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. Read our research methodology below to learn more.
We have already revealed the winners of the Americas Awards here and the shortlists for the Asia-Pacific Awards here.
The traditional format of the programme is to publish the shortlists online and then reveal the winners at a special gala dinner. We hosted a virtual EMEA Awards ceremony last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
We are delighted to announce that this year’s ceremony will be hosted at the Royal Lancaster London on June 15.
Our business development manager, Prin Shasiharan, will contact the shortlisted firms and individuals to offer them the opportunity to share their achievements and experiences. Please contact Prin if you require the official awards logo.
Below are the categories and shortlists we can reveal now. Special awards, including impact cases, will be announced at the ceremony. If you have any feedback or suggestions about the shortlists please contact Kingsley Egbuonu.
Congratulations to all the shortlisted firms, companies and individuals.
NATIONAL CATEGORIES
AUSTRIA
Patent Contentious
Gassauer-Fleissner
Geistwert
Schoenherr
Schwarz Schönherr
Trademark Contentious
ABP Anwälte Burger & Partner
Dorda
Gassauer-Fleissner
Geistwert
Schoenherr
Patent Prosecution
ABP Anwälte Burger & Partner
Puchberger & Partner
Schwarz & Partner
SONN
Trademark Prosecution
Dorda
Gassauer-Fleissner
Geistwert
Puchberger & Partner
SONN
Copyright
Dorda
Geistwert
Höhne In der Maur & Partner
Schoenherr
Taylor Wessing
Practitioner of the Year
Clemens Ofner, ABP Anwälte Burger & Partner
Axel Anderl, Dorda
Manuel Wegrostek, Gassauer-Fleissner
Rainer Schultes, Geistwert
Andreas Gehring, Puchberger & Partner
Christian Schumacher, Schoenherr
Harald Nemec, Schwarz & Partner
Rainer Beetz, SONN
BELGIUM
Patent Contentious
ALTIUS
Bird & Bird
Crowell & Moring
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Simont Braun
Stibbe
Trademark Contentious
ALTIUS
Bird & Bird
Crowell & Moring
Fencer
NautaDutilh
Simont Braun
Stibbe
Van Innis & Delarue
Prosecution
Arnold & Siedsma
AWA
Calysta
De Clercq & Partners
Gevers
VO
Copyright & Design
& De Bandt
Allen & Overy
ALTIUS
Bird & Bird
Fencer
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Simont Braun
Van Innis & Delarue
Practitioner of the Year
Olivier Vrins, ALTIUS
Kristof Roox, Crowell & Moring
Kris Pappaert, De Clercq & Partners
Paul Maeyaert, Fencer
Kristof Neefs, Inteo
Tanguy de Haan, NautaDutilh
Flip Petillion, PETILLION
Emmanuel Cornu, Simont Braun
Philippe Campolini, Stibbe
Patricia Cappuyns, Taylor Wessing
Dieter Delarue, Van Innis & Delarue
DENMARK
Patent Contentious
Accura
Bech‑Bruun
Bugge Valentin
Gorrissen Federspiel
Horten
Plesner
Patent Prosecution
Aera
AWA
Guardian IP Consulting
Inspicos
Plougmann Vingtoft
Zacco
Trademark (Law Firms)
Accura
Bugge Valentin
Gorrissen Federspiel
Lundgrens
Njord Law Firm
Plesner
Trademark (Patent and Trademark Attorney Firms)
AWA
Chas Hude
Plougmann Vingtoft
Zacco
Copyright & Design
Accura
Bech‑Bruun
Bugge Valentin
Gorrissen Federspiel
Lundgrens
Plesner
Practitioner of the Year (Law Firms)
Morten Bruus, Accura
Claus Barrett Christiansen, Bech-Bruun
Jens Jakob Bugge, Bugge Valentin
Kenneth Kvistgaard-Aaholm, Gorrissen Federspiel
Jakob Krag Nielsen, Horten
Nina Ringen, Lundgrens
Kasper Frahm, Plesner
Practitioner of the Year (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Anders Sandgaard, Aera
Mikkel Roed Trier, AWA
Holm Schwarze, Guardian IP Consulting
Jakob Pade Frederiksen, Inspicos
Kim Wagner, Plougmann Vingtoft
Thomas Mølsgaard, Zacco
FINLAND
Patent Contentious
Backström & Co
Borenius
Castrén & Snellman
Eversheds Sutherland
Hannes Snellman
Roschier
Trademark Contentious
Bird & Bird
Borenius
Eversheds Sutherland
Hannes Snellman
Properta Attorneys
Roschier
Patent Prosecution
Berggren
Boco IP
Kolster
Laine IP
Trademark Prosecution
Berggren
Boco IP
Castrén & Snellman
Heinonen & Co
Laine IP
Properta Attorneys
Copyright & Design
Borenius
Castrén & Snellman
Eversheds Sutherland
Hannes Snellman
Krogerus
Roschier
FRANCE
Patent Contentious (Law Firms)
Allen & Overy
August Debouzy
Bird & Bird
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Patent Contentious (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Casalonga
Lavoix
Plasseraud IP
Regimbeau
Santarelli
Trademark Contentious (Law Firms)
Armengaud Guerlain
Candé Blanchard Ducamp
Duclos Thorne Mollet-Viéville & Associés (DTMV)
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Trademark Contentious (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Beau de Loménie
Casalonga
Lavoix
Plasseraud IP
Patent Prosecution
Beau de Loménie
Casalonga
Lavoix
Marks & Clerk
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)
Beau de Loménie
Casalonga
Lavoix
Plasseraud IP
Santarelli
Copyright
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Duclos Thorne Mollet-Viéville & Associés (DTMV)
Herbert Smith Freehills
Taylor Wessing
Vercken & Gaullier
Practitioner of the Year (Law Firms)
Laëtitia Bénard, Allen & Overy
Catherine Mateu, Armengaud Guerlain
Grégoire Desrousseaux, August Debouzy
Anne-Charlotte Le-Bihan, Bird & Bird
Nathalie Hadjadj-Cazier, Fieldfisher
Alexandra Neri, Herbert Smith Freehills
Stanislas Roux-Vaillard, Hogan Lovells
Sophie Havard Duclos, Laude Esquier Champey
Sabine Agé, Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Thomas Bouvet, Jones Day
Denis Schertenleib, Schertenleib Avocats
Gilles Vercken, Vercken & Gaullier
Practitioner of the Year (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Michel Abello, abello IP
Julien Fréneaux, Bardehle Pagenberg
François Delumeau, Beau de Loménie
Arnaud Casalonga, Casalonga
Béatrice Holtz, Lavoix
Albert Hassine, Plasseraud IP
Hélène Stankoff, Santarelli
GERMANY
Patent Contentious (Law Firms)
Arnold Ruess
Bird & Bird
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Krieger Mes & Graf von der Groeben
Preu Bohlig & Partner
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Rospatt Osten Pross
Taylor Wessing
Patent Contentious (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Bardehle Pagenberg
Braun-Dullaeus Pannen Emmerling
df-mp (Dörries Frank-Molnia & Pohlman)
Eisenführ Speiser
Hoffmann Eitle
Maikowski & Ninnemann
Vossius & Partner
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff
Patent Prosecution
Boehmert & Boehmert
Cohausz & Florack
Grünecker
Hoffmann Eitle
Maiwald
Meissner Bolte
Vossius & Partner
Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff
Trademark (Law Firms)
Bird & Bird
Harmsen Utescher
Hogan Lovells
Rospatt Osten Pross
Taylor Wessing
Trademark (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Bardehle Pagenberg
Boehmert & Boehmert
Eisenführ Speiser
Grünecker
Hoffmann Eitle
Maiwald
Meissner Bolte
Vossius & Partner
Copyright
Bird & Bird
Noerr
Nordemann
SKW Schwarz
Taylor Wessing
Practitioner of the Year (Law Firms)
Cordula Schumacher, Arnold Ruess
Stefan Völker, Gleiss Lutz
Andreas von Falck, Hogan Lovells
Tobias J Hessel, Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Axel Verhauwen, Krieger Mes & Graf von der Groeben
Roland Kunze, Kunze Rechtsanwälte
Christian Czychowski, Nordemann
Marcus Grosch, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Thomas Musmann, Rospatt Osten Pross
Thomas Lynker, Taliens
Jörg Wimmers, Taylor Wessing
Practitioner of the Year (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Tilman Müller-Stoy, Bardehle Pagenberg
Karl-Ulrich Braun-Dullaeus, Braun-Dullaeus Pannen Emmerling
Sandra Pohlman, df-mp (Dörries Frank-Molnia & Pohlman)
Christof Höhne, EIP
Volkmar Henke, Eisenführ Speiser
Holger Gauss, Grünecker
Joseph Taormino, Hoffmann Eitle
Dirk Bühler, Maiwald
Thure Schubert, Vossius & Partner
Hendrik Wichmann, Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff
HUNGARY
Firm of the year
Bird & Bird
Danubia
Oppenheim
SBGK
Szecskay Attorneys at Law
IRELAND
Patent Contentious
Mason Hayes & Curran
McCann FitzGerald
Pinsent Masons
Whitney Moore
William Fry
Trademark Contentious
A&L Goodbody
Arthur Cox
DFMG Solicitors
Mason Hayes & Curran
Pinsent Masons
Whitney Moore
William Fry
Patent Prosecution
FRKelly
HGF
Keltie
Murgitroyd
PurdyLucey
Tomkins
Trademark Prosecution
DFMG Solicitors
FRKelly
Keltie
Mason Hayes & Curran
Tomkins
Copyright & Design
A&L Goodbody
Acuatus
Mason Hayes & Curran
McCann FitzGerald
William Fry
IP Transactions & Advisory
A&L Goodbody
Arthur Cox
Mason Hayes & Curran
McCann FitzGerald
Practitioner of the Year
John Whelan, A&L Goodbody
Olivia Mullooly, Arthur Cox
Patricia McGovern, DFMG Solicitors
Gerard Kelly, Mason Hayes & Curran
Fiona O’Beirne, McCann FitzGerald
Ann Henry, Pinsent Masons
Barry Purdy, PurdyLucey
Aoife Murphy, Whitney Moore
Laura Scott, William Fry
ISRAEL
Patent Contentious
Gilat Bareket & Co (Reinhold Cohn Group)
Liad Whatstein & Co
Luthi + Webb
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
S Horowitz & Co
Trademark Contentious
Liad Whatstein & Co
Luthi + Webb
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
S Horowitz & Co
Soroker Agmon Nordman
Patent Prosecution
Ehrlich Group
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
Reinhold Cohn & Partners
The Luzzatto Group
Trademark Prosecution
Ehrlich Group
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
Sanford T Colb & Co
Seligsohn Gabrieli & Co
Soroker Agmon Nordman
The Luzzatto Group
IP Transactions & Advisory
Herzog Fox & Neeman
H-F & Co Law Offices
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
S Horowitz & Co
ITALY
Patent Contentious
Bird & Bird
Hogan Lovells
IP Law Galli
Jacobacci & Associati
Martini Manna
Trevisan & Cuonzo
Trademark Contentious
Bird & Bird
Hogan Lovells
IP Law Galli
Jacobacci & Associati
Martini Manna
Spheriens
Trevisan & Cuonzo
Patent Prosecution
Botti & Ferrari
Buzzi Notaro & Antonielli d’Oulx
Bugnion SpA
Jacobacci & Partners
Società Italiana Brevetti (SIB)
Studio Torta
Trademark Prosecution (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Jacobacci & Partners
Racheli
Società Italiana Brevetti (SIB)
Studio Torta
Trademark Prosecution (Law Firms)
Bird & Bird
Hogan Lovells
Spheriens
Trevisan & Cuonzo
Martini Manna
Copyright & Design
Bird & Bird
DLA Piper
Hogan Lovells
Jacobacci & Associati
LGV Avvocati
Martini Manna
Portolano Cavallo
Practitioner of the Year
Giovanni Galimberti, Bird & Bird
Roberto Valenti, DLA Piper
Luigi Mansani, Hogan Lovells
Cesare Galli, IP Law Galli
Simona Lavagnini, LGV Avvocati
Elena Martini, Martini Manna
Lydia Mendola, Portolano Cavallo
Giulio Enrico Sironi, Simmons & Simmons
Mauro Delluniversità, Società Italiana Brevetti (SIB)
Pier Luigi Roncaglia, Spheriens
Raffaella Barbuto, Studio Torta
Gabriel Cuonzo, Trevisan & Cuonzo
THE NETHERLANDS
Patent Contentious
Bird & Bird
Brinkhof
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Taylor Wessing
Trademark Contentious
Bird & Bird
Brinkhof
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Kennedy Van der Laan
Leeway
NautaDutilh
Patent Prosecution
Arnold & Siedsma
De Vries & Metman
NLO
VO
Trademark Prosecution
Arnold & Siedsma
Chiever
HGF
Leeway
NLO Shieldmark
Novagraaf
Copyright
Brinkhof
bureau Brandeis
DLA Piper
Houthoff
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Kennedy Van der Laan
IP Transactions & Advisory
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
DLA Piper
NautaDutilh
Practitioner of the Year (Law Firms)
Armand Killan, Bird & Bird
Koen Bijvank, Brinkhof
Christiaan Alberdingk Thijm, bureau Brandeis
Tobias Cohen Jehoram, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Paul Reeskamp, DLA Piper
Thijs van Aerde, Houthoff
Theo Blomme, Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Michiel Odink, Leeway
Anne Marie Verschuur, NautaDutilh
Practitioner of the Year (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Michiel Rijsdijk, Arnold & Siedsma
Maria-Gemma Huijnen, Chiever
Alexander Hagen, HGF
Hans Hutter, NLO
Herman Witmans, VO
NIGERIA
Firm of the Year
ǼLEX
Aluko & Oyebode
Banwo & Ighodalo
Dentons ACAS-Law
Jackson Etti & Edu
Olaniwun Ajayi
NORWAY
Patent Contentious
BAHR
Gjessing Reimers
Kvale
Schjødt
Thommessen
Trademark (Law Firms)
BAHR
Gjessing Reimers
Haavind
Hjort
Kvale
Schjødt
Thommessen
Trademark (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Acapo
Bryn Aarflot
Håmsø Patentbyrå
Onsagers
Zacco
Patent Prosecution
Acapo
Bryn Aarflot
Håmsø Patentbyrå
Onsagers
Zacco
Copyright
BAHR
Gjessing Reimers
Haavind
Hjort
Schjødt
Thommessen
Wiersholm
Practitioner of the Year
Are Stenvik, BAHR
Kristine Rekdal, Bryn Aarflot
Ida Gjessing, Gjessing Reimers
Vebjørn Krag Iversen, Haavind
Monica Syrdal, Hjort
Ingvild Hanssen-Bauer, Kvale
Thomas Gaarder-Olsen, Onsagers
Sigurd Holter Torp, Schjødt
Camilla Vislie, Thommessen
Rune Opdahl, Wiersholm
POLAND
Advisory & Contentious
CMS
JWP
Patpol
Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak
Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners
Wardyński & Partners
Prosecution
JWP
Kondrat & Partners
Patpol
Polservice
Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners
WTS Patent Attorneys
Copyright & Design
Czyżewscy Law Firm
DWF
LSW Leśnodorski Ślusarek & Partners
Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak
PORTUGAL
Advisory & Contentious
Abreu Advogados
CCA Law Firm
Garrigues
PLMJ
Simões Garcia Corte Real & Associados
VdA
Prosecution
AG da Cunha Ferreira
ClarkeModet
Garrigues
J Pereira da Cruz
RCF Protecting Innovation
Simões Garcia Corte Real & Associados
ROMANIA
Firm of the Year
Muşat & Asociaţii
Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP)
Petošević
Simion & Baciu
Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii
SOUTH AFRICA
Patent
Adams & Adams
ENSafrica
Smit & Van Wyk
Spoor & Fisher
Von Seidels
Trademark
Adams & Adams
Dentons
ENSafrica
Moore Attorneys
Spoor & Fisher
Von Seidels
IP Transactions & Advisory
Adams & Adams
ENSafrica
Spoor & Fisher
Webber Wentzel
SPAIN
Patent Contentious (Law Firms)
Clifford Chance
Garrigues
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Grau & Angulo
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Uría Menéndez
Vidal-Quadras & Ramon
Patent Contentious (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
ABG Intellectual Property
Elzaburu
Herrero & Asociados (H&A)
PONS IP
ZBM Patents & Trademarks
Trademark Contentious
Abril Abogados
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Cuatrecasas
Elzaburu
Garrigues
Grau & Angulo
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Patent Prosecution
ABG Intellectual Property
Balder
Elzaburu
Isern Patentes y Marcas
PONS IP
ZBM Patents & Trademarks
Trademark Prosecution (Law Firms)
Abril Abogados
Baker McKenzie
BomhardIP
Garrigues
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Trademark Prosecution (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Balder
ClarkeModet
Elzaburu
Isern Patentes y Marcas
PONS IP
Copyright
Cuatrecasas
ECIJA
Garrigues
Grau & Angulo
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Uría Menéndez
Practitioner of the Year (Law Firms)
José Miguel Lissén, Bird & Bird
Verena von Bomhard, BomhardIP
Pedro Merino Baylos, Baylos
Josep Montefusco, Clifford Chance
Alejandro Touriño, ECIJA
Carolina Pina Sánchez, Garrigues
Javier Huarte, Grau & Angulo
Jesús Muñoz-Delgado, Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Imogen Fowler, Hogan Lovells
Luis Fernández-Novoa, Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Miguel Vidal-Quadras, Vidal-Quadras & Ramon
Practitioner of the Year (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Juan Arias, ABG Intellectual Property
Óscar García, Balder
Carlos Morán, Elzaburu
Ignacio Temiño Ceniceros, Jacobacci & Abril
Jean Devaureix, PONS IP
Bernabé Zea, ZBM Patents & Trademarks
SWEDEN
Patent Contentious
Gulliksson
Roschier
Sandart & Partners
Vinge
Westerberg & Partners
Trademark Contentious
AWA
Groth & Co
Gulliksson
Lindahl
Sandart & Partners
Vinge
Zacco
Patent Prosecution
AWA
Groth & Co
Kransell & Wennborg
Ström & Gulliksson
Valea
Zacco
Trademark Prosecution (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
AWA
Groth & Co
Valea
Zacco
Trademark Prosecution (Law Firms)
Lindahl
Roschier
Vinge
Westerberg & Partners
Copyright & Design
Bird & Bird
Lindahl
Roschier
Synch
Vinge
Westerberg & Partners
SWITZERLAND
Patent Contentious
Homburger
Lenz & Staehelin
MLL Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep
Pestalozzi
Times Attorneys
Trademark Contentious
Baker McKenzie
Homburger
Lenz & Staehelin
MLL Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep
Walder Wyss
Weinmann Zimmerli
Patent Prosecution
E Blum & Co
Hepp Wenger Ryffel
IPrime Rentsch Kaelin
Isler & Pedrazzini
Rentsch Partner
SBMP (Schaad Balass Menzl & Partner)
Trademark Prosecution
Baker McKenzie
MLL Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep
Rentsch Partner
Walder Wyss
Weinmann Zimmerli
IP Transactions & Advisory
Homburger
Lenz & Staehelin
MLL Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep
Niederer Kraft Frey
Schellenberg Wittmer
TURKEY
Contentious
Deris
Gün + Partners
Kenaroglu
Moroğlu Arseven
NSN Law Firm
Prosecution
Deris
Gün + Partners
Kenaroglu
Moroğlu Arseven
NSN Law Firm
Copyright & Design
Deris
Gün + Partners
Kenaroglu
Moroğlu Arseven
NSN Law Firm
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Advisory & Contentious
Cedar White Bradley
Charles Russell Speechlys
Clyde & Co
Rouse
Prosecution
Cedar White Bradley
Gowling WLG
Hadef & Partners
Rouse
Saba IP
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND)
Patent Contentious (Law Firms)
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Bristows
Gowling WLG
Kirkland & Ellis
Pinsent Masons
Powell Gilbert
WilmerHale
Patent Contentious (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Carpmaels & Ransford
EIP
HGF
Marks & Clerk
Potter Clarkson
Williams Powell
Withers & Rogers
Trademark Contentious (Law Firms)
Bird & Bird
Bristows
Fieldfisher
Gowling WLG
Hogan Lovells
Mishcon de Reya
RPC
Taylor Wessing
Trademark Contentious (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Appleyard Lees
D Young & Co
Haseltine Lake Kempner
HGF
Potter Clarkson
Stobbs IP
Venner Shipley
Patent Prosecution
Carpmaels & Ransford
D Young & Co
Dehns
J A Kemp
Kilburn & Strode
Mewburn Ellis
Potter Clarkson
Venner Shipley
Trademark Prosecution (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Barker Brettell
Boult Wade Tennant
D Young & Co
Haseltine Lake Kempner
HGF
Kilburn & Strode
Potter Clarkson
Stobbs IP
Trademark Prosecution (Law Firms)
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
Bristows
Clifford Chance
CMS
Fieldfisher
Mishcon de Reya
Copyright
Bird & Bird
Bristows
DLA Piper
Fieldfisher
Harbottle & Lewis
Lee & Thompson
Wiggin
Design
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
CMS
Fieldfisher
Gowling WLG
RPC
IP Transactions & Advisory
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Bristows
Clifford Chance
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Gowling WLG
Simmons & Simmons
Taylor Wessing
IP Set
11 South Square
8 New Square
Hogarth Chambers
Three New Square
Senior IP Barrister of the Year
James Abrahams QC
Daniel Alexander QC
Nicholas Caddick QC
Douglas Campbell QC
Lindsay Lane QC
Andrew Lykiardopoulos QC
Charlotte May QC
Thomas Mitcheson QC
Andrew Norris QC
Iain Purvis QC
Adrian Speck QC
Mark Vanhegan QC
Junior IP Barrister of the Year
Tom Alkin
Stuart Baran
Edward Cronan
Anna Edwards-Stuart
Michael Hicks
David Ivison
Isabel Jamal
Jonathan Moss
Kathryn Pickard
Jaani Riordan
Thomas St Quintin
Usman Tariq
IPEC Firm of the Year
Briffa
Brown Rudnick
Browne Jacobson
Lupton Fawcett
McDaniels Law
Shakespeare Martineau
Simons Muirhead & Burton
Stephenson Harwood
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
Contentious
Brodies
Burness Paull
CMS
Pinsent Masons
Prosecution
HGF
Lawrie IP
Lincoln IP
Marks & Clerk
Murgitroyd
IP Transactions & Advisory
Brodies
Burness Paull
CMS
Dentons
Pinsent Masons
Practitioner of the Year (Law Firms)
David Stone, Allen & Overy
Richard Vary, Bird & Bird
Margaret Briffa, Briffa
Myles Jelf, Bristows
Colin Hulme, Burness Paull
Alexandra Brodie, Gowling WLG
Nicola Dagg, Kirkland & Ellis
David Rose, Mishcon de Reya
Arty Rajendra, Osborne Clarke
Penny Gilbert, Powell Gilbert
Rachel Alexander, Wiggin
Anthony Trenton, WilmerHale
Practitioner of the Year (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Neil Kilpatrick, Barker Brettell
Felicity Hide, Boult Wade Tennant
Daniel Wise, Carpmaels & Ransford
Anthony Albutt, D Young & Co
Gary Moss, EIP
Richard Gillard, Elkington + Fife
Ravi Srinivasan, J A Kemp
Iain Stewart, Kilburn & Strode
Robert Watson, Mewburn Ellis
Sanjay Kapur, Potter Clarkson
Julius Stobbs, Stobbs IP
Pawel Piotrowicz, Venner Shipley
REGIONAL CATEGORIES
AFRICA
Firm of the Year
Adams & Adams
Bowmans (Coulson Harney)
ENSafrica
Spoor & Fisher
Von Seidels
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA
Firm of the Year
[Nominee removed]
Al Tamimi & Company
Cedar White Bradley
Saba IP
EUROPE
Patent Contentious (Law Firms)
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Gowling WLG
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Taylor Wessing
EPO Proceedings Firm of the Year
Carpmaels & Ransford
Eisenführ Speiser
Elkington + Fife
HGF
Hoffmann Eitle
Lavoix
VO
Vossius & Partner
Patent Contentious (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Arnold & Siedsma
AWA
EIP
HGF
Hoffmann Eitle
Potter Clarkson
Vossius & Partner
Patent Prosecution
Grünecker
HGF
Hoffmann Eitle
J A Kemp
Maucher Jenkins
NLO
Potter Clarkson
Venner Shipley
Trademark (Law Firms)
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
BomhardIP
Fieldfisher
Hogan Lovells
Taylor Wessing
Trademark (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Bardehle Pagenberg
Boult Wade Tennant
HGF
Keltie
Murgitroyd
Novagraaf
Potter Clarkson
Copyright
Bird & Bird
CMS
DLA Piper
Garrigues
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Taylor Wessing
Design
Bird & Bird
BomhardIP
CMS
DLA Piper
Garrigues
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Rospatt Osten Pross
Taylor Wessing
IP Transactions & Advisory
Allen & Overy
Clifford Chance
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
DLA Piper
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
Homburger
Linklaters
Taylor Wessing
BALTIC
Firm of the Year
AAA Legal Services
Cobalt
Ellex
Petošević
Triniti
Vilgerts
BENELUX
Trademark (Law Firms)
Bird & Bird
Brinkhof
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
NautaDutilh
Taylor Wessing
Trademark (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Arnold & Siedsma
Chiever
Dennemeyer
NLO Shieldmark
Novagraaf
Patent (Law Firms)
Bird & Bird
Brinkhof
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
NautaDutilh
Taylor Wessing
Patent (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Arnold & Siedsma
De Clercq & Partners
HGF
Marks & Clerk
NLO
VO
SCANDINAVIA
Firm of the Year (Patent)
AWA
Groth & Co
Onsagers
Plougmann Vingtoft
Potter Clarkson
Roschier
Zacco
Firm of the Year (Trademark)
AWA
Groth & Co
Plougmann Vingtoft
Roschier
Zacco
Global Firm of the Year
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
DLA Piper
Gowling WLG
Hogan Lovells
Jones Day
Norton Rose Fulbright
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
IN-HOUSE
Europe In-House Team of the Year (Patent)
Bayer
Bentley Systems
Ericsson
Huawei
Illumina
Procter & Gamble Company
Nestlé
Nokia
Roche
Sanofi
Sisvel
Syngenta
Europe In-House Team of the Year (Trademark)
Amazon
Ferrari
Hasbro
LVMH
Mondelēz International
Nestlé
Oatly Group
Philip Morris International
Richemont
Scotch Whisky Association
Sky
Unilever
Europe In-House Team of the Year (Copyright)
Austro mechana
Elsevier
Nintendo
Penguin Random House
SAP
Sky
Sony
Warner Music Group
Europe In-House Leader of the Year
James Ryan, BioNTech
Katherine Tsang, Diageo
Niall Trainor, eOne
Eeva Hakoranta, InterDigital
Jennifer Picenoni, Lindt & Sprüngli
Leo Longauer, LVMH
Neil Boyd, Nintendo
Clemens Heusch, Nokia
Olivia Dhordain, Richemont
Alexander Burger, Roche
Alpha Indraccolo, Teva Pharmaceuticals
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. This year's shortlists are based on the information obtained during the research period (September 2021 - February 2022) for the 2022 edition of IP STARS.
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.
