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Managing IP - Global Awards Shortlists published

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This year sees the 10th anniversary of Managing IP’s global awards and we are pleased to announce the names of the shortlisted firms. Winners will be revealed at the Global Awards Dinner in London on March 11

National awards



Argentina

G Breuer

Hausheer Belgrano & Fernandez

Marval O’Farrell & Mairal

Richelet & Richelet



Australia Prosecution

Davies Collison Cave

FB Rice

Fisher Adams Kelly

Shelston IP

Spruson & Ferguson



Australia Contentious

Allens

Ashurst

Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Davies Collison Cave

Griffith Hack

Norton Rose Fulbright



Austria

Salomonowitz Horak

Schwarz Schönherr Rechtsanwälte

Sonn & Partner

Wiltschek Rechtsanwälte



Belgium Contentious

Altius

Bird & Bird

Crowell & Moring

Hoyng Monegier

NautaDutilh



Benelux Trade Mark Prosecution

Chiever

Dennemeyer

Gevers

NLO

Novagraaf



Brazil

Bhering Advogados

Dannemann Siemsen Bigler & Ipanema Moreira

Guerra IP

Gusmão & Labrunie

Kasznar Leonardos

Montaury Pimenta Machado & Vieira de Mello



Chile

Alessandri & Compañia

Carey

Sargent & Krahn

Silva & Cía



China Prosecution

CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office

China Patent Agent (HK)

Kangxin Partners

Liu Shen & Associates

Unitalen Attorneys at Law



China Contentious

China Patent Agent (HK)

Fangda Partners

King & Wood Mallesons

Lifang & Partners

Unitalen Attorneys at Law



China Foreign Law Firm

Allen & Overy

Baker & McKenzie

Bird & Bird

Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe

Rouse



China IP Transactional Work

Baker & McKenzie

Global Law Office

Jones Day

King & Wood Mallesons

Ropes & Gray



Colombia

Baker & McKenzie

Brigard & Castro

Cavelier Abogados

Lloreda Camacho & Co

OlarteMoure



Denmark

Bech-Bruun

Gorrissen Federspiel

Høiberg

Inspicos

Plesner



Finland

Attorneys-at-law Borenius

Backström & Co

Berggren

Kolster

Roschier



France Prosecution

Brevalex

Cabinet Beau de Loménie

Cabinet Plasseraud

Regimbeau

Lavoix

Santarelli



France Contentious

Cousin & Associés

Duclos Thorne Mollet-Viéville & Associés

Gide Loyrette Nouel

Hogan Lovells

Hoyng Monegier

Véron & Associés



Germany Prosecution

Bardehle Pagenberg

Boehmert & Boehmert

Grünecker

Hoffmann Eitle

Jonas Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft

Vossius & Partner



Germany Contentious

Bird & Bird

Hogan Lovells

Preu Bohlig & Partner

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

Reimann Osterrieth Köhler Haft



Hong Kong

Baker & McKenzie

Bird & Bird

Deacons

Hogan Lovells

Mayer Brown JSM



Hungary

Danubia

Gödölle Kékes Mészáros & Szabó

Knight Bird & Bird Iroda

Szecskay Attorneys at Law



India Prosecution

Anand & Anand

Inttl Advocare

K & S Partners

Remfry & Sagar

S Majumdar & Co



India Contentious

Anand and Anand

Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Remfry & Sagar

Saikrishna & Associates

Singh & Singh




Indonesia

AMR Partnership

Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners

K&K Advocates

Rouse (in association with Suryomurcito & Co)

SKC Law



Ireland

A&L Goodbody

DFMG Solicitors

Mason Hayes & Curran

Matheson

Tomkins

William Fry



Italy Prosecution

Botti & Ferrari

Buzzi Notaro & Antonelli d’Oulx

Jacobacci & Partners

Società Italiana Brevetti

Studio Torta



Italy Contentious

Bird & Bird

Hogan Lovells

Studio Legale Sena e Tarchini

Studio Legale SIB

Trevisan & Cuonzo



Japan Prosecution

Nakamura & Partners

Shiga International Patent Office

SOEI Patent & Law Firm

TMI Associates

Yuasa and Hara



Japan Contentious

Abe Ikubo & Katayama

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Mori Hamada & Matsumoto

Nakamura & Partners

Ohno & Partners



Japan Foreign Firm

Hogan Lovells

Morrison & Foerster

Ropes & Gray



Malaysia

Rahmat Lim & Partners

Shearn Delamore & Co

Skrine

Wong & Partners

Wong Jin Nee & Teo



Mexico Patent

Basham Ringe y Correa

Becerril Coca & Becerril

Dumont Bergman Bider

Müggenburg Gorches y Peñalosa

Olivares

Uhthoff Gómez Vega & Uhthoff



Mexico Trade Mark

Arochi & Lindner

Basham Ringe y Correa

Goodrich Riquelme y Asociados

Hogan Lovells

Müggenburg Gorches y Peñalosa

Olivares

Uhthoff Gómez Vega & Uhthoff



Mexico Copyright

Jalife Caballero & Asociados

Olivares

Tsuru Morales Isla Abogados (TMI Abogados)



The Netherlands Patent Prosecution

AOMB

De Vries & Metman

NLO

V.O.



The Netherlands Contentious

Bird & Bird

Brinkhof

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

Hoyng Monegier

Simmons & Simmons



New Zealand

AJ Park

Baldwins Intellectual Property

Henry Hughes Patent and Trademark Attorneys

James & Wells

Simpson Grierson



Norway

BA-HR

Bryn Aarflot

Schjødt

Wiersholm

Wikborg Rein



Peru

Allende & Garcia Abogados

Barreda Moller

Estudio Colmenares & Asociados

Francisco Espinosa Bellido Abogados

Rodrigo Elías & Medrano Abogados



The Philippines

ACCRALAW

Esguerra & Blanco

Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & de los Angeles

SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan



Poland

Baker & McKenzie

Patpol

Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak

Sulima Grabowska Sierzputowska

Traple Konarski Podrecki i Wspólnicy



Romania

Cabinet M Oproiu

Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen

Ratza & ratza

Rominvent

Stoica & Asociaţii

Zamfirescu Racoti & Partners



Russia

Baker & McKenzie

Gorodissky & Partners

Gowlings

Pepeliaev Group

Sojuzpatent



Scotland

Brodies

Burness Paull

HGF

Maclay Murray & Spens

Murgitroyd

Pinsent Masons



Singapore Prosecution

Amica Law

ATMD Bird & Bird

Marks & Clerk

Spruson & Ferguson

VJ & Partner



Singapore Contentious

Allen & Gledhill

ATMD Bird & Bird

Baker & McKenzie.Wong & Leow

Drew & Napier

Lee & Lee



South Africa

Adams & Adams

Bouwers

DM Kisch

ENSafrica

Spoor & Fisher

Von Seidels




South Korea Prosecution

Bae Kim & Lee

FirstLaw P.C

Kim & Chang

Koreana Patent

Lee International IP & Law Group



South Korea Contentious

Bae Kim & Lee

Kim & Chang

Lee & Ko

Yoon & Yang

Yulchon LLC



Spain Prosecution

ABG Patentes

Curell Suñol

Elzaburu

Herrero & Asociados

ZBM Patents & Trademarks



Spain Contentious

Baker & McKenzie

Bird & Bird

Clifford Chance

Gómez-Acebo Pombo

Grau & Angulo

Hoyng Monegier



Sweden

Awapatent

Groth & Co

Lindahl

Sandart & Partners

Vinge



Switzerland

E Blum & Co

Fuhrer Marbach & Partner

Homburger

Lenz & Staehelin

Troller Hitz Troller



Taiwan

Lee and Li

Saint Island International Patent & Law Offices

Tai E International Patent & Law Office

TIPLO

Tsai, Lee & Chen



Thailand

Baker & McKenzie

Domnern Somgiat & Boonma

Tilleke & Gibbins

Satyapon & Partners



Turkey

Deriş Attorneys at Law

Cahit Suluk Intellectual Property Law Firm

Gün + Partners

Istanbul Patent and Trademark Consultancy

Stock Industrial Property Services



United Arab Emirates

Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property

Al Tamimi & Company

Clyde & Co

Rouse

Saba & Co

SMAS-IP (Saud M A Shawwaf Law Office and Abu Setta & Partners)



United Kingdom - Prosecution

Boult Wade Tennant

Carpmaels & Ransford

EIP

HGF

Kilburn & Strode



United Kingdom - Patent contentious

Bird & Bird

Bristows

Marks & Clerk Solicitors

Powell Gilbert

Taylor Wessing

Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co



United Kingdom - Trade mark contentious

Bristows

HGF Law

Reed Smith

Taylor Wessing

Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co



United Kingdom - Copyright

Baker & McKenzie

Berwin Leighton Paisner

Olswang

Reed Smith

Wiggin



Vietnam

Baker & McKenzie

Pham & Associates

Tilleke & Gibbins

Vision & Associates



Regional awards



Africa

Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property

Adams & Adams

ENSafrica

NJQ & Associates

Saba & Co

Spoor & Fisher



Asia

Baker & McKenzie

King & Wood Mallesons

Rouse

Spruson & Ferguson

Tilleke & Gibbins



Latin America – firm to watch

Argentina: FRTB Abogados

Brazil: Guerra IP

Chile: Alessandri & Compañia

Chile: Claro & Cia.


Mexico: Clarke Modet & Co


Mexico: Müggenburg Gorches y Peñalosa


Peru: Rodrigo Elías & Medrano Abogados



Middle East

Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property

Al Tamimi & Company

Cedar White Bradley

Clyde & Co

NJQ & Associates

Saba & Co

SMAS-IP (Saud M A Shawwaf Law Office and Abu Setta & Partners)



Europe – patent

Bird & Bird

DLA Piper

Hogan Lovells

Hoyng Monegier

Taylor Wessing



Europe – trade marks and designs

Baker & McKenzie

Bird & Bird

CMS

Hoyng Monegier

Simmons & Simmons

Taylor Wessing



Europe – copyright

Baker & McKenzie

Bird & Bird

De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek

Wiggin



Global firm of the year

Baker & McKenzie

DLA Piper

Finnegan

Hogan Lovells

Jones Day



Additional awards to be presented

Firm of the decade – Europe

Firm of the decade – Asia

In-house team of the year

Outstanding individual achievement in IP


To reserve a seat or a table at the Awards Dinner, please telephone or email your local business development contact. Spaces are limited.

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