Managing IP celebrated the achievements of the intellectual property law community in EMEA with a ceremony in London on April 29. See all of the winners below and photos from the night.
The variety of winners demonstrates that the UPC is now a core benchmark rather than an experimental consideration, while junior lawyers are becoming more deeply involved in key work
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Firm of the Year
Impact cases
In-house
Practitioner of the year
Rising Stars
Regional
Austria
Copyright & Design
Dorda
Patent Disputes
Gassauer-Fleissner
Patent Prosecution
Puchberger & Partner
Trademark Disputes
Gassauer-Fleissner
Trademark Prosecution
SONN
Belgium
Copyright & Design
Co & Delarue
Patent Disputes
Crowell & Moring
Trademark Disputes
NautaDutilh
Prosecution
Gevers
Bulgaria
Firm of the Year
Dimitrov Petrov & Co
Croatia
Firm of the Year
Divjak Topić Bahtijarević & Krka (DTB)
Czech Republic
Firm of the Year
Bird & Bird
Denmark
Copyright & Design
Gorrissen Federspiel
Patent Disputes
Plesner
Patent Prosecution
AWA
Trademark (Law Firms)
Bruun & Hjejle
Trademark (Patent and Trademark Attorney Firms)
Plougmann Vingtoft
Egypt
Firm of the Year
Eldib & Co
Finland
Copyright & Design
Eversheds Sutherland
Patent Disputes
Borenius
Patent Prosecution
Papula-Nevinpat
Trademark Disputes
Eversheds Sutherland
Trademark Prosecution
Berggren
France
Copyright & Design
Taylor Wessing
IP Disputes (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Plasseraud IP
Patent Disputes (Law Firms)
August Debouzy
Patent Prosecution
Plasseraud IP
Trademark Disputes (Law Firms)
Hogan Lovells
Trademark Prosecution (Law Firms)
Bird & Bird
Trademark Prosecution (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Santarelli
UPC Firm of the Year
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Germany
Copyright & Design
ADVANT Beiten
IP Transactions & Advisory
A&O Shearman
Patent Disputes (Law Firms)
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Patent Disputes (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Cohausz & Florack
Patent Prosecution
Vossius & Partner
Trademark (Law Firms)
Taylor Wessing
Trademark (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Grünecker
UPC Firm of the Year (Law Firms)
Kather Augenstein
UPC Firm of the Year (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Bardehle Pagenberg
Greece
Firm of the Year
Patrinos & Kilimiris
Hungary
Firm of the Year
Danubia
Ireland
Copyright & Design
Mason Hayes & Curran
IP Transactions & Advisory
McCann FitzGerald
Patent Disputes
DLA Piper
Patent Prosecution
PurdyLucey
Trademark Disputes
William Fry
Trademark Prosecution
HGF
Israel
Copyright & Design
S Horowitz & Co
IP Transactions & Advisory
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Patent
Gilat Bareket & Co (Reinhold Cohn Group)
Trademark
Seligsohn Gabrieli & Co
Italy
Copyright & Design
DLA Piper
Patent Disputes
Jacobacci Avvocati
Patent Prosecution
Jacobacci & Partners
Trademark Disputes
Trevisan & Cuonzo
Trademark Prosecution (Law Firms)
Spheriens
Trademark Prosecution (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Società Italiana Brevetti (SIB)
Kenya
Firm of the Year
Dentons Hamilton Harrison & Mathews
The Netherlands
Copyright & Design
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
IP Transactions & Advisory
Hogan Lovells
Patent Disputes
Brinkhof
Patent Prosecution
Arnold & Siedsma
Trademark Disputes
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Trademark Prosecution
Chiever
UPC Firm of the Year
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Nigeria
Firm of the Year
Jackson Etti & Edu
Norway
Copyright & Design
Wiersholm
Patent Disputes
Schjødt
Patent Prosecution
Zacco
Trademark (Law Firms)
BAHR
Trademark (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Acapo Onsagers
Poland
Copyright & Design
Czyżewscy Law Firm
Patent Disputes
Bird & Bird
Patent Prosecution
JWP
Trademark Disputes
Kulikowska & Kulikowski
Trademark Prosecution
JWP
Portugal
Copyright & Design
Abreu Advogados
Patent Disputes
VdA
Patent Prosecution
RCF Protecting Innovation
Trademark Disputes
Baptista Monteverde & Associados
Trademark Prosecution
RCF Protecting Innovation
Romania
Copyright & Design
Muşat & Asociaţii
Patent
Zamfirescu Racoți Vasile & Partners
Trademark
Baciu Partners
South Africa
Copyright & Design
ENSafrica
Patent
Von Seidels
Trademark
Adams & Adams
Spain
Copyright & Design
Uría Menéndez
Patent Disputes
Clifford Chance
Patent Prosecution
ZBM Patents & Trademarks
Trademark Disputes
Hogan Lovells
Trademark Prosecution (Law Firms)
Noerr
Trademark Prosecution (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Elzaburu
Sweden
Copyright & Design
Westerberg & Partners
Patent Disputes
Sandart & Partners
Patent Prosecution
Ström & Gulliksson
Trademark Disputes
Vinge
Trademark Prosecution (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
AWA
Trademark Prosecution (Law Firms)
Vinge
Switzerland
Copyright & Design
MLL Legal
IP Transactions & Advisory
Homburger
Patent Disputes (Law Firms)
Lenz & Staehelin
Patent Disputes (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Rentsch Partner
Patent Prosecution
IPrime Rentsch Kaelin
Trademark Disputes
Walder Wyss
Trademark Prosecution
Weinmann Zimmerli
Türkiye
Copyright & Design
NSN Law Firm
Patent Disputes
NSN Law Firm
Patent Prosecution
Deris
Trademark Disputes
Gün + Partners
Trademark Prosecution
Esin Attorney Partnership
Ukraine
Firm of the Year
Sayenko Kharenko
United Arab Emirates
Copyright & Design
Taylor Wessing
Patent
Al Tamimi & Company
Trademark
Gowling WLG
United Kingdom (England)
Copyright
CMS
Read our interview with Taylor Wessing here
Design
Stobbs IP
IP Set
8 New Square
IP Transactions & Advisory
Gowling WLG
Patent Disputes (Law Firms)
Bird & Bird
IPEC Firm of the Year
Potter Clarkson
International patent prosecution
Dehns
Patent Disputes (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Carpmaels & Ransford
Patent Prosecution
D Young & Co
Patent Prosecution
Dehns
Trademark Disputes (Law Firms)
Lewis Silkin
Trademark Prosecution (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Venner Shipley
Trademark Prosecution (Law Firms)
Taylor Wessing
Trademark Prosecution (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Kilburn & Strode
UPC Firm of the Year
Powell Gilbert
United Kingdom (Scotland)
IP Disputes
Brodies
IP Transactions & Advisory
Dentons
Prosecution
Lawrie
Belgium
Airwair International v Retail Distribution Concepts
Co & Delarue
France
Hermès International and Hermès Sellier v Blao&Co
DTMV
Van Cleef & Arpels vs. Louis Vuitton
Gide
Germany
Open AI v GEMA (2025)
Raue
Regeneron and Bayer v Formycon
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Robert Kneschke v. LAION
Heidrich
VoiceAge vs HMD (2025)
Bosch Jehle & Wildanger Kehrwald Graf v. Schwerin
Italy
Chanel v Cesar
Trevisan & Cuonzo
Netherlands
Stokke v Cybex
De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Vemedia v PK Holdline
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Poland
Case No. XXII GW 744/24
Bird & Bird
South Africa
Yossi Barel v Popular Trading CC
Adams & Adams
Spain
Vegap v Mango
Gómez-Acebo & Pombo
United Kingdom
Acer Incorporated & Ors v Nokia Technologies Oy
Kirkland & Ellis & Morgan Lewis & Bockius
Alexion v Amgen and Samsung Bioepis
Osborne Clarke & Simmons & Simmons
Apple v Optis (2025)
EIP & Osborne Clarke
Athleta v Sports Group Denmark
Stephenson Harwood
Bargain Busting Ltd v Shenzhen SKE Technology Co Ltd
Brandsmiths
Battlekart v Chaos Karts
Shoosmiths
Dryrobe Ltd v Caesr Group Ltd (2025)
Addleshaw Goddard
easyGroup v Premier Inn Hotels (2025)
White & Case
Generics (UK), Teva & Glenmark v AstraZeneca (2025)
Powell Gilbert & Pinsent Masons & Taylor Wessing
Getty Images v. Stability AI (2025)
Bird & Bird
Hill v Touchlight
Bristows
IBM United Kingdom Ltd v LzLabs GmbH & Ors (2025)
Quinn Emanuel
Iconix Luxembourg Holdings SARL v Dream Pairs Europe Inc (2025)
Bird & Bird
IDDQD and Royal Mail v Codeberry (2025)
Addleshaw Goddard & Pinsent Masons
Kohler Mira v Norcros Group (2025)
Shakespeare Martineau
Merck KGaA v Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC & Ors (2025)
Bird & Bird
Playtech Software v Realtime SIA & Anor (2025)
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer & Trowers & Hamlin
Rinkoff v Baby Cow Productions
Wiggin
Safestand Ltd v Weston Homes Plc & Others
DLA Piper
Samsung Electronics v ZTE & Others (2025)
Powell Gilbert
Tesla v InterDigital & Avanci (2025)
EIP & Gowling WLG & Osborne Clarke
Thatchers Cider Company v Aldi Stores (2025)
Stephens Scown
Thom Browne v Adidas (2025)
Mishcon de Reya
T 1701/22
D Young & Co
Europe
Advanced Cell Diagnostics (ACD) v Molecular Instruments
Boult, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroe & Gowling WLG
Advent International $4.8 billion acquisition of stake in Essential Home Business from Reckitt Benckiser Group
Kirkland & Ellis & Slaughter & May
Alpinestars v Dainese
SIB Lex
Amgen v Sanofi
Brinkhoff& Bardehle Pagenberg
Belkin v Philips
Bardehle Pagenberg
Berliner Verkehrsbetriebe (BVG), T-288/24
Nordemann
Boehringer v Zentiva (2025)
NLP
BSH Hausgeräte v Electrolux
Gulliksson, Malmstedt Law & IPCGS
Dyson v Dreame
DLA Piper
Edwards v Meril (2025)
Bird & Bird, Powell Gilbert & Thum & Partner
expert e-commerce v Seoul Viosys
HGF & Krieger Mes
Ferrari v EUIPO
Modiano & Partners
Fujifilm v Kodak (2025)
Hoffmann Eitle, Hoyng Rokh Monegier, Kather Augenstein & Ter Meer Steinmeister & Partner
G1/23
Dehns, Hoffmann Eitle, HGF, EP&C, Maiwald, Eisenführ Speiser & Marks & Clerk
Gucci v Agfa
Hogan Lovells
HL Display v Black Sheep Retail
Hogan Lovells, Kransell & Wennborg
Hurom v NEC
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
InterDigital v Amazon
df-mp & Arnold Ruess
Keurig Dr Pepper $18.4 billion acquisition of JDE Peet
A&O Shearman, Cleary Gottlieb, Paul Weiss & Stibbe
Nokia vs. Sunmi
Arnold Ruess
ONB and Others, C-575/23
Janson
Stada, Dr Reddy's and Zentiva vs Sanofi (cabazitaxel)
Bonabry, df-mp, Maiwald, Pentarc, Hamm & Wittkopp & Taylor Wessing
Syngenta v Sumi Agro
Casalonga & Michalski Huttermann & Partner
T 1701/22
D Young & Co
Keurig Dr Pepper $18.4 billion acquisition of JDE Peet
A&O Shearman, Stibbe & Paul Weiss
Advent International $4.8 billion acquisition of stake in Essential Home Business from Reckitt Benckiser Group
Slaughter & May Kirkland & Ellis
Europe In-House Team of the Year (Patent)
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc
Europe In-House Team of the Year (Soft IP)
Novartis
Read our interview with the winner here.
Europe In-House Leader of the Year (Patent)
Shohta Ueno, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc
Europe In-House Leader of the Year (Soft IP)
Christina Münter, Takeda
Austria
Law Firms
Andreas Seling, Dorda
Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms
Rainer Beetz, SONN
Belgium
Practitioner of the Year
Kristof Roox, Crowell & Moring
Bulgaria
Practitioner of the Year
Kalina Tchakarova, Djingov Gouginski Kyutchukov & Velichkov (DGKV)
Croatia
Practitioner of the Year
Ivan Kos, CWB
Czech Republic
Practitioner of the Year
Ivan Rámeš, Havel & Partners
Denmark
Law Firms
Søren Danelund Reipurth, Bruun & Hjejle
Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms
Mikkel Roed Trier, AWA
Egypt
Practitioner of the Year
Dina Eldib , Eldib & Co
Finland
Law Firms
Petteri Häkkänen, Eversheds Sutherland
Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms
Sini Petsalo, Kolster
France
Law Firms
François Pochart, August Debouzy
Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms
Camille Pecnard, Lavoix
Germany
Patent (Law Firms)
Miriam Kiefer, Kather Augenstein
Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms
Felix Letzelter, Meissner Bolte
Soft IP
Peggy Müller, ADVANT Beiten
Greece
Practitioner of the Year
Michalis Kosmopoulos, Drakopoulos
Hungary
Practitioner of the Year
Aron Laszlo, Oppenheim
Ireland
Law Firms
Gerard Kelly, Mason Hayes & Curran
Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms
Sean Cummings, Keltie
Israel
Law Firms
Avi Ordo, S Horowitz & Co
Italy
Law Firms
Giovanni Galimberti, Bird & Bird
Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms
Michel Jolicoeur, Racheli
Kenya
Practitioner of the Year
Daniel Wanjau Muriu, Dentons Hamilton Harrison & Mathews
The Netherlands
Patent (Law Firms)
Daan de Lange, Brinkhof
Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms
Achim Krebs, HGF
Soft IP (Law Firms)
Manon Rieger-Jansen, Bird & Bird
Nigeria
Practitioner of the Year
Toyosi Alabi, Olaniwun Ajayi
Norway
Law Firms
Eirik Basmo Ellingsen, BAHR
Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms
Eirik Rødsand, Acapo Onsagers
Poland
Practitioner of the Year
Krzysztof Czyżewski, Czyżewscy Law Firm
Portugal
Law Firms
João Leitão Figueiredo, CMS
Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms
Maria Cruz Garcia, ClarkeModet
Romania
Practitioner of the Year
Ana-Maria Baciu, Baciu Partners
South Africa
Practitioner of the Year
Rowan Forster, ENSafrica
Spain
Law Firms
Cristina Duch, Pérez-Llorca
Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms
Montserrat Jané, ZBM Patents & Trademarks
Sweden
Law Firms
Johan Norderyd, Lindahl
Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms
Malin Ahlgren, Ström & Gulliksson
Switzerland
Law Firms
Peter Schramm, MLL Legal
Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms
Alban Shabani, Weinmann Zimmerli
Türkiye
Practitioner of the Year
Can Sözer, Esin Attorney Partnership
United Arab Emirates
Practitioner of the Year
Jon Parker, Gowling WLG
United Kingdom (England)
IP Transactions Lawyer of the Year
Joel Smith, Simmons & Simmons
Junior IP Barrister of the Year
Henry Edwards , 8 New Square
Patent (Law Firms)
Nicola Dagg, Kirkland & Ellis
Patent (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
John Brunner, Carpmaels & Ransford
Senior IP Barrister
Brian Nicholson KC , 11 South Square
Soft IP (Law Firms)
Joel Vertes, CMS
Trademark Attorney of the Year
Rachel Conroy, Boult Wade Tennant
Scotland
Practitioner of the Year
Neeraj Thomas, CMS
CEE
Practitioner of the Year
Ján Lazur, Taylor Wessing
Austria
Alexander Hofmann, Baker McKenzie
Belgium
Andreas Reygaert, Fencer
Bulgaria
Konstantin Kostadinov, Dimitrov Petrov & Co
Croatia
Anella Buković, Divjak Topić Bahtijarević & Krka (DTB)
Czech Republic
Sylvie Řeháčková, Harber IP
Denmark
Sofie Beiter Arreskov, Plesner
Egypt
Menna El Sherif, Matouk Bassiouny
Finland
Jennika Sucksdorff, Bird & Bird
France
Marion Soulé, Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Germany
Marius Fischer, Bardehle Pagenberg
Greece
Kalypso Kourtidi, Tsibanoulis & Partners
Hungary
Mihály Egon Budai, Baker McKenzie
Ireland
Ciara Browne, DLA Piper
Israel
Shimon Maman, The Luzzatto Group
Italy
Maria Luigia Franceschelli, Hogan Lovells
CEE
Nikola Kliska, Karanović & Partners
Africa
Firm of the Year
Adams & Adams
Baltic
Firm of the Year
AAA Law
Benelux
Patent (Law Firms)
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Patent (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Arnold & Siedsma
Trademark (Law Firms)
Bird & Bird
Trademark (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
NLO Shieldmark
CEE
Firm of the Year
CWB
Europe
Copyright
Bird & Bird
Design
CMS
EPO Proceedings Firm of the Year
Carpmaels & Ransford
IP Transactions & Advisory
Taylor Wessing
Patent Disputes (Law Firms)
Hoyng Rokh Monegier
Patent Disputes (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
Cohausz & Florack
Patent Prosecution
Arnold & Siedsma
Trademark (Law Firms)
Bird & Bird
Trademark (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
HGF
Middle East & North Africa
Firm of the Year
Al Tamimi & Company
Nordic
Law Firms
Roschier
Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms
AWA
Global