The Managing IP Awards programme recognises remarkable IP achievements and developments in the last year. Now in its 17th year, the awards cover several intellectual property practice areas and more than 50 jurisdictions.
The 2022 programme is now underway, starting with the Americas Awards ceremony on April 7. Please see the awards timeline and 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 announcing the winners online because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We will reveal all the winners, including Impact Case winners, on June 1. Register here to receive updates about the winners announcement.
Our business development manager, Matthew Siu, will contact the shortlisted firms and individuals to offer them the opportunity to share their achievements and experiences.
Congratulations to all the shortlisted firms, companies and individuals.
2022 programme timeline
April 7: Americas Awards winners announcement (Lotte New York Palace Hotel)
April 27: EMEA Awards shortlists announcement
June 1: Asia-Pacific Awards winners announcement (online)
June 15: EMEA Awards winners announcement (Royal Lancaster London)
JURISDICTIONAL CATEGORIES
AUSTRALIA
Patent Contentious (Law Firms)
Ashurst
Clayton Utz
DLA Piper
Gilbert + Tobin
Herbert Smith Freehills
King & Wood Mallesons
MinterEllison
Patent Contentious (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Davies Collison Cave
Griffith Hack
Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick
Spruson & Ferguson
Patent Prosecution
Davies Collison Cave
FB Rice
FPA Patent Attorneys
Griffith Hack
Halfords IP
Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick
Spruson & Ferguson
Trademark (Law Firms)
Addisons
Ashurst
Clayton Utz
DLA Piper
Gilbert + Tobin
King & Wood Mallesons
Trademark (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Davies Collison Cave
FB Rice
Griffith Hack
Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick
Spruson & Ferguson
Copyright & Design
Ashurst
Baker McKenzie
Banki Haddock Fiora
Clayton Utz
Gilbert + Tobin
MinterEllison
IP Transactions & Advisory
Ashurst
Baker McKenzie
Clayton Utz
DLA Piper
Gilbert + Tobin
King & Wood Mallesons
CHINA
Patent Contentious
Fangda Partners
King & Wood Mallesons
Lifang & Partners
Unitalen Attorneys at Law
Wanhuida Intellectual Property
Patent Prosecution
CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office
China Patent Agent (HK)
King & Wood Mallesons
NTD Intellectual Property Attorneys
Unitalen Attorneys at Law
Wanhuida Intellectual Property
Trademark Contentious
Fangda Partners
JunHe
King & Wood Mallesons
Wanhuida Intellectual Property
Zhong Lun Law Firm
Trademark Prosecution
CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office
Kangxin Partners
King & Wood Mallesons
Wanhuida Intellectual Property
Copyright
Fangda Partners
Fenxun Partners
King & Wood Mallesons
Lifang & Partners
Foreign Firm of the Year
AWA
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
DLA Piper
Hogan Lovells
Rouse
SIPS
Hong Kong SAR
Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Deacons
Ellalan
Hogan Lovells
Robin Bridge & John Liu
Wilkinson & Grist
INDIA
Patent Contentious
Anand and Anand
K & S Partners
LexOrbis
S Majumdar & Co
Patent Prosecution
Anand and Anand
Chadha & Chadha
K & S Partners
Kan & Krishme
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan
Rahul Chaudhry & Partners
RK Dewan & Co
Trademark Contentious
Anand and Anand
AZB & Partners
Fidus Law Chambers
K & S Partners
Khaitan & Co
RK Dewan & Co
RNA
Trademark Prosecution
Anand and Anand
K & S Partners
LexOrbis
RK Dewan & Co
RNA
Copyright
Anand and Anand
Beruar & Beruar
Khaitan & Co
Mason & Associates
Rahul Chaudhry & Partners
IP Transactions & Advisory
Anand and Anand
AZB & Partners
IndusLaw
Khaitan & Co
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan
INDONESIA
Firm of the Year
Hadiputranto Hadinoto & Partners
Januar Jahja & Partners
Rouse (in association with Suryomurcito & Co)
Tilleke & Gibbins
JAPAN
Patent Contentious
Abe Ikubo & Katayama
Anderson Mori & Tomotsune
Nakamura & Partners
TMI Associates
Yuasa and Hara
Patent Prosecution
Aoyama & Partners
Sugimura & Partners
TMI Associates
Yuasa and Hara
Trademark
Aoyama & Partners
Kubota
Sugimura & Partners
TMI Associates
Foreign Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Hogan Lovells
Paul Hastings
MALAYSIA
Contentious
Chooi & Company + Cheang & Ariff
Shearn Delamore & Co
Skrine
Tay & Partners
Wong & Partners (Baker McKenzie)
Prosecution
KASS International
Marks & Clerk
Shearn Delamore & Co
Wong & Partners (Baker McKenzie)
Zaid Ibrahim & Co
NEW ZEALAND
Firm of the Year
AJ Park
Buddle Findlay
Chapman Tripp
Dentons Kensington Swan
James & Wells
MinterEllisonRuddWatts
Simpson Grierson
THE PHILIPPINES
Firm of the Year
Baranda & Associates
Cruz Marcelo & Tenefrancia
Quisumbing Torres
Sapalo Velez Bundang & Bulilan
SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
SINGAPORE
Patent Contentious
Allen & Gledhill
Amica Law
Bird & Bird ATMD
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson
Drew & Napier
Shook Lin & Bok
Patent Prosecution
Amica Law
Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
Donaldson & Burkinshaw
Drew & Napier
Marks & Clerk
Trademark Contentious
Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
Bird & Bird ATMD
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson
Drew & Napier
Harry Elias Partnership
Rajah & Tann
Robinson
Trademark Prosecution
Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
Bird & Bird ATMD
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson
Donaldson & Burkinshaw
Drew & Napier
Gateway Law Corporation
Mirandah Asia
Copyright & Design
Allen & Gledhill
Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
Bird & Bird ATMD
Drew & Napier
Rajah & Tann
WongPartnership
IP Transactions & Advisory
Baker McKenzie Wong & Leow
Bird & Bird ATMD
Dentons Rodyk & Davidson
Rajah & Tann
WongPartnership
IP Boutique
Amica Law
Francine Tan Law Corporation
Gateway Law Corporation
Marks & Clerk
Mirandah Asia/Mirandah Law
Robinson
SOUTH KOREA
Patent Contentious
Bae Kim & Lee
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Shin & Kim
Yoon & Yang
Yulchon
Patent Prosecution
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Lee International IP & Law
NAM & NAM
Trademark
Bae Kim & Lee
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Lee International IP & Law
Yoon & Yang
Copyright & Design
Bae Kim & Lee
Cho & Partners
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Shin & Kim
Yulchon
IP Transactions & Advisory
Bae Kim & Lee
Cho & Partners
Kim & Chang
Lee & Ko
Yulchon
TAIWAN
Firm of the Year
Asian Pacific Int’l Patent & Trademark Office
Lee and Li Attorneys-at-Law
Saint Island International Patent & Law Offices
Tai E International Patent & Law Office
Top Team International Patent & Trademark Office
Tsar & Tsai Law Firm
THAILAND
Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Rouse
Satyapon & Partners
Tilleke & Gibbins
VIETNAM
Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
D&N International
Rouse
Tilleke & Gibbins
Vison & Associates
REGIONAL CATEGORIES
Trans-Tasman IP Firm of the Year
AJ Park
Davies Collison Cave
FB Rice
Griffith Hack
James & Wells
Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick
Asia-Pacific IP Boutique of the Year
Amica Law
Davies Collison Cave
Deacons
Januar Jahja & Partners
K & S Partners
Kubota
Lee International IP & Law
Wanhuida Intellectual Property
Asia-Pacific Law Firm of the Year
Drew & Napier
Fangda Partners
Kim & Chang
King & Wood Mallesons
Tilleke & Gibbins
TMI Associates
Asia-Pacific Foreign Law Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
DLA Piper
Hogan Lovells
Rouse
Asia-Pacific IP Practitioner of the Year
Archana Shanker, Anand and Anand
Stuart D’Aloisio, Ashurst
Charmaine Koo, Deacons
Yvonne Tang, Drew & Napier
Alexandra Pu Yang, Fangda Partners
Prudence Jahja, Januar Jahja & Partners
Maohua Wang, King & Wood Mallesons
Un Ho Kim, Lee & Ko
Gloria Lu, Lee and Li Attorneys at Law
Indran Shanmuganathan, Shearn Delamore & Co
Sukontip Jitmongkolthong, Tilleke & Gibbins
Yoshiyuki Inaba, TMI Associates
IN-HOUSE CATEGORIES
In-house IP Team of the Year
Alibaba
CSIRO
Huawei Technologies
Lenovo
LG Electronics
Mitsubishi Electric
Samsung Electronics
Sony
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
Tata Group
Tencent
Toyota Motor Corporation
In-house IP Leader of the Year
J Benjamin Bai, Ant Group
Lynn Wu, ByteDance
Liz Eadie, CSIRO
Alan Fan, Huawei
Hwi-Jae (Jay) Cho, LG Electronics
Adler Feng, Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications
Michael Pinczuk, ResMed
Billie Chen, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company
Brent Irvin, Tencent
Robin Smith, The LEGO Group
Research methodology
The Managing IP Awards programme is the most comprehensive and widely respected IP law firm awards event in the legal industry. Now in its 17th year, the programme covers several IP practice areas and more than 50 jurisdictions. Read about the practice areas and award categories here.
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 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 pay to influence the results. Any firm, regardless of its ranking in IP STARS, can win the Managing IP 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.
Please contact Kingsley Egbuonu if you have any questions about the Managing IP Awards.
History of the Managing IP Awards
Managing IP launched its awards programme in 2006. The ceremonies attract hundreds of guests, including in-house counsel and prominent public officials in the IP industry. It is widely 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.
The Managing IP Awards programme has evolved and grown over the years. We now host regional ceremonies instead of a global ceremony in London, and the research covers more than seven practice areas and over 50 jurisdictions.
See all the previous winners here.
