Managing IP’s EMEA Awards dinner will be held on March 8 at The Savoy in London. Trophies will be presented to the firms of the year, with winners chosen from the shortlists below. Special awards will also be presented at the ceremony. Details of our awards research process are given below the shortlists.
To reserve a table at the ceremony, please contact Nick Heath at nheath@managingip.com or +44 (0) 20 7779 8692.
Managing IP has introduced some changes to the awards programme in 2018. Following feedback from guests, we are introducing a new ceremony in Hong Kong and changing the coverage of existing awards. You can read more here.
The EMEA Awards dinner will be followed by our Americas Awards dinner in New York on March 15 and Asia-Pacific Awards dinner in Hong Kong on March 21.
National Awards
AUSTRIA
Austria Contentious
Gassauer-Fleissner
Geistwert
KWR Karasek Wietrzyk
Schoenherr
Schwarz Schönherr
Taylor Wessing
Wiltschek
Austria Copyright
Binder Grösswang
Dorda
Michel Walter
Schoenherr
Wiltschek
Austria Prosecution
Anwälte Burger & Partner
Haffner & Keschmann
Kliment & Henhapel
Puchberger & Partner
Schwarz & Partner
Sonn & Partner
Torggler & Hofinger
BELGIUM
Belgium Copyright
Altius
Bird & Bird
CMS
Crowell & Moring
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Simont Braun
Van Innis & Delarue
Belgium Patent Contentious
Altius
Bird & Bird
Crowell & Moring
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
NautaDutilh
Simont Braun
Belgium Patent Prosecution
Arnold & Siedsma
Brantsandpatents
De Clercq & Partners
Gevers
Kirkpatrick
VO
Belgium Trade Mark Contentious
Altius
Bird & Bird
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
NautaDutilh
Simont Braun
Stibbe
Van Innis & Delarue
DENMARK
Denmark Patent Contentious
Bech-Bruun
Gorrissen Federspiel
Horten
Kromann Reumert
Plesner
Denmark Patent Prosecution
Awapatent
Budde Schou
Guardian IP Consulting
Høiberg
Inspicos
Plougmann Vingtoft
Zacco
Denmark Trade Mark Contentious
Accura
Bech-Bruun
Gorrissen Federspiel
Horten
Lundgrens
Plesner
Denmark Trade Mark Prosecution
Awapatent
Bech-Bruun
Løje Arnesen & Meedom
Plesner
Zacco
FINLAND
Finland Patent Contentious
Backström & Co
Borenius
Castrén & Snellman
Hannes Snellman
Roschier
Finland Prosecution
Berggren
Boco IP
Heinonen & Co
Kolster
Papula-Nevinpat
Seppo Laine
Finland Trade Mark Contentious
Borenius
Castrén & Snellman
Eversheds Sutherland
Krogerus
Roschier
Waselius & Wist
FRANCE
France Patent Contentious
Allen & Overy
August Debouzy
Bardehle Pagenberg
Bird & Bird
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Véron & Associés
France Copyright
Cabinet Christophe Caron
Cabinet Vercken & Gaullier
De Gaulle Fleurance & Associés
Deprez Guignot Associés
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Nomos
France Patent Prosecution
Cabinet Beau de Loménie
Cabinet Plasseraud
Casalonga
Lavoix
Regimbeau
Santarelli
France Trade Mark Contentious
Allen & Overy
Armengaud Guerlain
Bird & Bird
Candé Blanchard Ducamp
Gide Loyrette Nouel
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Jones Day
France Trade Mark Prosecution
Cabinet Beau de Loménie
Cabinet Plasseraud
Germain & Maureau
Lavoix
Regimbeau
Santarelli
TMark Conseils
GERMANY
Germany Patent Contentious
Arnold Ruess
Bardehle Pagenberg
Bird & Bird
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Rospatt Osten Pross
Taylor Wessing
Germany Patent Prosecution
Bardehle Pagenberg
DF-MP
Grünecker
Hoffmann Eitle
Isenbruck Bösl Hörschler
Maiwald
Uexküll & Stolberg
Vossius & Partner
Germany Trade Mark
Bardehle Pagenberg
Bird & Bird
Harmsen Utescher
Harte-Bavendamm
Hogan Lovells
Jonas
Klaka
Lubberger Lehment
HUNGARY
Hungary
Baker McKenzie
Knight Bird & Bird Iroda
Kovári Patent and Trademark Attorneys
Sár & Partners
SBGK
Szecskay Attorneys at Law
ICELAND
Iceland
Árnason Faktor
Fjeldsted & Blöndal
Logos
Sigurjónsson & Thor
Tego IP Consulting
IRELAND
Ireland Contentious IP
A&L Goodbody
Mason Hayes & Curran
McCann FitzGerald
Whitney Moore
William Fry
Ireland Prosecution
FRKelly
Hanna Moore + Curley
Purdy Lucey
Tomkins
ISRAEL
Israel Contentious
Adi Levit
Dr Shlomo Cohen & Co
Gilat Bareket & Co
Liad Whatstein & Co
Luthi+Co
S Horowitz & Co
Israel Prosecution
Ehrlich & Fenster
Ellen B Shankman & Associates
Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
Reinhold Cohn & Partners
Webb & Co
ITALY
Italy Patent Contentious
Bird & Bird
DLA Piper
Franzosi Dal Negro Setti
Hogan Lovells
IP Law Galli
Studio Legale Jacobacci & Associati
Trevisan & Cuonzo
Italy Patent Prosecution
Barzanò & Zanardo
Bugnion
Buzzi Notaro & Antonielli d’Oulx
Jacobacci & Partners
Modiano & Partners
Società Italiana Brevetti
Studio Torta
Italy Trade Mark Contentious
Bird & Bird
Hogan Lovells
IP Law Galli
Studio Legale Jacobacci & Associati
Studio Legale SIB
Studio Vanzetti e Associati
Trevisan & Cuonzo
Italy Trade Mark Prosecution
Bugnion
Buzzi Notaro & Antonielli d’Oulx
GLP
Jacobacci & Partners
Racheli
Società Italiana Brevetti
Studio Torta
NETHERLANDS
Netherlands Copyright
Brinkhof
Bureau Brandeis
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
DLA Piper
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Visser Schaap & Kreijger
Netherlands Patent Contentious
Bird & Bird
Brinkhof
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Simmons & Simmons
Taylor Wessing
Netherlands Patent Prosecution
Arnold & Siedsma
De Vries & Metman
EP&C
NLO
VO
Netherlands Trade Mark Contentious
Brinkhof
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
DLA Piper
Hofhuis Alkema Groen
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
NORWAY
Norway Copyright
BA-HR
Bull & Co
Simonsen Vogt Wiig
Thommessen
Wiersholm
Norway Patent Contentious
BA-HR
Grette
Schjødt
Thommessen
Wikborg Rein
Norway Prosecution
Acapo
Bryn Aarflot
Håmsø Patentbyrå
Onsagers
Protector IP Consultants
Zacco
Norway Trade Mark Contentious
BA-HR
Grette
Schjødt
Thommessen
Wikborg Rein
POLAND
Poland Contentious
Baker McKenzie
Kulikowska & Kulikowski
LDS Lazewski Depo & Partners
LSW Leśnodorski Ślusarek
Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak
Traple Konarski Podrecki & Partners
Poland Patent Prosecution
JWP
Kulikowska & Kulikowski
LDS Lazewski Depo & Partners
Patpol
Polservice
Sulima Grabowska Sierzputowska
WTS Patent Attorneys
Poland Trade Mark Prosecution
Baker McKenzie
JWP
Kulikowska & Kulikowski
Patpol
Polservice
Skubisz Kancelaria Prawno – Patentowa
Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak
Wardyński & Partners
PORTUGAL
Portugal Contentious
Baptista Monteverde e Associados
CCA Ontier
Garrigues
Linklaters
PLMJ
Simões Garcia Corte-Real & Associados
Vieira de Almeida & Associados
Portugal Prosecution
AG da Cunha Ferreira
Clarke Modet & Co
J Pereira da Cruz
RCF Protecting Innovation
Simões Garcia Corte-Real & Associados
ROMANIA
Romania Contentious
Muşat & Asociaţii
Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen
Ratza & Ratza
Răzvan Dincă & Asociaţii
Zamfirescu Racoti & Partners
Romania Prosecution
Cabinet M Oproiu
Enpora
Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen
Petošević
Rominvent
RUSSIA
Russia Contentious
Baker McKenzie
Dentons
Goltsblat BLP
Gorodissky & Partners
Gowling WLG
Hogan Lovells
Sojuzpatent
Russia Prosecution
ARS-Patent
Baker McKenzie
Gorodissky & Partners
Gowling WLG
Sojuzpatent
SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa
Adams & Adams
Kisch IP
Spoor & Fisher
Von Seidels
SPAIN
Spain Patent Contentious
Bird & Bird
Clifford Chance
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Grau & Angulo
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Uría Menéndez
Spain Patent Prosecution
ABG Patentes
Curell Suñol
Elzaburu
Herrero & Asociados
ZBM Patents & Trademarks
Spain Trade Mark Contentious
Bird & Bird
Curell Suñol
Elzaburu
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
Grau & Angulo
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Uría Menéndez
Spain Trade Mark Prosecution
Baker McKenzie
Balder
BomhardIP
Curell Suñol
Elzaburu
Herrero & Asociados
Hogan Lovells
SWEDEN
Sweden Patent Contentious
Lindahl
Mannheimer Swartling
Sandart & Partners
Setterwalls
Vinge
Sweden Patent Prosecution
Awapatent
Brann
Groth & Co
Kransell & Wennborg
Ström & Gulliksson
Valea
Zacco
Sweden Trade Mark Contentious
Baker McKenzie
Heidenstam Legal
Lindahl
Sandart & Partners
Setterwalls
Vinge
Sweden Trade Mark Prosecution
Awapatent
Brann
Groth & Co
Gulliksson
Lindahl
Zacco
SWITZERLAND
Switzerland Patent Contentious
FMP Fuhrer Marbach & Partners
Homburger
Lenz & Staehelin
Meyerlustenberger Lachenal
Rentsch Partner
Schellenberg Wittmer
Times Attorneys
Switzerland Prosecution
Bovard
E Blum & Co
Hepp Wenger Ryffel
Isler & Pedrazzini
Rentsch Partner
Switzerland Trade Mark Contentious
FMP Fuhrer Marbach & Partners
Homburger
Lenz & Staehelin
Meyerlustenberger Lachenal
Troller Hitz Troller
Walder Wyss
Wild Schnyder
TURKEY
Turkey Contentious
Cahit Suluk Intellectual Property Law Firm
Deris Attorney at Law Partnership
Gün + Partners
Kenaroğlu
Moroğlu Arseven
NSN Law Firm
Turkey Prosecution
Ankara Patent Bureau
Deris Patents & Trademarks Agency
Destek Patent
Gün + Partners
Istanbul Patent
Stock Industrial Property Services
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
United Arab Emirates
Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property
Al Tamimi & Company
Clyde & Co
Gowling WLG
Rouse
Saba IP
UNITED KINGDOM (ENGLAND & WALES)
United Kingdom (England & Wales) Copyright
Baker McKenzie
DLA Piper
Fieldfisher
Harbottle & Lewis
Lee & Thompson
Reed Smith
RPC
Wiggin
United Kingdom (England & Wales) Designs
Allen & Overy
Bristows
D Young & Co
Fieldfisher
Gowling WLG
Mishcon de Reya
United Kingdom (England & Wales) Patent Contentious
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Bristows
EIP Legal
Gowling WLG
Herbert Smith Freehills
Hogan Lovells
Powell Gilbert
United Kingdom (England & Wales) Patent Prosecution
Boult Wade Tennant
Carpmaels & Ransford
Elkington and Fife
Gill Jennings & Every
J A Kemp
Kilburn & Strode
Mewburn Ellis
Potter Clarkson
United Kingdom (England & Wales) Trade Mark Contentious
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Bristows
Browne Jacobson
Gowling WLG
Mishcon de Reya
Pinsent Masons
Taylor Wessing
United Kingdom (England & Wales) Trade Mark Prosecution
Barker Brettell
Boult Wade Tennant
D Young & Co
HGF
Keltie
Kilburn & Strode
Marks & Clerk
Stobbs IP
UNITED KINGDOM (SCOTLAND)
United Kingdom (Scotland) Contentious
Brodies
Burness Paull
Dentons
MacRoberts
Pinsent Masons
Shepherd and Wedderburn
United Kingdom (Scotland) Prosecution
HGF
Hindles
Lawrie IP
Lincoln IP
Marks & Clerk
Murgitroyd
United Kingdom (Scotland) IP Transactions & Advisory
Brodies
Burness Paull
MacRoberts
Pinsent Masons
Shepherd and Wedderburn
REGIONAL AWARDS
Africa
Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property
Adams & Adams
ENSafrica
Inlex Africa
Spoor & Fisher
Baltic/Eastern Europe
Bird & Bird
Cobalt
Petošević
Rott Ružicka & Guttmann
Turcu & Turcu
Zivko Mijatovic & Partners
Benelux
Chiever
Gevers
Knijff Trademark Attorneys
NLO Shieldmark
Novagraaf
VO
Europe Copyright
Baker McKenzie
Bird & Bird
CMS
DLA Piper
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Reed Smith
Taylor Wessing
Europe Patent Contentious
Allen & Overy
Bardehle Pagenberg
Bird & Bird
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Simmons & Simmons
Taylor Wessing
Europe Patent Prosecution
Awapatent
Carpmaels & Ransford
Gill Jennings & Every
Hoffmann Eitle
Lavoix
Maiwald
VO
Europe Trade Mark Contentious
Allen & Overy
Baker McKenzie
Bardehle Pagenberg
Hogan Lovells
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Taylor Wessing
Eurasia
Baker McKenzie
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners
Euromarkpat
Gowling WLG
Papula-Nevinpat
Middle East
Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property
Al Tamimi & Company
Cedar White Bradley
Clyde & Co
Rouse
Saba IP
Scandinavia
Awapatent
Groth & Co
Njord
Roschier
Zacco
Awards research process
The shortlists for the Managing IP Awards are based on information obtained during the research for the 2018 edition of IP STARS. In the IP STARS surveys for 2018, we asked firms to self-nominate as well as nominate their competitors for a number of awards. We review all available information, including all survey submissions and interview notes, and conduct independent research before producing the shortlists and picking the winners.
The research for IP STARS is rigorous and impartial. The Managing IP awards are not influenced by any commercial relationship with Managing IP or rankings in IP STARS. Any firm, regardless of ranking, can win any of our awards. A firm can also be shortlisted even if it did not make a firm survey submission, but in such case we may require further information from the firm. The 2018 awards will be based on research information available between September 2017 and January 2018. Where appropriate, information after this period may be considered.
Read more about IP STARS research methodology at https://www.ipstars.com/general/about
You can see details of previous years' awards at http://www.managingip.com/Awards.html