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 Americas Awards on April 7 (3 pm EST). Click here to register for the event.
Our 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
March 30: EMEA Awards event and winners announcement (virtual event, see the shortlists here)
April 7: Americas Awards event and winners announcement (virtual event)
May 6: Asia-Pacific shortlists 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.
LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN
ARGENTINA
Firm of the Year
Berton Moreno IP Law
Ferrer Reyes Tellechea & Bouche
Marval O’ Farrell & Mairal
Mitrani Caballero & Ruiz Moreno
Noetinger & Armando
Ojam Bullrich Flanzbaum
Palacio & Asociados
BRAZIL
Patent
Barbosa Müssnich Aragão
Bhering Advogados
Daniel Law
Dannemann Siemsen
Gusmão & Labrunie
Licks Attorneys
Montaury Pimenta Machado & Vieira de Mello
Trademark
Bhering Advogados
Daniel Law
Demarest Advogados
Di Blasi Parente & Associados
Gusmão & Labrunie
Licks Attorneys
Montaury Pimenta Machado & Vieira de Mello
Copyright & Design
Bhering Advogados
Daniel Law
Demarest Advogados
Gusmão & Labrunie
Pinheiro Neto Advogados
Trench Rossi Watanabe
CARIBBEAN
Firm of the Year
HSM IP
Miniño Abogados
ROCA
Troncoso Leroux
CENTRAL AMERICA
Firm of the Year
Central Law
eProint
LatinAlliance
Mayora IP
CHILE
Firm of the Year
Albagli Zaliasnik
Alessandri
Sargent & Krahn
Silva
Villaseca Abogados
COLOMBIA
Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Brigard Castro
Cavelier Abogados
Gómez-Pinzón Abogados
Olarte Moure & Asociados
ECUADOR
Firm of the Year
CorralRosales
Fabara Abogados
Falconi Puig Abogados
Pérez Bustamante & Ponce
Romero Corral Abogados
MEXICO
Patent
Arochi & Lindner
Basham Ringe y Correa
Dumont
Olivares
Uhthoff Gomez Vega & Uhthoff
Trademark
Arochi & Lindner
Baker McKenzie
Basham Ringe y Correa
C&L Attorneys
Dumont
Mendez + Cortes
Olivares
PANAMA
Firm of the Year
Alfaro Ferrer & Ramirez
Cedeño & Méndez
Estudio Benedetti
Icaza González-Ruiz & Alemán
PERU
Firm of the Year
Allende & Garcia
BARLAW - Barrera & Asociados
Barreda Moller
Estudio Colmenares & Asociados
Estudio Echecopar
URUGUAY
Firm of the Year
Cervieri Monsuárez
Fernández Secco & Asociados
Ferrere Abogados
Fischer Abogados
Practitioner of the Year
Alejandro Breuer Moreno, G Breuer (Argentina)
Liliane Roriz, Licks Attorneys (Brazil)
João Vieira da Cunha, Gusmão & Labrunie (Brazil)
Eugenio Gormáz, Albagli Zaliasnik (Chile)
María Fernanda Castellanos, Brigard Castro (Colombia)
Laura Collada, Dumont (Mexico)
Maria Teresa Eljure, Eljure Legal (Mexico)
Audrey Williams, Estudio Benedetti (Panama)
Adriana Barrera, BARLAW - Barrera & Asociados (Peru)
NORTH AMERICA
CANADA
Copyright
Cassells Brock & Blackwell
Goodmans
Gowling WLG
McCarthy Tétrault
McMillan
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Torys
Patent Contentious
Goodmans
Gowling WLG
McCarthy Tétrault
Norton Rose Fulbright
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Smart & Biggar
Patent Prosecution
Bereskin & Parr
Borden Ladner Gervais
Gowling WLG
Smart & Biggar
Torys
Trademark Contentious
Bereskin & Parr
Borden Ladner Gervais
Gowling WLG
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Smart & Biggar
Trademark Prosecution
Bereskin & Parr
Borden Ladner Gervais
Gowling WLG
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Smart & Biggar
Torys
IP Boutique
Aitken Klee
Bereskin & Parr
CPST Intellectual Property
Kestenberg Siegal Lipkus
Smart & Biggar
Sprigings IP Law
Practitioner of the Year (Copyright)
Casey M Chisick, Cassels Brock & Blackwell
Matthew Diskin, Dentons
Gerald (Jay) Kerr-Wilson, Fasken
Matthew S Estabrooks, Gowling WLG
Barry Sookman, McCarthy Tétrault
John Cotter, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Practitioner of the Year (Trademark)
Justine Wiebe, Borden Ladner Gervais
Kelly Gill, Gowling WLG
Lorne Lipkus, Kestenberg Siegal Lipkus
Amrita V Singh, Marks & Clerk
Karen MacDonald, Norton Rose Fulbright
May Cheng, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Mark Evans, Smart & Biggar
Practitioner of the Year (Patent)
Dominique Hussey, Bennett Jones
Tim Gilbert, Gilbert’s
Harry Radomski, Goodmans
Steven Mason, McCarthy Tetrault
Kristin Wall, Norton Rose Fulbright
Nathaniel Lipkus, Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Steven Garland, Smart & Biggar
Andrew Bernstein, Torys
UNITED STATES
REGIONAL CATEGORIES
Patent Prosecution (Northeast)
Banner Witcoff
Choate Hall & Stewart
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
Patent Prosecution (South)
Baker McKenzie
Conley Rose
Haynes and Boone
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Norton Rose Fulbright
Patent Prosecution (Midwest)
Armstrong Teasdale
Brooks Kushman
Honigman
McAndrews Held & Malloy
Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner
Patent Prosecution (West)
Fenwick & West
Holland & Hart
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Knobbe Martens
Perkins Coie
Patent Contentious (Northeast)
Desmarais
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Goodwin Procter
McDermott Will & Emery
Paul Hastings
Williams & Connolly
WilmerHale
Patent Contentious (South)
Fish & Richardson
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Haynes and Boone
McKool Smith
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Patent Contentious (Midwest)
Husch Blackwell
Kirkland & Ellis
McAndrews Held & Malloy
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Robins Kaplan
Sidley Austin
Patent Contentious (West)
Cooley
Durie Tangri
Fish & Richardson
Irell & Manella
Kramer Levin
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Trademark Prosecution (Northeast)
Arent Fox
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Kelly IP
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Trademark Prosecution (South)
Alston & Bird
Baker McKenzie
Haynes and Boone
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Pirkey Barber
Trademark Prosecution (Midwest )
Barnes & Thornburg
Brinks Gilson & Lione
Loeb & Loeb
McDermott Will & Emery
Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson
Trademark Prosecution (West)
Dickinson Wright
Fenwick & West
Holland & Hart
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Perkins Coie
Trademark Contentious (Northeast)
Debevoise & Plimpton
Dorsey & Whitney
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Kelly IP
Kirkland & Ellis
Trademark Contentious (South)
Alston & Bird
Haynes and Boone
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Norton Rose Fulbright
Pirkey Barber
Trademark Contentious (Midwest)
Greenberg Traurig
Katten Muchin Rosenman
Loeb & Loeb
Pattishall McAuliffe Newbury Hilliard & Geraldson
Trademark Contentious (West)
Cooley
Dickinson Wright
Fenwick & West
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Copyright (East)
Cowan Liebowitz & Latman
Jenner & Block
Kirkland & Ellis
Oppenheim + Zebrak
Proskauer Rose
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Copyright (West)
Davis Wright Tremaine
Durie Tangri
Fenwick & West
King & Spalding
Loeb & Loeb
O’Melveny & Myers
NATIONAL CATEGORIES
Patent Prosecution
Fenwick & West
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Patent Contentious
Fish & Richardson
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Kirkland & Ellis
McKool Smith
Paul Hastings
WilmerHale
Trademark Prosecution
Arent Fox
Fenwick & West
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Kelly IP
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Trademark Contentious
Debevoise & Plimpton
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Kirkland & Ellis
Pirkey Barber
Copyright
Fenwick & West
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
King & Spalding
Loeb & Loeb
Weil Gotshal & Manges
Appellate
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Kirkland & Ellis
MoloLamken
Sidley Austin
Williams & Connolly
ITC
Adduci Mastriani & Schaumberg
Alston & Bird
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Kirkland & Ellis
Sidley Austin
Life Sciences IP Litigation
Arnold & Porter
Goodwin Procter
Latham & Watkins
Sidley Austin
Venable
Weil Gotshal & Manges
IP Transactions
Arnold & Porter
Cooley
Goodwin Procter
Latham & Watkins
Loeb & Loeb
Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Ropes & Gray
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Weil Gotshal & Manges
PTAB
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
IP Boutique
Desmarais
Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Fish & Richardson
Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Practitioner of the Year (PTAB)
Adam Seitz, Erise IP
Erika Arner, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Karl Renner, Fish & Richardson
Naveen Modi, Paul Hastings
Scott McKeown, Ropes & Gray
Richard Giunta, Wolf Greenfield & Sacks
Emily Whelan, WilmerHale
Practitioner of the Year (Patent Prosecution)
Robert Katz, Banner Witcoff
Les Bookoff, Bookoff McAndrews
Brenda Jarrell, Choate Hall & Stewart
Rajiv Patel, Fenwick & West
Michael Drapkin, Holland & Hart
Fangli Chen, Proskauer Rose
Lorna Tanner, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
Practitioner of the Year (Trademark Prosecution)
Anthony Lupo, Arent Fox
Lisa Rosaya, Baker McKenzie
Glenn Gundersen, Dechert
Sally Abel, Fenwick & West
Purvi Patel Albers, Haynes and Boone
Andrea Anderson, Holland & Hart
Monica Riva Talley, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
Practitioner of the Year (IP Transactions)
Kingsley Taft, Goodwin Procter
Cullen Taylor, Hogan Lovells
Judith Hasko, Latham & Watkins
Alan Leeds, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
David McIntosh, Ropes & Gray
Bruce Goldner, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom
Devika Kornbacher, Vinson & Elkins
Practitioner of the Year (Appellate)
Mark Perry, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
Adam Charnes, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Dale Cendali, Kirkland & Ellis
Jeffrey Lamken, MoloLamken
Joshua Rosenkranz, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
Nathan Kelley, Perkins Coie
Edward Reines, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Lisa Blatt, Williams & Connolly
STATE CATEGORIES
Practitioner of the Year (Litigation)
California
Peter J Anderson, Davis Wright Tremaine
Daralyn Durie, Durie Tangri
Juanita Brooks, Fish & Richardson
Morgan Chu, Irell & Manella
Jonathan Waldrop, Kasowitz Benson Torres
Kenneth Steinthal, King & Spalding
Michael De Vries, Kirkland & Ellis
Paul Andre, Kramer Levin
William Price, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Colorado
Evan Rothstein, Arnold & Porter
William Cochran, Cochran Freund & Young
Timothy Getzoff, Holland & Hart
Robert Brunelli, Sheridan Ross
Benjamin Fernandez, WilmerHale
Delaware
Martina Tyreus Hufnal, Fish & Richardson
Karen Jacobs, Morris, Nichols Arsht & Tunnell
David Moore, Potter Anderson & Corroon
Frederick Cottrell, Richards Layton & Finger
Anne Shea Gaza, Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor
DC Metro
Matthew Wolf, Arnold & Porter
Alexander Hadjis, Jenner & Block
Matt Oppenheim, Oppenheim + Zebrak
Shannon Bloodworth, Perkins Coie
John Dabney, Snell & Wilmer
Daniel Yonan, Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox
David Berl, Williams & Connolly
Amy Wigmore, WilmerHale
Georgia
Jason Rosenberg, Alston & Bird
Robin McGrath, Duane Morris
John Livingstone, Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner
Mitchell Stockwell, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Amanda Groover Hyland, Taylor English Duma
Illinois
Michael Harris, Arnold & Porter
Caryn Borg-Breen, Green Griffith & Borg-Breen
James Hurst, Kirkland & Ellis
Douglas Masters, Loeb & Loeb
Robert Unikel, Paul Hastings
Imron Aly, Schiff Hardin
Massachusetts
Elaine Herrmann Blais, Goodwin Procter
Frank Scherkenbach, Fish & Richardson
Donald Ware, Foley Hoag
Sarah Chapin Columbia, McDermott Will & Emery
Michael Renaud, Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky & Popeo
Michigan
Marc Lorelli, Brooks Kushman
Anthony Cho, Carlson Gaskey & Olds
John S Artz, Dickinson Wright
Glenn Forbis, Harness Dickey & Pierce
J Michael Huget, Honigman
Minnesota
J Derek Vandenburgh, Carlson Caspers
Betsy Flanagan, Fish & Richardson
Craig Krummen, Greenberg Traurig
Daniel McDonald, Merchant & Gould
Jake Holdreith, Robins Kaplan
New York
David Bernstein, Debevoise & Plimpton
John Desmarais, Desmarais
Gerald Flattmann, King & Spalding
Gregory Arovas, Kirkland & Ellis
Lisa Pensabene, O’Melveny & Myers
Ching-Lee Fukuda, Sidley Austin
Randi Singer, Weil Gotshal & Manges
Omar Khan, WilmerHale
Pennsylvania
Steven Maslowski, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld
Robert Baron Jr, Ballard Spahr
Hara Jacobs, Ballard Spahr
Martin Black, Dechert
Eric Kraeutler, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Texas
Tracey Davies, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher
David McCombs, Haynes and Boone
Theodore Stevenson, McKool Smith
William Peterson, Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Travis Wimberley, Pirkey Barber
Washington
John Denkenberger, Christensen O'Connor Johnson Kindness
Stuart Dunwoody, Davis Wright Tremaine
Melanie Mayer, Fenwick & West
Ryan McBrayer, Perkins Coie
Michael Rosato, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
SPECIAL AWARDS
Americas Firm of the Year
Baker McKenzie
Dentons
DLA Piper
Hogan Lovells
Norton Rose Fulbright
Americas In-House Team of the Year (Patent)
Apotex
Ford Motor Company
GE Healthcare
Gilead Sciences
IBM
Intel
Merck & Co
Moderna
Pfizer
Samsung
Americas In-House Team of the Year – Trademark in association with INCOPRO
3M Company
adidas
Amazon
Anheuser-Busch InBev
AT&T
Costco
Nike
PepsiCo
The Coca-Cola Company
IMPACT CASES (revealed on April 7)
CANADA
MEXICO
UNITED STATES
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.
