legal and technical challenges into clear, workable solutions that strengthen resilience, enable innovation, and safeguard long-term value.
By combining deep expertise in intellectual property strategy with advanced cybersecurity and information risk management, we provide integrated protection for intangible assets. We don’t just identify risks — we translate complex legal and technical challenges into clear, workable solutions that strengthen resilience, enable innovation, and safeguard long-term value.
Why us
Because we're the only partner who protects the value in your business through one unified, strategic approach
Trusted partners
We take the time to truly understand your business, enabling us to uncover risks you’ve overlooked, opportunities you haven’t seen, and strategies that move you forward with confidence.
Intersecting domain expertise
We bridge the gap between cybersecurity and intellectual property, combining technical and legal expertise to protect what really matters.
Collaborative approach
Your challenges become our shared mission. We work alongside your teams, building internal capabilities while delivering immediate protection.
Results that matter
We measure success by the impact we deliver — protected innovation, stronger market position, and the confidence to scale securely. The details matter, and we don’t miss them.
How We Work
We've built Invara around principles that reflect how complex problems actually get solved – through clear thinking, honest communication, and integrated expertise. These aren't aspirational statements; they're the operational guidelines that shape how we approach every client challenge and business decision.
[CONVERGENCE]
Excel Where Others Can't
Most firms specialise in narrow expertise. We excel where IP strategy meets cybersecurity because that's where your actual vulnerabilities and opportunities exist. Real protection requires understanding how these domains intersect, not treating them as separate problems.
[Sound Judgement]
Proactive Over Reactive
We don't wait for problems to find you. Our approach anticipates where threats will emerge and where opportunities will develop, giving you the intelligence to prepare rather than react to changing circumstances.
[Keep it real]
Real Partnership, Real Results
We're not here to impress you with complexity or oversell solutions you don't need. We build relationships based on honest communication, practical advice, and delivering results that actually matter to your business.
[PRECISION]
Focus on What Actually Matters
Not every threat requires the same response, and not every asset deserves the same protection. We help you identify what's genuinely worth protecting and the most effective ways to secure it without wasting resources.
[DEPTH]
Technical Rigour Gets Results
Surface-level advice leads to surface-level protection. We dedicate the time to understand your specific technologies, business model, and competitive landscape deeply enough to provide recommendations that fit your actual situation, not generic best practices.
[IMPACT]
Measure What Counts
We evaluate our success by whether your intellectual assets are genuinely more secure and strategically valuable. Everything else is just means to that end.
Nick McLeod
Principal | IP & Intangible Assets
Nick leads the IP & Intangible Asset advisory practice of Invara. Nick is an experienced patent and trade mark attorney with a background in Mechatronic Engineering who brings real-world industry experience to his clients. Throughout his career, Nick has worked for large multinational corporations, ASX technology companies, research organisations, start-ups and SMEs.
Nick is an expert in IP strategy, patent drafting and prosecution, trade secret management and brand protection.
With expertise in engineering, ICT & software technologies, Nick helps companies identify their valuable IP & Intangible assets and implement strategies to protect them.
Nick is an expert in IP strategy, patent drafting and prosecution, trade secret management and brand protection.
With expertise in engineering, ICT & software technologies, Nick helps companies identify their valuable IP & Intangible assets and implement strategies to protect them.
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Roger Dos Santos
Principal | Cyber Risk & Technology Solutions
Roger leads the Cybersecurity & Digital Transformation practice at Invara, bringing over 20 years of experience in ICT management, network security, and cyber risk. He has built and secured systems across diverse sectors including education, manufacturing, technology, and professional services.
A specialist in designing modern, business aligned security architectures, Roger applies Zero Trust principles to deliver secure by design solutions. His approach focuses on identity, device posture, and least privilege access ensuring security is embedded from the ground up and compliance is integrated at every layer.
Roger also advises organisations on data governance, helping them take control of how sensitive information is classified, accessed, and protected. He enables clients to innovate and scale securely, transforming with confidence in an increasingly complex digital landscape.
A specialist in designing modern, business aligned security architectures, Roger applies Zero Trust principles to deliver secure by design solutions. His approach focuses on identity, device posture, and least privilege access ensuring security is embedded from the ground up and compliance is integrated at every layer.
Roger also advises organisations on data governance, helping them take control of how sensitive information is classified, accessed, and protected. He enables clients to innovate and scale securely, transforming with confidence in an increasingly complex digital landscape.
