The Managing IP Awards programme recognises remarkable achievements and developments in the last year. Please see the research methodology below.
The traditional format of the programme is to publish the shortlists online and then reveal the winners at a special gala dinner. This year, we are hosting virtual ceremonies because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We will announce the winners of the EMEA Awards on March 30 (4 p.m. UK time). Click here to register/watch the event.
Our EMEA business development manager Nick Heath will contact all the shortlisted firms and individuals to offer them the opportunity to share their achievements and experiences.
2021 programme timeline
February 24: Americas Awards shortlist published
March 30: EMEA Awards event and winners announcement (virtual event)
April 7: Americas Awards event and winners announcement (virtual event)
May 6: Asia-Pacific shortlist published
June 17: Asia-Pacific Awards event and winners announcement (virtual event)
To find out who won our EMEA Awards last year, see here; the Americas Awards winners are here, and the Asia-Pacific Awards winners here.
Congratulations to all the firms and individuals shortlisted this year.
NATIONAL AWARDS
AUSTRIA
Patent Contentious
ABP Anwälte Burger & Partner
Gassauer-Fleissner
Geistwert
Schoenherr
Schwarz Schönherr
Trademark Contentious
Dorda
Gassauer-Fleissner
Geistwert
Schoenherr
Schwarz Schönherr
Taylor Wessing
Patent Prosecution
ABP Anwälte Burger & Partner
Puchberger & Partner
Schwarz & Partner
Sonn & Partner
Trademark Prosecution
Baker McKenzie
Puchberger & Partner
Schoenherr
Schwarz Schönherr
Sonn & Partner
Copyright
Dorda
Gassauer-Fleissner
Geistwert
Schoenherr
Schwarz Schönherr
Taylor Wessing
BELGIUM
Patent Contentious
ALTIUS
Bird & Bird
Crowell & Moring
Fieldfisher
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Simont Braun
Stibbe
Trademark Contentious
Bird & Bird
Crowell & Moring
NautaDutilh
Simont Braun
Stibbe
Van Innis & Delarue
Prosecution
Arnold & Siedsma
AWA
Calysta
De Clercq & Partners
Gevers
VO
Copyright & Design
& De Bandt
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Simont Braun
Van Innis & Delarue
DENMARK
Patent Contentious
Bech‑Bruun
Gorrissen Federspiel
Kromann Reumert
Plesner
Trademark Contentious
AWA
Bech‑Bruun
Bugge Valentin
Gorrissen Federspiel
Kromann Reumert
Lundgrens
Njord Law Firm
Plesner
Patent Prosecution
Aera
AWA
Guardian IP Consulting
Inspicos
Plougmann Vingtoft
Zacco
Trademark Prosecution
AWA
Lundgrens
Plougmann Vingtoft
Zacco
Copyright & Design
Bech‑Bruun
Gorrissen Federspiel
Lundgrens
Njord Law Firm
Plesner
FINLAND
Patent Contentious
Backström & Co
Bird & Bird
Borenius
Castrén & Snellman
Roschier
Trademark Contentious
Borenius
Castrén & Snellman
Eversheds Sutherland
Hannes Snellman
Properta Attorneys
Roschier
Patent Prosecution
Berggren
Boco IP
Heinonen & Co
Kolster
Laine IP
Papula-Nevinpat
Trademark Prosecution
Berggren
Boco IP
Heinonen & Co
Kolster
Properta Attorneys
Roschier
Copyright & Design
Borenius
Castrén & Snellman
Dottir Attorneys
Eversheds Sutherland
Hannes Snellman
Krogerus
Roschier
FRANCE
Patent Contentious
Allen & Overy
August Debouzy
Bardehle Pagenberg
Bird & Bird
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier Véron
Schertenleib Avocats
Trademark Contentious
Altana
Armengaud Guerlain
Candé Blanchard Ducamp
Duclos Thorne Mollet-Viéville & Associés (DTMV)
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier Véron
Laude Esquier Champey
Patent Prosecution
Casalonga
Germain & Maureau
Plasseraud IP
Regimbeau
Santarelli
Trademark Prosecution (Law Firms)
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Fieldfisher
Hogan Lovells
Simmons & Simmons
Taylor Wessing
Trademark Prosecution (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Casalonga
Lavoix
Novagraaf
Plasseraud IP
Santarelli
Copyright & Design
Baker McKenzie
Duclos Thorne Mollet-Viéville & Associés (DTMV)
Hollier-Larousse & Associés
Laude Esquier Champey
Simmons & Simmons
Taylor Wessing
Vercken & Gaullier
Practitioner of the Year
Laëtitia Bénard, Allen & Overy
Catherine Mateu, Armengaud Guerlain
François Pochart, August Debouzy
Julien Fréneaux, Bardehle Pagenberg
Anne-Charlotte Le-Bihan, Bird & Bird
Karina Dimidjian-Lecomte, Casalonga
Stanislas Roux-Vaillard, Hogan Lovells
Sophie Havard Duclos, Laude Esquier Champey
Sabine Agé, Hoyng Rokh Monegier Véron
Carol Almond-Martin, Plasseraud IP
Denis Schertenleib, Schertenleib Avocats
Dariusz Szleper, Szleper Henry 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 & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Bardehle Pagenberg
Cohausz & Florack
df-mp (Dörries Frank-Molnia & Pohlman)
Eisenführ Speiser
Hoffmann Eitle
Maiwald
Vossius & Partner
Patent Prosecution
Grünecker
Hoffmann Eitle
König Szynka Tilmann von Renesse
Maiwald
Vossius & Partner
ZSP (Zwicker Schnappauf & Partner)
Trademark (Law Firms)
Bird & Bird
CMS
Harmsen Utescher
Harte-Bavendamm
Hogan Lovells
Lubberger Lehment
Rospatt Osten Pross
Taylor Wessing
Trademark (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Bardehle Pagenberg
Boehmert & Boehmert
Eisenführ Speiser
Grünecker
Hoffmann Eitle
Maiwald
Vossius & Partner
Copyright & Design
Bird & Bird
Boehmert & Boehmert
Noerr
SKW Schwarz
Taylor Wessing
Practitioner of the Year
Cordula Schumacher, Arnold Ruess
Alexander von Mühlendahl, Bardehle Pagenberg
H Ulrich Dörries, df-mp (Dörries Frank-Molnia & Pohlman)
Désirée Heintz, Eisenführ Speiser
Matthias Wolter, Harmsen Utescher
Andreas von Falck, Hogan Lovells
Olga Bezzubova, Jones Day
Gregor König, König Szynka Tilmann von Renesse
Marcus Grosch, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Rüdiger Pansch, Rospatt Osten Pross
Christian Lederer, Taylor Wessing
Hans-Rainer Jaenichen, Vossius & Partner
HUNGARY
Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Danubia
Oppenheim
SBGK
IRELAND
Patent Contentious
A & L Goodbody
Mason Hayes & Curran
McCann FitzGerald
Pinsent Masons
Whitney Moore
William Fry
Trademark Contentious
Acuatus
DFMG Solicitors
Mason Hayes & Curran
McCann FitzGerald
William Fry
Whitney Moore
Prosecution
FRKelly
Hanna Moore + Curley
PurdyLucey
Tomkins
Copyright & Design
A&L Goodbody
Mason Hayes & Curran
McCann FitzGerald
William Fry
ISRAEL
Patent Contentious
Adi Levit
Gilat Bareket & Co (Reinhold Cohn Group)
Liad Whatstein & Co
Luthi + Webb
S Horowitz & Co
Trademark Contentious
Dr Shlomo Cohen & Co
Gilat Bareket & Co (Reinhold Cohn Group)
Liad Whatstein & Co
Luthi + Webb
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
S Horowitz & Co
Patent Prosecution
Ehrlich Group
Luthi + Webb
Luzzatto & Luzzatto
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
Reinhold Cohn & Partners
Trademark Prosecution
Ehrlich Group
Luzzatto & Luzzatto
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
Reinhold Cohn & Partners
Seligsohn Gabrieli & Co
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
Franzosi Dal Negro Setti
Hogan Lovells
IP Law Galli
Jacobacci & Associati
Trevisan & Cuonzo
Trademark Contentious
Bird & Bird
DLA Piper
IP Law Galli
Jacobacci & Associati
Nctm
Spheriens
Trevisan & Cuonzo
Patent Prosecution
GLP
Jacobacci & Partners
Modiano & Partners
Società Italiana Brevetti (SIB)
Studio Torta
Trademark Prosecution
Bird & Bird
GLP
Hogan Lovells
Jacobacci & Partners
Società Italiana Brevetti (SIB)
Spheriens
Copyright & Design
Bird & Bird
DLA Piper
Franzosi Dal Negro Setti
LGV Avvocati
Spheriens
Trevisan & Cuonzo
THE NETHERLANDS
Patent Contentious
Bird & Bird
Brinkhof
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Simmons & Simmons
Taylor Wessing
Trademark Contentious
Bird & Bird
Brinkhof
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Houthoff
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Kennedy Van der Laan
Leeway
NautaDutilh
Patent Prosecution
Arnold & Siedsma
De Vries & Metman
NLO
VO
Trademark Prosecution
Chiever
HGF
Leeway
NLO Shieldmark
Novagraaf
Turnstone
Copyright & Design
Brinkhof
DLA Piper
Houthoff
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Kennedy Van der Laan
KLOS
Visser Schaap & Kreijger
IP Transactions
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
DLA Piper
NautaDutilh
NIGERIA
Firm of the Year
Adepetun Caxton Martins Agbor & Segun (ACAS LAW)
ǼLEX
Banwo & Ighodalo
Jackson Etti & Edu
O Kayode & Co
NORWAY
Patent Contentious
BAHR
Gjessing Reimers
Haavind
Kvale
Schjødt
Thommessen
Trademark Contentious
Gjessing Reimers
Haavind
Kvale
Schjødt
Thommessen
Prosecution
Acapo
Bryn Aarflot
Håmsø Patentbyrå
Onsagers
Protector IP
Zacco
Copyright & Design
Gjessing Reimers
Haavind
Hjort
Kvale
Schjødt
Thommessen
POLAND
Advisory & Contentious
Baker McKenzie
JWP
Kondrat & Partners
Kulikowska & Kulikowski
LDS Łazewski Depo & Partners
Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners
Prosecution
Baker McKenzie
JWP
Kondrat & Partners
Kulikowska & Kulikowski
Patpol
Polservice
Copyright & Design
Czyżewscy Law Firm
Dentons
Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka
DWF
LSW Leśnodorski Ślusarek & Partners
PORTUGAL
Advisory & Contentious
Abreu Advogados
Baptista Monteverde & Associados (BMA)
Garrigues
Simões Garcia Corte-Real & Associados
VdA
Prosecution
AG da Cunha Ferreira
Garrigues
RCF Protecting Innovation
Simões Garcia Corte-Real & Associados
ROMANIA
Firm of the Year
Cabinet M Oproiu
Muşat & Asociaţii
Răzvan Dincă & Asociaţii
Simion & Baciu
Zamfirescu Racoți Vasile & Partners
RUSSIA
Patent
A Zalesov & Partners
Baker McKenzie
Gorodissky & Partners
Gowling WLG
Hogan Lovells
Sojuzpatent
Trademark
A Zalesov & Partners
Baker McKenzie
Gorodissky & Partners
Gowling WLG
Hogan Lovells
Sojuzpatent
Copyright & Design
Baker McKenzie
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
Gowling WLG
Hogan Lovells
SOUTH AFRICA
Patent
Adams & Adams
ENSafrica
Smit & Van Wyk
Spoor & Fisher
Von Seidels
Trademark
Adams & Adams
Dentons
ENSafrica
Moore Attorneys
Spoor & Fisher
Von Seidels
SPAIN
Patent Contentious
Bird & Bird
Clifford Chance
Gómez Acebo & Pombo
Grau & Angulo
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Uría Menéndez
Vidal-Quadras & Ramon
Trademark Contentious
Abril Abogados
Bird & Bird
Cuatrecasas
Gómez Acebo & Pombo
Grau & Angulo
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Patent Prosecution
ABG Intellectual Property
Balder
Elzaburu
PONS IP
ZBM Patents & Trademarks
Trademark Prosecution (Law Firms)
Abril Abogados
Cuatrecasas
Garrigues
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Noerr
Trademark Prosecution (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
ABG Intellectual Property
Balder
BomhardIP
Curell Suñol
Elzaburu
PONS IP
Copyright
Cuatrecasas
ECIJA
Garrigues
Gómez Acebo & Pombo
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Uría Menéndez
SWEDEN
Patent Contentious
Gulliksson
Roschier
Sandart & Partners
Setterwalls
Vinge
Westerberg & Partners
Trademark Contentious
AWA
Gulliksson
Sandart & Partners
Vinge
Westerberg & Partners
Zacco
Patent Prosecution
AWA
Kransell & Wennborg
Ström & Gulliksson
Valea
Zacco
Trademark Prosecution
AWA
Groth & Co
Westerberg & Partners
Valea
Zacco
Copyright & Design
Bird & Bird
Gulliksson
Lindahl
Sandart & Partners
Synch
Vinge
Westerberg & Partners
SWITZERLAND
Patent Contentious
BianchiSchwald
Homburger
IPrime Rentsch Kaelin
Kasser Schlosser Avocats
Lenz & Staehelin
Meyerlustenberger Lachenal
Rentsch Partner
Times Attorneys
Trademark Contentious
Baker McKenzie
Homburger
Lenz & Staehelin
Meyerlustenberger Lachenal
Times Attorneys
Wild Schnyder
Patent Prosecution
E Blum & Co
IPrime Rentsch Kaelin
Hepp Wenger Ryffel
Isler & Pedrazzini
Rentsch Partner
Trademark Prosecution
Baker McKenzie
Isler & Pedrazzini
Lenz & Staehelin
Walder Wyss
Weinmann Zimmerli
IP Transactions
Bär & Karrer
Homburger
Lenz & Staehelin
Meyerlustenberger Lachenal
Niederer Kraft Frey
TURKEY
Patent
Deris
Gün + Partners
Istanbul Patent
Kenaroğlu
NSN Law Firm
Trademark
Deris
Gün + Partners
Istanbul Patent
Kenaroğlu
Moroğlu Arseven
NSN Law Firm
Copyright & Design
Deris
Gün + Partners
Kenaroğlu
Moroğlu Arseven
NSN Law Firm
UKRAINE
Firm of the Year
Aequo
Arzinger
Asters
Baker McKenzie
Doubinsky & Osharova
Gorodissky & Partners
Pakharenko & Partners
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Advisory & Contentious
Al Tamimi & Company
Clyde & Co
Gowling WLG
Rouse
Saba IP
Prosecution
Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP)
Al Tamimi & Company
Cedar White Bradley
Gowling WLG
Rouse
Saba IP
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Patent Contentious (Law Firms)
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Bristows
Hogan Lovells
Pinsent Masons
Powell Gilbert
Taylor Wessing
Patent Contentious (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Carpmaels & Ransford
EIP
HGF
Marks & Clerk
Potter Clarkson
Withers & Rogers
Trademark Contentious (Law Firms)
Bird & Bird
Bristows
Fieldfisher
Hogan Lovells
Mishcon de Reya
Taylor Wessing
Wiggin
Trademark Contentious (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Appleyard Lees
D Young & Co
Haseltine Lake Kempner
Potter Clarkson
Stobbs IP
Venner Shipley
Patent Prosecution
Carpmaels & Ransford
D Young & Co
Dehns
Kilburn & Strode
Mathys & Squire
Mewburn Ellis
Potter Clarkson
Venner Shipley
Trademark Prosecution (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Barker Brettell
Boult Wade Tennant
D Young & Co
HGF
Kilburn & Strode
Potter Clarkson
Stobbs IP
Trademark Prosecution (Law Firms)
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Clifford Chance
Fieldfisher
Mishcon de Reya
Wiggin
Copyright
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
DLA Piper
Fieldfisher
Keystone Law
Mishcon de Reya
Wiggin
Design
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Brandsmiths
CMS
Fieldfisher
Gowling WLG
RPC
IP Transactions
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Bristows
Gowling WLG
Linklaters
Reed Smith
Simmons & Simmons
Taylor Wessing
IP Set
11 South Square
8 New Square
Blackstone Chambers
Hogarth Chambers
Three New Square
Senior IP Barrister of the Year
James Abrahams QC
Daniel Alexander QC
Nicholas Caddick QC
Charlotte May QC
Simon Malynicz QC
Thomas Mitcheson QC
Iain Purvis QC
Adrian Speck QC
Junior IP Barrister of the Year
Stuart Baran
Ashton Chantrielle
Edward Cronan
Isabel Jamal
Jaani Riordan
Jonathan Moss
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Contentious
Brodies
Burness Paull
CMS
Harper Macleod
Pinsent Masons
Prosecution
HGF
Lawrie IP
Lincoln IP
Marks & Clerk
Murgitroyd
IP Transactions
Brodies
Burness Paull
CMS
Dentons
Pinsent Masons
Practitioner of the Year
Peter Brownlow, Bird & Bird
Aaron Wood, Blaser Mills Law
Myles Jelf, Bristows
Colin Hulme, Burness Paull
Gary Moss, EIP
Patrick Duxbury, Gowling WLG
Stephen Bennett, Hogan Lovells
David Rose, Mishcon de Reya
Arty Rajendra, Osborne Clarke
Penny Gilbert, Powell Gilbert
Nigel Stoate, Taylor Wessing
Rachel Alexander, Wiggin
REGIONAL AWARDS
AFRICA
Firm of the Year
Adams & Adams
Bowmans (Coulson Harney)
ENSafrica
Jackson Etti & Edu
Spoor & Fisher
Von Seidels
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
Firm of the Year
Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property (AGIP)
Al Tamimi & Company
Cedar White Bradley
Saba IP
EUROPE
Patent Contentious
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
EIP
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Taylor Wessing
SPC/Patent Prosecution
Carpmaels & Ransford
Gill Jennings & Every
Grünecker
Hoffmann Eitle
Maiwald
Potter Clarkson
Regimbeau
Vossius & Partner
Trademark
Baker McKenzie
Bardehle Pagenberg
Bird & Bird
Boehmert & Boehmert
Fieldfisher
Hogan Lovells
Potter Clarkson
Taylor Wessing
Copyright & Design
Bird & Bird
CMS
DLA Piper
Garrigues
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Taylor Wessing
BALTIC
Firm of the Year
AAA Legal Services
Cobalt
Ellex
Petošević
Triniti
BENELUX
Trademark
Bird & Bird
Brinkhof
Chiever
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
NautaDutilh
NLO Shieldmark
Novagraaf
Taylor Wessing
SCANDINAVIA
Firm of the Year
AWA
Groth & Co
Plougmann Vingtoft
Roschier
Zacco
SPECIAL AWARDS
Europe Cross-border Patent Litigation Team of the Year (revealed on March 30)
Europe In-House Team of the Year (Patent)
BioNTech
Eli Lilly and Company
GlaxoSmithKline
Kymab
Nokia
Oxford University/Oxford University Innovation
Sanofi
Sisvel
The Procter & Gamble Company
Unwired Planet
Vodafone
Europe In-House Team of the Year (Trademark) - in association with INCOPRO
Amazon
Anheuser-Busch InBev
LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton
Mondelēz International
Nestlé
Reckitt Benckiser
Sky
Syndicat interprofessionnel de défense du fromage Morbier
The Scotch Whisky Association
Unilever
IMPACT CASES (revealed on March 30)
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 16th year, the programme covers a broad range of IP practice areas and more than 30 jurisdictions. Read about the practice areas at ipstars.com.
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 the previous year, 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 the researcher's independent research findings.
The research for the IP STARS rankings and the Managing IP Awards programme is rigorous and impartial. There is no fee to pay to participate in our research, but participation does not guarantee recognition. The awards are not influenced by any commercial relationship with Managing IP, and no firm or individual can pay to influence the results. Any firm, regardless of its ranking in IP STARS, can win an MIP award.
The Managing IP Awards programme is distinct and separate from any other legal industry awards programmes organised by Euromoney and promoted on our website.
If you have any questions about the MIP Awards programme please contact Kingsley Egbuonu.
History of the MIP Awards
Managing IP launched its awards programme in 2006. The ceremony attracts hundreds of guests from private practice and in-house as well as prominent figures in the IP industry. It is regarded as the premier IP law firm awards event in the legal industry. In total, more than 1,000 guests attended the ceremonies in 2019 and 2020.
