The winners will be recognised at a ceremony at The Dorchester in London on March 15.
In addition to the national and pan-European categories, this year there are two new awards for firm to watch and global firm of the year.
Awards will also be made for outstanding work by an in-house team and to two individuals in recognition of achievements during their career.
For more information on the awards, and how to book a table, email Managing IP’s Ali Jawad or your usual Managing IP contact.
The shortlists are compiled by our team of researchers in London, New York and Hong Kong based on information obtained over the past five months.
Managing IP’s North America Awards, covering the United States and Canada, will be held on March 27 in Washington DC. Shortlists will be announced next week.
Global Awards 2012 shortlists
Argentina
G Breuer
Marval O’Farrell & Mairal
Sena & Berton Moreno
Australia Prosecution
Davies Collison Cave
Griffith Hack
Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick
Spruson & Ferguson
Australia Contentious
Allens Arthur Robinson
Banki Haddock Fiora
Blake Dawson
Corrs Chambers Westgarth
Mallesons Stephen Jaques
Austria
Gassauer-Fleissner
Schwarz & Partner
Sonn & Partner
Wiltschek
Belgium Contentious
Allen & Overy
Altius
Bird & Bird
Hoyng Monegier
NautaDutilh
Benelux Trade Mark Prosecution
Gevers
Knijff & Partners
Novagraaf
Vereenigde
Brazil
Dannemann Siemsen Bigler & Ipanema Moreira
Gusmão & Labrunie
Montaury Pimenta Machado e Vieira de Mello
Chile
Alessandri & Compañía
Harnecker Carey
Sargent & Krahn
China Prosecution
CCPIT
China Patent Agent (HK)
China Sinda
Liu Shen & Associates
Unitalen
China Contentious
CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office
China Sinda
King & Wood
Liu Shen & Associates
Zhongzi Law Office
China Foreign Firm
Baker & McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Jones Day
Rouse
Colombia
Baker & McKenzie
Cavelier Abogados
Czech Republic
Baker & McKenzie
Cermak a spol
Patentservis Praha
Rott Ruzicka & Guttmann
Denmark
Awapatent
Gorrissen Federspiel
Horten
Inspicos
Plesner
Finland
Attorneys at law Borenius
Borenius & Co
Juridia
Kolster
Roschier
France Prosecution
Cabinet Beau de Loménie
Cabinet Regimbeau
EGYP
Lavoix
Santarelli
France Contentious
Allen & Overy
August et Debouzy
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Hogan Lovells
Véron & Associés
Germany Prosecution
Grünecker Kinkeldey Stockmair & Schwanhäusser
Harmsen Utescher
Jonas Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft
Samson & Partner
Vossius & Partner
Germany Contentious
Bardehle Pagenberg
Bird & Bird
Hogan Lovells
Boehmert & Boehmert
Reimann Osterrieth Kohler Haft
Hong Kong
Baker & McKenzie
Deacons
Hogan Lovells
Mayer Brown JSM
Wilkinson & Grist
Hungary
Advopatent
Danubia
Gödölle Kékes Mészáros & Szabó
SBG & K Patent and Law Offices
India Prosecution
Anand and Anand
K & S Partners
Remfry & Sagar
India Contentious
Anand and Anand
Lall Lahiri & Salhotra
Remfry & Sagar
Singh & Singh
Indonesia
Biro Oktroi Roosseno
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
Rouse/Suryomurcito & Co
Ireland
A&L Goodbody
Matheson Ormsby Prentice
McCann Fitzgerald
Whitney Moore
William Fry
Israel
Dr Shlomo Cohen & Partners
Gilat Bareket & Co
Luthi & Co
Reinhold Cohn & Partners
S Horowitz & Co
Italy Prosecution
Barzanò & Zanardo
Jacobacci & Partners
Società Italiana Brevetti
Studio Torta
Italy Contentious
Bird & Bird
Studio Legale Galli
Studio Legale Jacobacci Sterpi Francetti Regoli De Haas & Associati
Trevisan & Cuonzo
Japan Prosecution
Aoyama & Partners
Nakamura & Partners
Suzuye & Suzuye
Yuasa & Hara
Japan Contentious
Abe Ikubo & Katayama
Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
Nakamura & Partners
TMI Associates
Malaysia
Shearn Delamore & Co
Shook Lin & Bok
Skrine
Tay & Partners
Mexico Patents
Becerril Coca & Becerril
Olivares & Cia
Uhthoff Gomez Vega & Uhthoff
Mexico Trade Marks
Arochi Marroquín & Lindner
Basham Ringe y Correa
Dumont Bergman Bider & Co.
Olivares & Cia
Uhthoff Gomez Vega & Uhthoff
Mexico Copyright
Jalife Caballero Vázquez & Asociados
Olivares & Cia
Tsuru Morales Isla Abogados
Middle East
Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property
Al Tamimi & Company
Cedar White Bradley
Saba & Co
SMAS-IP (Saud M A Shawwaf Law Office and Abu-Setta & Partners)
The Netherlands Prosecution
De Vries & Metman
Exter Polak & Charlouis
Nederlandsch Octrooibureau
Vereenigde
The Netherlands Contentious
Bird & Bird
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hoyng Monegier
Simmons & Simmons
Norway
Bryn Aarflot
Bugge Arentz-Hansen & Rasmussen
Onsagers
Schjodt
Wikborg Rein
Peru
Barreda Moller
Estudio Colmenares & Asociados
Valencia Law Office
The Philippines
ACCRA Law Offices
Poblador Bautista & Reyes
Romulo Mabanta Buenaventura Sayoc & de los Angeles
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
Poland
Baker & McKenzie
Patpol
Polservice
Soltysinski Kawecki & Szlezak
Wardynski & Partners
Russia
ARS-Patent
Baker & McKenzie
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
Gorodissky & Partners
Scotland
Harrison Goddard Foote
Maclay Murray & Spens
McGrigors
Murgitroyd & Company
Singapore
Allen & Gledhill
Amica Law
ATMD Bird & Bird
Drew & Napier
South Africa
Adams & Adams
ENS
Spoor & Fisher
South Korea Prosecution
Kim & Chang
Lee International IP & Law Group
Lee & Ko / FirstLaw
You Me Patent & Law Firm
YP Lee Mock & Partners
South Korea Contentious
Bae Kim & Lee
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Yulchon
Spain Prosecution
ABG Patentes
Elzaburu
Herrero y Asociados
ZBM Patents and Trademarks
Spain Contentious
Bird & Bird
Clifford Chance
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Hoyng Monegier
Uría Menéndez
Sweden
Awapatent
Bird & Bird
Brann
MAQS
Switzerland
E Blum & Co
Homburger
Lenz & Staehelin
Rentsch & Partner
Taiwan
Formosa Transnational
Lee and Li
Saint Island International Patent & Law Offices
TIPLO
Thailand
Baker & McKenzie
Domnern Somgiat & Boonma
Rouse
Tilleke & Gibbins
Turkey
Ankara Patent Bureau
Deriş Patents & Trademarks Agency
Mehmet Gün & Partners
Stock Industrial Property Services
United Kingdom Patent Prosecution
Boult Wade Tennant
Carpmaels & Ransford
Gill Jennings & Every
Kilburn & Strode
Potter Clarkson
United Kingdom Trade Mark Prosecution
Boult Wade Tennant
D Young & Co
J A Kemp
Marks & Clerk
Wilson Gunn
United Kingdom Patent Contentious
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Bristows
Marks & Clerk Solicitors
Powell Gilbert
United Kingdom Trade Mark contentious
Baker & McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Hogan Lovells
Rouse
Wragge & Co
Vietnam
Baker & McKenzie
Hogan Lovells
Pham & Associates
Tilleke & Gibbins
Vision & Associates
Europe Patent
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Freshfields
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Monegier
Europe Trade Mark
Baker & McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Herbert Smith
Hogan Lovells
Jones Day
Europe Copyright
Baker & McKenzie
Bird & Bird
DLA Piper
Hogan Lovells
Taylor Wessing
Europe Life Sciences
Bird & Bird
Herbert Smith
Hogan Lovells
Simmons & Simmons
Taylor Wessing
Firm to watch (global)
Berken IP (Argentina)
David do Nascimento Advogados Associados (Brazil)
Hoyng Monegier (Europe)
King & Wood Mallesons (Australia/China)
Müggenburg Gorches Peñalosa y Sepúlveda (Mexico)
Global firm of the year
Baker & McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Finnegan
Hogan Lovells
Jones Day
