Managing IP Awards 2026: How in-house teams can be recognised

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Managing IP Awards 2026: How in-house teams can be recognised

Managing IP In-House Awards

In-house counsel and teams are invited to submit information for the 21st annual Managing IP Awards

We have started accepting in-house submissions for the 2026 edition of the Managing IP Awards programme.

The law firm submissions portal opened last month; now is the turn of in-house IP counsel and teams to participate in our research.

The Managing IP Awards programme recognises remarkable intellectual property achievements and developments in companies and law firms. This year's EMEA and Americas ceremonies were attended by more than 800 guests, including in-house practitioners. The Asia-Pacific ceremony will be held on 6 November.

The 2025 in-house winners were Nokia, Sandvik, Teva, Allergen, Antoine Courgeon (BioNTech), Matthew Mckay (LKQ), and Myrtha Hurtado Rivas (Nestlé).

Nominate your in-house team and leader

In-house leaders and their teams can participate in the research by submitting their entries for the awards. To aid your submissions, please read the guidelines and download the in-house awards form here.

When you are ready to submit, please complete the online form on our new submission portal here.

The submission deadline is December 10 2025.

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We will use the information submitted, alongside other research data, to decide the shortlist and winners. Subject to research data, we will recognise in-house teams and practitioners in different areas of IP law or for IP in general.

We also use the in-house award submissions for the Corporate IP Stars list. Learn more about our research here.

If you have any questions about our in-house awards, please contact our research team here.

The 2026 ceremonies

Managing IP will host three awards ceremonies in 2026.

About the Managing IP Awards

Managing IP launched its awards programme in 2006. The programme has evolved and grown over the years: we now host three regional ceremonies, instead of a global ceremony in London, and the research covers more than seven IP practice areas and more than 50 jurisdictions.

The awards are based on information obtained from different sources, including submissions from law firms and companies, market feedback surveys, and publicly available information. The in-house categories recognise individuals and teams for their work in and outside their companies.

The ceremonies attract hundreds of guests, including in-house counsel and prominent public officials in IP. It is widely regarded as the premier IP law firm awards event in the legal industry.

Read about our research methodology and the previous award winners here. Watch the 2025 highlights here.

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