The Managing IP Awards programme recognises remarkable IP achievements and developments in the last year. Now in its 18th year, the awards cover several intellectual property practice areas and more than 50 jurisdictions. Please read the research methodology below.
After months of research, we have started publishing the shortlists for the 18th annual Managing IP Awards programme. The Asia-Pacific Awards 2023 shortlists have already been announced here. See the full programme timeline here.
We will reveal all the Americas Awards winners, including Impact Case winners, during a gala dinner at the JW Marriott Essex House, New York City, on April 27.
Our Americas business development manager George Reeves will contact all the shortlisted law firms, companies and individuals about the ceremony. Please also keep an eye on our social media channels (e.g. here and here) for updates.
Congratulations to all the shortlisted firms, companies and individuals.
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
ARGENTINA
Firm of the Year
Berken IP
Berton Moreno IP Law
Marval O’ Farrell & Mairal
Mitrani Caballero & Ruiz Moreno
Ojam Bullrich Flanzbaum
BOLIVIA
Firm of the Year
Cervieri Monsuárez
Moreno Baldivieso
PPO Abogados
Lima & Asociados
BRAZIL
Patent
Bhering Advogados
Daniel Law
Dannemann Siemsen
Di Blasi Parente & Associados
Licks Attorneys
Trademark
Bhering Advogados
Daniel Law
Dannemann Siemsen
Luiz Leonardos & Advogado
Montaury Pimenta Machado & Vieira de Mello
Copyright & Design
Bhering Advogados
Kasznar Leonardos
Montaury Pimenta Machado & Vieira de Mello
Trench Rossi Watanabe
CARIBBEAN
Firm of the Year
HSM IP
Miniño Abogados
Troncoso y Cáceres
Troncoso Leroux
Ulises Cabrera
CENTRAL AMERICA
Firm of the Year
Arias
eProint
Estudio Benedetti
LatinAlliance
CHILE
Firm of the Year
Albagli Zaliasnik
Alessandri
Carey
Sargent & Krahn
Silva
COLOMBIA
Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Barrios Montenegro (BBGS Abogados)
Cavelier Abogados
Gómez-Pinzón Abogados
Lloreda Camacho & Co
ECUADOR
Firm of the Year
Bustamante Fabara
CorralRosales
Falconi Puig Abogados
Pérez Bustamante & Ponce
MEXICO
Patent
AVA
Basham Ringe y Correa
Becerril Coca & Becerril
Dumont
Olivares
Trademark
Basham Ringe y Correa
Dumont
Müggenburg Gorches y Peñalosa
Olivares
Uhthoff Gómez Vega & Uhthoff
PARAGUAY
Firm of the Year
BKM | Berkemeyer
Cervieri Monsuárez
Ferrere Abogados
Vouga Abogados
PERU
Firm of the Year
BARLAW - Barrera & Asociados
Barreda Moller
ClarkeModet
Estudio Echecopar
Estudio Muñiz (Muñiz Olaya Meléndez Castro Ono & Herrera)
URUGUAY
Firm of the Year
Cervieri Monsuárez
Fernández Secco & Asociados
Fischer Abogados
Fox & Lapenne
VENEZUELA
Firm of the Year
Antequera Parilli & Rodríguez
Baker McKenzie
ClarkeModet
Hoet & Partners
NORTH AMERICA
CANADA
Copyright
Aird & Berlis
Baker McKenzie
Cassels Brock & Blackwell
Fasken
Gowling WLG
Smart & Biggar
Patent Prosecution
Bereskin & Parr
Gowling WLG
McCarthy Tétrault
Smart & Biggar
Torys
Patent Disputes
Goodmans
Gowling WLG
McCarthy Tétrault
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Smart & Biggar
Torys
Trademark Disputes
Bereskin & Parr
Gowling WLG
Fasken
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Smart & Biggar
Trademark Prosecution
Baker McKenzie
Bereskin & Parr
Borden Ladner Gervais
Gowling WLG
Smart & Biggar
Torys
IP Transactions
Baker McKenzie
Blake Cassels & Graydon
Cassels Brock & Blackwell
Gowling WLG
McCarthy Tétrault
Torys
IP Boutique Firm of the Year
Bereskin & Parr
CPST Intellectual Property
Fineberg Ramamoorthy
Marks & Clerk
Seastone IP
Smart & Biggar
Practitioner of the Year (Copyright)
Casey Chisick, Cassels Brock & Blackwell
Ken Clark, Aird & Berlis
Daniel Glover, McCarthy Tétrault
François Guay, Smart & Biggar
Gerald Kerr-Wilson, Fasken
Practitioner of the Year (Trademark)
Mark Biernacki, Smart & Biggar
Brigitte Chan, Bereskin & Parr
Jim Holloway, Baker McKenzie
Karen MacDonald, Norton Rose Fulbright
Justine Wiebe, Borden Ladner Gervais
Practitioner of the Year (Patent)
Andrew Brodkin, Goodmans
Julie Desrosiers, Fasken
Steven Mason, McCarthy Tétrault
Eileen McMahon, Torys
Christopher Van Barr, Gowling WLG
Practitioner of the Year (Transactions)
Edward Fan, Torys
Nancy Hamzo, Baker McKenzie
Chris Hunter, Blake Cassels & Graydon
Anita Nador, Gowlings WLG
Vincent Yip, McCarthy Tétrault
UNITED STATES
REGIONAL CATEGORIES
Patent Prosecution (Northeast)
Banner Witcoff
Bookoff McAndrews
Cooley
Venable
Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
Patent Prosecution (South)
Ballard Spahr
Baker McKenzie
Haynes and Boone
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Munck Wilson Mandala
Patent Prosecution (Midwest)
Dickinson Wright
Honigman
Marshall Gerstein & Borun
McAndrews Held & Malloy
Shook Hardy & Bacon
Patent Prosecution (West)
Cooley
Dorsey & Whitney
Fenwick & West
Holland & Hart
Perkins Coie
Sheridan Ross
Morrison & Foerster
Patent Disputes (Northeast)
Desmarais
Fish & Richardson
McDermott Will & Emery
Perkins Coie
Williams & Connolly
WilmerHale
Patent Disputes (South)
Alston & Bird
Baker McKenzie
Fish & Richardson
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
McKool Smith
Susman Godfrey
Patent Disputes (Midwest)
Husch Blackwell
Kirkland & Ellis
McAndrews Held & Malloy
Robins Kaplan
Shook Hardy & Bacon
Sidley Austin
Patent Disputes (West)
Fish & Richardson
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Knobbe Martens
Morrison & Foerster
O'Melveny & Myers
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Trademark Prosecution (Northeast)
ArentFox Schiff
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Katten Muchin Rosenman
Kelly IP
Venable
Trademark Prosecution (South)
Alston & Bird
Haynes and Boone
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
King & Spalding
Loeb & Loeb
Pirkey Barber
Trademark Prosecution (Midwest)
Banner Witcoff
Crowell & Moring
Honigman
Loeb & Loeb
Mayer Brown
McDermott Will & Emery
Trademark Prosecution (West)
Holland & Hart
K&L Gates
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Loeb & Loeb
Morrison & Foerster
Perkins Coie
Trademark Disputes (Northeast)
Arnold & Porter
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Debevoise & Plimpton
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Kirkland & Ellis
Trademark Disputes (South)
Adams & Reese
Alston & Bird
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Pirkey Barber
Trademark Disputes (Midwest)
Dickinson Wright
Katten Muchin Rosenman
Loeb & Loeb
Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson
Robins Kaplan
Trademark Disputes (West)
Cooley
Fenwick & West
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Knobbe Martens
Sideman & Bancroft
Copyright (East)
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Kirkland & Ellis
Mayer Brown
Oppenheim + Zebrak
Pryor Cashman
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Copyright (West)
Arnold & Porter
King & Spalding
Loeb & Loeb
O'Melveny & Myers
Paul Hastings
NATIONAL CATEGORIES
Patent Prosecution
Fenwick & West
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Patent Disputes
Arnold & Porter
Desmarais
Fish & Richardson
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Sidley Austin
WilmerHale
Trademark Prosecution
Cooley
Fenwick & West
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Kelly IP
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Trademark Disputes
Arnold & Porter
Debevoise & Plimpton
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Kelly IP
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Knobbe Martens
Pirkey Barber
Copyright
Fenwick & West
Kirkland & Ellis
Loeb & Loeb
Pryor Cashman
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Appellate
Arnold & Porter
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Morrison & Foerster
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Sidley Austin
WilmerHale
ITC
Alston & Bird
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Husch Blackwell
Mayer Brown
Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Life Sciences IP Litigation
Arnold & Porter
McDermott Will & Emery
Paul Hastings
Rakoczy Molino Mazzochi Siwik
Robins Kaplan
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Williams & Connolly
WilmerHale
IP Transactions
Goodwin Procter
Fenwick & West
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Ropes & Gray
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Weil Gotshal & Manges
PTAB
Alston & Bird
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Paul Hastings
Knobbe Martens
IP Boutique Firm of the Year
Desmarais
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
Firm to Watch
ArentFox Schiff
Groombridge Wu Baughman & Stone
Morrison & Foerster
Practitioner of the Year (IP Transactions)
Shane Albright, Goodwin Procter
Bruce Goldner, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Abigail Gregor, Ropes & Gray
Charan Sandhu, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Jennifer Stanley, Fenwick & West
Practitioner of the Year (PTAB)
Erika Harmon Arner, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Jason Cooper, Alston & Bird
Yung-Hoon (Sam) Ha, Desmarais
David McCombs, Haynes and Boone
Scott McKeown, Ropes & Gray
Frederic Meeker, Banner Witcoff
Naveen Modi, Paul Hastings
Practitioner of the Year (Patent Prosecution)
James Bindseil, ArentFox Schiff
Michael Drapkin, Holland & Hart
Robert Katz, Banner Witcoff
Jonathan O’Brien, Honigman
Catherine Polizzi, Morrison & Foerster
Antonia Sequeira, Fenwick & West
Ahsan Shaikh, McDermott Will & Emery
Brian Trinque, Lathrop GPM
Practitioner of the Year (Trademark Prosecution)
Jennifer Arkowitz, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Danny Awdeh, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Katherine Basile, Reed Smith
Dyan Finguerra-DuCharme, Pryor Cashman
Glenn Gundersen, Dechert
Melanie Howard, Loeb & Loeb
Mark Jansen, Fenwick & West
David Kelly, Kelly IP
Practitioner of the Year (Appellate)
Mark Fleming, WilmerHale
Steven Horowitz, Sidley Austin
William Peterson, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Joshua Rosenkranz, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Kathleen Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
STATE CATEGORIES
Litigators of the Year
California
James Batchelder, Ropes & Gray
Juanita Brooks, Fish & Richardson
Yar Chaikovsky, Paul Hastings
Morgan Chu, Irell & Manella
Denise de Mory, Bunsow de Mory
Daralyn Durie, Morrison & Foerster
Ashok Ramani, Davis Polk & Wardwell
Joseph Re, Knobbe Martens
Edward Reines, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Colorado
Rob Brunelli, Sheridan Ross
Timothy Getzoff, Holland & Hart
Justin Krieger, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Mindy Sooter, Wilmer Hale
Gregory Tamkin, Dorsey & Whitney
DC Metro
David Berl, Williams & Connolly
Ruffin Cordell, Fish and Richardson
Shamita Etienne-Cummings, Allen & Overy
Eric Namrow, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Douglas Rettew, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Stephen Smith, Cooley
Amy Wigmore, WilmerHale
Matthew Wolf, Arnold & Porter
Delaware
Timothy Devlin, Devlin Law
Kelly Farnan, Richards Layton & Finger
Anne Shea Gaza, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor
Martina Tyreus Hufnal, Fish & Richardson
Georgia
John Haynes, Alston & Bird
Wab Kadaba, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
John Livingstone, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Shane Nichols, McDermott Will & Emery
Louis Norwood (Woody) Jameson, Duane Morris
Illinois
Kristen Achterof, Katten Muchin Rosenman
Imron Aly, ArentFox Schiff
Bradley Cohn, Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson
Gianni Cutri, Kirkland & Ellis
Thomas Rein, Sidley Austin
Amanda Williamson, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Massachusetts
Elaine Blais, Goodwin Procter
Sarah Chapin Columbia, McDermott Will & Emery
William Lee, WilmerHale
Eric Marandett, Choate Hall & Stewart
Michael Renaud, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo
Frank Scherkenbach, Fish & Richardson
Minnesota
Shannon Bjorklund, Dorsey & Whitney
Ashley Bennett Ewald, Lathrop GPM
Betsy Flanagan, Fish & Richardson
Andrew Hansen, Fox Rothschild
Jake Holdreith, Robins Kaplan
New York
Dale Cendali, Kirkland & Ellis
John Desmarais, Desmarais
Eric Dittmann, Paul Hastings
Aaron Frankel, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel
Ching-Lee Fukuda, Sidley Austin
Katherine Helm, Dechert
Josh Krevitt, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Richard Mandel, Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Raymond Nimrod, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Elizabeth Weiswasser, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Pennsylvania
Martin Black, Dechert
Philip Hirschhorn, Panitch Schwarze Belisario & Nadel
Hara Jacobs, Ballard Spahr
Eric Kraeutler, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Steven Maslowski, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Texas
John Flaim, Baker McKenzie
Steve Meleen, Pirkey Barber
Hilary Preston, Vinson & Elkins
Theodore Stevenson, Alston & Bird
Alexandra (Lexie) White, Susman Godfrey
Washington
Theodore Angelis, K&L Gates
John Denkenberger, Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness
Andres Healy, Susman Godfrey
Dario Machleidt, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Colin Heideman, Knobbe Martens
Melanie Mayer, Fenwick & West
REGIONAL AWARDS
Latin America Practitioner of the Year
Ariela Agosin, Albagli Zaliasnik (Chile)
Cristian Barros, Sargent & Krahn (Chile)
Tatiana Campello, Demarest (Brazil)
Eduardo Castañeda, Basham Ringe y Correa (Mexico)
Gustavo Fischer, Fischer Abogados (Uruguay)
Alejandro Luna, Olivares (Mexico)
Juan Carlos Ojam, Ojam Bullrich Flanzbaum (Argentina)
Flavia Rebello, Trench Rossi Watanabe (Brazil)
Simon Valverde, Arias (Costa Rica)
Americas Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
ClarkeModet
Dickinson Wright
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Smart & Biggar
Americas In-House IP Leader of the Year
Jeremiah Chan, Meta
David Cohen, Honeywell International
Scott Frank, AT&T
Robin Gruber, Chanel
Renny Hwang, Google
Kelli Powell, Moderna
Stephen Wurth, Qualcomm
Americas In-House Copyright Team of the Year
Epic Games
Meta
Oracle
Redbubble
Americas In-House Patent Team of the Year
Amgen
Apple
Arthrex
Cisco
Gilead Sciences
Pfizer
Qualcomm
Regeneron
Viatris
Americas In-House Trademark Team of the Year
Adidas
Brown-Forman
Monster Energy
Nike
PepsiCo
The Walt Disney Company
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 18th 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. We ask firms and in-house teams to complete their respective research forms here.
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, companies, and individuals can also win an award or be shortlisted based on our independent research findings alone.
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 the Managing IP award.
The Managing IP Awards programme is distinct and separate from any other legal industry awards programmes organised by Delinian (formerly Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC) and promoted on our website.
If you have questions or feedback about the Americas Awards, please contact Chris Adams. Readers can also contact our head of research Kingsley Egbuonu about the Managing IP Awards programme.
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. The previous winners of the Managing IP Awards can be found here.
