Life Sciences Awards EMEA 2026: open for entries

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Life Sciences Awards EMEA 2026: open for entries

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The 2026 Life Sciences EMEA Awards is now open for entries. We are looking forward to reviewing and celebrating the industry's most impressive achievements and landmarks from the past year.

As ever, the Awards will recognise excellence in the life sciences legal market, showcasing the law firms, lawyers, in-house legal teams, and legal work that moved the dial in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa's life sciences industry in 2025.

The deadline for entries is December 5 2025.

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Important Dates:

Entries Open

Entry Deadline

Shortlist Published

Gala Ceremony

October 24 2025

December 5 2025

March 2026

June 2026


All nominations must be entered through our ENTRY PORTAL. Nominations made in any other format or emailed to us will not be accepted.

For any questions about the awards or the research, please contact Life Sciences Awards editor Alex Griffiths or EMEA Research Director James Wilson.

Life Sciences Awards

The Life Sciences EMEA Awards recognise leading law firms and lawyers who specialise in the life sciences industry throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

The ceremony will celebrate outstanding legal work over the previous calendar year, showcasing firms and lawyers who are moving the dial for the life sciences industry. The award’s distinctive structure highlights firms and individuals that specialise in practice areas within life sciences.

LMG Life Sciences is a sister publication of Managing IP and works in collaboration with IFLR, Managing IP, and Benchmark Litigation to identify the best of the best from across the industry.

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