The Managing IP awards programme recognises remarkable achievements and developments in the past 12 months. Please see the research methodology below.
Trophies will be presented to the winners from Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) on March 5 at the Marriott, Grosvenor Square, London. Special awards, including those for in-house teams and impact cases, will also be presented at the ceremony.
More than 350 guests attended the EMEA Awards ceremony in 2019 (watch the video clip here or read more here).
To reserve a table at the ceremony please contact Nicholas Heath at nheath@managingip.com or on +44 (0) 20 7779 8692. Further booking details can be found here.
The Americas Awards ceremony will be held in New York City on March 26, followed by the Asia-Pacific Awards in Shanghai on June 18. The shortlists for the Americas Awards will be published next month. Previous winners and shortlists can be found on our dedicated awards page here.
Congratulations to all the firms and individuals shortlisted this year.
NATIONAL AWARDS
AUSTRIA
Patent Contentious
ABP Anwälte Burger & Partner
Gassauer-Fleissner
Geistwert
Schwarz Schönherr
Wiltschek Plasser
Trade Mark Contentious
Brauneis Klauser Prändl
Dorda
Gassauer-Fleissner
Geistwert
Schoenherr
Schwarz Schönherr
Prosecution
Puchberger & Partner
Schwarz & Partner
Sonn & Partner
Wildhack & Jellinek
Copyright & Design
Baker McKenzie
Dorda
Gassauer-Fleissner
Geistwert
Schoenherr
Walter Law Firm
BELGIUM
Patent Contentious
Altius
Bird & Bird
Crowell & Moring
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Stibbe
Trade Mark Contentious
Altius
Crowell & Moring
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
NautaDutilh
Simont Braun
Stibbe
Van Innis & Delarue
Prosecution
Arnold & Siedsma
Brantsandpatents
De Clercq & Partners
Gevers
VO
Copyright & Design
& De Bandt
Crowell & Moring
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Simont Braun
Stibbe
Van Innis & Delarue
DENMARK
Patent Contentious
Bech-Bruun
Bugge Valentin
Gorrissen Federspiel
Kromann Reumert
Lundgrens
Plesner
Patent Prosecution
AWA
Budde Schou
COPA Copenhagen Patents
Guardian IP Consulting
Inspicos
Plougmann Vingtoft
Zacco
Trade Mark Contentious
Accura
Bech-Bruun
Gorrissen Federspiel
Kromann Reumert
Lundgrens
Plesner
Trade Mark Prosecution (Patent & Trade Mark Attorney Firms)
AWA
Chas Hude
Patrade
Plougmann Vingtoft
Zacco
Trade Mark Prosecution (Law Firms)
Bech-Bruun
Gorrissen Federspiel
Lundgrens
Njord Law Firm
Plesner
Copyright & Design
Bech-Bruun
Bugge Valentin
Gorrissen Federspiel
Kromann Reumert
Lundgrens
Plesner
FINLAND
Patent Contentious
Backström & Co
Borenius
Castrén & Snellman
Roschier
Patent Prosecution
Berggren
Boco IP
Heinonen & Co
Kolster
Papula-Nevinpat
Trade Mark Contentious
Borenius
Castrén & Snellman
Eversheds Sutherland
Hannes Snellman
Properta Attorneys
Roschier
Trade Mark Prosecution
Berggren
Boco IP
Heinonen & Co
Kolster
Properta Attorneys
Roschier
Copyright & Design
Borenius
Castrén & Snellman
Eversheds Sutherland
Krogerus
Properta Attorneys
Roschier
FRANCE
Patent Contentious
Allen & Overy
Armengaud Guerlain
August Debouzy
Bird & Bird
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Hoyng Rokh Monegier Véron
Patent Prosecution
Cabinet Beau de Loménie
Casalonga
Lavoix
Plasseraud IP
Regimbeau
Santarelli
Trade Mark Contentious
Allen & Overy
Armengaud Guerlain
Bird & Bird
Duclos Thorne Mollet-Viéville & Associés (DTMV)
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier Véron
Trade Mark Prosecution
Cabinet Beau de Loménie
Lavoix
Plasseraud IP
Santarelli
Copyright & Design
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Cabinet Artlaw
Cabinet Christophe Caron
Cabinet Vercken & Gaullier
Boutique Firm of the Year
Armengaud Guerlain
Bardehle Pagenberg
Duclos Thorne Mollet-Viéville & Associés (DTMV)
Hoyng Rokh Monegier Véron
Schertenleib Avocats
GERMANY
Patent Contentious (Law Firms)
Arnold Ruess
Bird & Bird
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Taylor Wessing
Patent Contentious (Patent & Trade Mark Attorney Firms)
Bardehle Pagenberg
Cohausz & Florack
df-mp
Hoffmann Eitle
König Szynka Tilmann von Renesse
Samson & Partner
Vossius & Partner
Patent Prosecution
Grünecker
Hoffmann Eitle
Isenbruck Bösl Hörschler
Maiwald
Vossius & Partner
Trade Mark (Law Firms)
Bird & Bird
Harmsen Utescher
Harte-Bavendamm
Hogan Lovells
Klaka
Taylor Wessing
Trade Mark (Patent & Trade Mark Attorney Firms)
Eisenführ Speiser
Grünecker
Hoffmann Eitle
Meissner Bolte
Vossius & Partner
Copyright & Design
Beiten Burkhardt
Bird & Bird
Hogan Lovells
KNPZ
SKW Schwarz
HUNGARY
Firm of the Year
Bird & Bird
Danubia
Oppenheim
SBGK
Szecskay Attorneys at Law
IRELAND
Patent Contentious
A&L Goodbody
Mason Hayes & Curran
McCann FitzGerald
Whitney Moore
William Fry
Patent Prosecution
FRKelly
Hanna Moore & Curley
PurdyLucey
Tomkins
Trade Mark Contentious
A&L Goodbody
DFMG Solicitors
Mason Hayes & Curran
McCann FitzGerald
Whitney Moore
William Fry
Trade Mark Prosecution
DFMG Solicitors
FRKelly
Mason Hayes & Curran
Tomkins
Copyright & Design
Beauchamps
Mason Hayes & Curran
McCann FitzGerald
William Fry
ISRAEL
Patent Contentious
Adi Levit
Gilat Bareket & Co (Reinhold Cohn Group)
Liad Whatstein & Co
Luthi + Webb
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
S Horowitz & Co
Patent Prosecution
Ehrlich Group
Eitan Mehulal Sadot
Luthi + Webb
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
Reinhold Cohn & Partners
Trade Mark Contentious
Adin Liss Pyernik
Dr Shlomo Cohen & Co
Gilat Bareket & Co (Reinhold Cohn Group)
Liad Whatstein & Co
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
S Horowitz & Co
Seligsohn Gabrieli & Co
Trade Mark Prosecution
Dr Shlomo Cohen & Co
Ehrlich Group
Luthi + Webb
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
Reinhold Cohn & Partners
IP Transactions
Gilat Bareket & Co (Reinhold Cohn Group)
Herzog Fox & Neeman
H-F & Co Law Offices
Meitar Law Offices
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
S Horowitz & Co
ITALY
Patent Contentious
Bird & Bird
Hogan Lovells
IP Law Galli
Jacobacci & Associati
Trevisan & Cuonzo
Patent Prosecution
Barzanò & Zanardo
Bugnion
Buzzi Notaro & Antonielli d’Oulx
Jacobacci & Partners
SIB (Società Italiana Brevetti)
Studio Torta
Trade Mark Contentious
Bird & Bird
DLA Piper
Hogan Lovells
IP Law Galli
Jacobacci & Associati
Spheriens
Trevisan & Cuonzo
Trade Mark Prosecution
Barzanò & Zanardo
Bugnion
Buzzi Notaro & Antonielli d’Oulx
Jacobacci & Partners
Società Italiana Brevetti
Spheriens
Studio Torta
Copyright & Design
Bird & Bird
Dentons
DLA Piper
IP Law Galli
Jacobacci & Associati
Orsingher Ortu Avvocati Associati
Trevisan & Cuonzo
NETHERLANDS
Patent Contentious
Brinkhof
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Simmons & Simmons
Taylor Wessing
Patent Prosecution
Arnold & Siedsma
De Vries & Metman
EP&C
NLO
VO
Trade Mark Contentious
Bird & Bird
Brinkhof
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Hofhuis Alkema Groen
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Taylor Wessing
Copyright & Design
Brinkhof
bureau Brandeis
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
DLA Piper
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Visser Schaap & Kreijger
NIGERIA
Firm of the Year
Allan & Ogunkeye
Aluko & Oyebode
Banwo & Ighodalo
Jackson Etti & Edu
O Kayode & Co
Olaniwun Ajayi
NORWAY
Contentious
BAHR
Gjessing Reimers
Kvale
Schjødt
Thommessen
Wikborg Rein
Prosecution
Bryn Aarflot
Håmsø Patentbyrå
Onsagers
Protector IP Consultants
Zacco
POLAND
Contentious
Baker McKenzie
LDS Łazewski Depo & Partners
Skubisz IP Law Firm
Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak
Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners
Wardyński & Partners
Prosecution
JWP
Kondrat & Partners
Kulikowska & Kulikowski
LDS Łazewski Depo & Partners
Patpol
Polservice
Copyright & Design
Czyżewscy Law Firm
LSW Leśnodorski Ślusarek & Partners
Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak
Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners
Wardyński & Partners
PORTUGAL
Contentious
Abreu Advogados
CCA Law Firm
Garrigues
Simões Garcia Corte-Real & Associados
VdA
Prosecution
AG da Cunha Ferreira
ClarkeModet
J Pereira da Cruz
RCF
Simões Garcia Corte-Real & Associados
ROMANIA
Firm of the Year
Cabinet M Oproiu
Muşat & Asociaţii
Ratza & ratza
Răzvan Dincă & Asociaţii
Simion & Baciu
Zamfirescu Racoți Vasile & Partners
RUSSIA
Patent
A Zalesov & Partners
Baker McKenzie
Gorodissky & Partners
Gowling WLG
Hogan Lovells
Sojuzpatent
Trade Mark
Baker McKenzie
Gorodissky & Partners
Gowling WLG
Hogan Lovells
Sojuzpatent
Copyright & Design
Baker McKenzie
Gorodissky & Partners
Gowling WLG
Hogan Lovells
SOUTH AFRICA
Firm of the Year
Adams & Adams
ENSafrica
Kisch IP
Moore Attorneys
Spoor & Fisher
Von Seidels
Webber Wentzel
SPAIN
Patent Contentious
Bird & Bird
Clifford Chance
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Grau & Angulo
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Uría Menéndez
Vidal-Quadras & Ramon
Patent Prosecution
ABG Intellectual Property
Elzaburu
Herrero & Asociados
PONS IP
ZBM Patents & Trademarks
Trade Mark Contentious
Abril Abogados
Bird & Bird
Cuatrecasas
Elzaburu
Garrigues
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Grau & Angulo
Trade Mark Prosecution
BomhardIP
ClarkeModet
Curell Suñol
Elzaburu
Hogan Lovells
Noerr
PONS IP
Copyright
Bercovitz-Carvajal
ECIJA
Elzaburu
Garrigues
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Uría Menéndez
SWEDEN
Patent Contentious
Mannheimer Swartling
Roschier
Sandart & Partners
Setterwalls
Vinge
Westerberg & Partners
Patent Prosecution
AWA
Brann
Kransell & Wennborg
Ström & Gulliksson
Valea
Zacco
Trade Mark Contentious
Sandart & Partners
Setterwalls
Vinge
Westerberg & Partners
Trade Mark Prosecution
AWA
Brann
Groth & Co
Valea
Zacco
Copyright
Bird & Bird
Mannheimer Swartling
Sandart & Partners
Time Danowsky
Vinge
Westerberg & Partners
SWITZERLAND
Patent Contentious
Homburger
IPrime Rentsch Kaelin
Lenz & Staehelin
Meyerlustenberger Lachenal
Rentsch Partner
Times Attorneys
Patent Prosecution
Bovard
E Blum & Co
Hepp Wenger Ryffel
SBMP (Schaad Balass Menzl & Partner)
Schneider Feldmann
Trade Mark
FMP Fuhrer Marbach & Partners
Lenz & Staehelin
Meyerlustenberger Lachenal
Troller Hitz Troller
Walder Wyss
Weinmann Zimmerli
Wild Schnyder
IP Transactions
Bär & Karrer
Homburger
Lenz & Staehelin
Meyerlustenberger Lachenal
Niederer Kraft Frey
Pestalozzi
Schellenberg Wittmer
TURKEY
Patent
Ankara Patent Bureau
Deris
Gün + Partners
Kenaroğlu
NSN Law Firm
Stock Industrial Property Services
Trade Mark
Deris
Gün + Partners
Kenaroğlu
Moroğlu Arseven
NSN Law Firm
Suluk Intellectual Property Law Firm
Copyright & Design
Deris
Gün + Partners
Kenaroğlu
Moroğlu Arseven
NSN Law Firm
Suluk Intellectual Property Law Firm
UKRAINE
Firm of the Year
Aequo
Arzinger
Asters
Doubinsky & Osharova
Gorodissky & Partners
Mikhailyuk Sorokolat & Partners
Pakharenko & Partners
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Contentious
Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property
Al Tamimi & Company
Clyde & Co
Rouse
Prosecution
Abu Ghazaleh Intellectual Property
Al Tamimi & Company
Clyde & Co
Gowling WLG
Rouse
Saba IP
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND & WALES)
Patent Contentious (Law Firms)
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Bristows
Hogan Lovells
Pinsent Masons
Powell Gilbert
Taylor Wessing
Patent Contentious (Patent & Trade Mark Attorney Firms)
Carpmaels & Ransford
D Young & Co
EIP
Haseltine Lake Kempner
HGF
Marks & Clerk Law
Potter Clarkson
Patent Prosecution
Boult Wade Tennant
Carpmaels & Ransford
D Young & Co
Elkington + Fife
J A Kemp
Kilburn & Strode
Mathys & Squire
Mewburn Ellis
Trade Mark Contentious (Law Firms)
Bristows
Fieldfisher
Gowling WLG
Mishcon de Reya
Taylor Wessing
Wiggin
Trade Mark Contentious (Patent & Trade Mark Attorney Firms)
Appleyard Lees
D Young & Co
Haseltine Lake Kempner
HGF
Potter Clarkson
Stobbs IP
Venner Shipley
Trade Mark Prosecution (Patent & Trade Mark Attorney Firms)
Barker Brettell
Boult Wade Tennant
D Young & Co
Kilburn & Strode
Potter Clarkson
Stobbs IP
Copyright
Bird & Bird
Fieldfisher
Kemp Little
Keystone Law
Lee & Thompson
Wiggin
Design
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
D Young & Co
Fieldfisher
Gowling WLG
Powell Gilbert
Waterfront Solicitors
IP Transactions
Allen & Overy
Bristows
Clifford Chance
Covington & Burling
Gowling WLG
Linklaters
Simmons & Simmons
Slaughter and May
IP Set
11 South Square
8 New Square
Blackstone Chambers
Hogarth Chambers
Three New Square
Senior IP Barrister of the Year
Adrian Speck QC
Andrew Waugh QC
Charlotte May QC
Daniel Alexander QC
Lindsay Lane QC
Simon Malynicz QC
Thomas Mitcheson QC
Junior IP Barrister of the Year
Ashton Chantrielle
Isabel Jamal
Jaani Riordan
Jonathan Moss
Stuart Baran
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Contentious
Brodies
Burness Paull
MacRoberts
Pinsent Masons
Shepherd and Wedderburn
Thorntons Law
Prosecution
HGF
Lincoln IP
Marks & Clerk
Murgitroyd
IP Transactions
Brodies
Burness Paull
CMS
Dentons
Pinsent Masons
Practitioner of the Year
Marjan Noor, Allen & Overy
Myles Jelf, Bristows
Colin Hulme, Burness Paull
Gary Moss, EIP
Richard Cooke, Elkington + Fife
Patrick Duxbury, Gowling WLG
David Rose, Mishcon de Reya
Charlotte Weekes, Pinsent Masons
Zoë Butler, Powell Gilbert
Rachel Alexander, Wiggin
REGIONAL AWARDS
AFRICA
Firm of the Year
Adams & Adams
Bowmans (Coulson Harney)
ENSafrica
Jackson Etti & Edu
Spoor & Fisher
MIDDLE EAST
Firm of the Year
Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property
Al Tamimi & Company
Cedar White Bradley
Rouse
Saba IP
SMAS-IP
EUROPE
Patent Contentious
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Pinsent Masons
Taylor Wessing
Patent Prosecution
Carpmaels & Ransford
df-mp
Elkington + Fife
Grünecker
Hepp Wenger Ryffel
Hoffmann Eitle
NLO
Vossius & Partner
Trade Mark Contentious
Bird & Bird
Curell Suñol
Fieldfisher
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Taylor Wessing
Design
DLA Piper
Garrigues
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
IP Consulting
Modiano & Partners
BALTIC
Firm of the Year
AAA Legal Services
Cobalt
Ellex Raidla
Metida
Petošević
Triniti
Zivko Mijatovic & Partners
BENELUX
Trade Mark (Patent & Trade Mark Attorney Firms)
Chiever
Gevers
Kirkpatrick
Knijff
NLO Shieldmark
VO
Trade Mark (Law Firms)
Altius
Bird & Bird
Brinkhof
Hofhuis Alkema Groen
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
NautaDutilh
Van Innis & Delarue
SCANDINAVIA
Firm of the Year
AWA
Groth & Co
Plougmann Vingtoft
Roschier
Schjødt
Zacco
GLOBAL
Firm of the Year
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
DLA Piper
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Hogan Lovells
Jones Day
Norton Rose Fulbright
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
SPECIAL AWARDS
Europe In-House Team of the Year (Patent)
AbbVie
Apple
Daimler
Ericsson
Huawei Technologies
IPCom
Nokia
Novartis
Qualcomm
Philips
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries
Unwired Planet
Europe In-House Team of the Year (Trade Mark)
Coty
Ferrero
Inditex
Liverpool Football Club
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton
Mondelēz International
Nestlé
Nike
Sky
SkyKick
The Scotch Whisky Association
Unilever
Research methodology
The Managing IP awards programme is the most comprehensive and widely respected IP law firm awards event in the world. Now in its 15th year, the programme covers a broad range of IP practice areas and more than 30 jurisdictions. Read about the practice areas at ipstars.com.
The research is primarily conducted by the IP STARS team. Each year our research analysts obtain information from thousands of firms, IP practitioners and their clients through interviews, email and online surveys.
Before compiling the shortlists, our researchers evaluated the work data supplied by firms and, where applicable, reviewed publicly-available information such as court and IP office records. They focused on work done or concluded in 2019, particularly looking for case studies that were of great significance to clients and/or IP law and practice. Firms or individuals can also be shortlisted based on our independent research findings.
The research for the IP STARS rankings and the Managing IP awards is rigorous and impartial. There is no fee to pay to participate in our research, and no firm or individual can pay to influence the results. The awards are not influenced by any commercial relationship with Managing IP or rankings in IP STARS. Any firm, regardless of its ranking in IP STARS, can win any of our awards. Furthermore, the Managing IP awards programme is distinct and separate from any other awards programme organised by Euromoney's Legal Media Group (LMG).
If you have any questions about the shortlists or research please contact the research editor Kingsley Egbuonu.
The history of the awards
Managing IP launched its awards programme in 2006. The ceremony that year was attended by more than 130 guests including the late Sir Hugh Laddie, who received a lifetime achievement award at the ceremony.
We used to host a merged awards ceremony (excluding North America) in London and a separate ceremony in Washington DC for firms based in North America, but that changed two years ago. In 2018, our North America Awards expanded to include South America and the ceremony moved to New York City; the awards ceremony in London (formerly known as the Global IP Awards) became the EMEA Awards; and we launched a new Asia-Pacific Awards in Hong Kong.
The Managing IP awards ceremonies attract guests and prominent figures in the IP industry from around the world, and it is regarded as the premier IP law firm awards event in the legal industry calendar. In total, more than 600 guests attended our awards in 2019.
