Shortlist revealed: Global IP Awards 2024 (2024)

The 2024 WTR and IAM Global IP Awards are taking place in London this October.

Today, we reveal the shortlisted firms.

Covering 75 jurisdictions and three regional anti-counterfeiting awards, these firms have been recognised for their outstanding achievements in trademark and patent litigation, prosecution and transactional work.

The winners will be announced at an illustrious dinner on 17 October at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, London.

Asia-Pacific

Anti-counterfeiting Firm of the Year

• LAW Partnership
• R K Dewan & Co
• SKC Law

Europe, Middle East and Africa

Anti-counterfeiting Firm of the Year

• CWB
• Dentons
• Živko Mijatovic & Partners

Latin and Central America

Anti-counterfeiting Firm of the Year

• Cervieri Monsuárez & Asociados
• Estudio Benedetti
• Marval O'Farrell & Mairal

Albania

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Albanian IP Matters
• Gjika & Associates
• Loloçi & Associates

Argentina

IP Firm of the Year

• Marval O'Farrell & Mairal
• G Breuer
• Palacio & Asociados

Australia

Patent Attorney Firm of the Year

• Griffith Hack
• Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick
• Spruson & Ferguson

Patent Law Firm of the Year

• Ashurst
• Herbert Smith Freehills
• King & Wood Mallesons

Trademark Attorney Firm of the Year

• FB Rice
• Griffith Hack
• Phillips Ormonde Fitzpatrick

Trademark Law Firm of the Year

• Corrs Chambers Westgarth
• Gilbert + Tobin
• King & Wood Mallesons

Austria

Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

• Gassauer-Fleissner
• GEISTWERT
• Schwarz Schönherr

IP Prosecution Firm of the Year

• Puchberger & Partner
• SONN Patentanwälte
• Wildhack & Jellinek

Trademark Litigation Firm of the Year

• Gassauer-Fleissner
• Schoenherr Attorneys at Law
• Schwarz Schönherr

Balkans

IP Firm of the Year

• CWB
• Wolf Theiss
• Živko Mijatovic & Partners

Baltics

IP Firm of the Year

• AAA Law
• Ellex Group
• SORAINEN

Belgium

Patent Attorney Firm of the Year

• Arnold & Siedsma
• De Clercq & Partners
• GEVERS

Patent Law Firm of the Year

• ALTIUS
• Crowell & Moring
• HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER

Trademark Law Firm of the Year

• FENCER
• NautaDutilh
• Van Innis & Delarue

Benelux

Trademark Attorney Firm of the Year

• Arnold & Siedsma
• HGF
• NLO

Bolivia

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Bolet & Terrero
• Bufete Aguirre, Quintanilla, Soria & Nishizawa
• Moreno Baldivieso Attorneys

Brazil

Patent Firm of the Year

• Gusmão & Labrunie
• Kasznar Leonardos
• Licks Attorneys

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Dannemann Siemsen
• Gusmão & Labrunie
• Montaury Pimenta, Machado & Vieira de Mello

Bulgaria

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Boyanov & Co
• Interius
• Pavlov & Co

Cambodia

IP Firm of the Year

• Abacus IP
• Rouse
• Tilleke & Gibbins

Canada

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Borden Ladner Gervais
• Gowling WLG
• Smart & Biggar

Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

• Goodmans
• Gowling WLG
• McCarthy Tétrault

Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year

• Bereskin & Parr
• Smart & Biggar
• Torys

Caribbean

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Caribbean IP
• MINIÑO Abogados
• Ogier

Chile

Patent Firm of the Year

• Carey
• Claro & Cia
• Sargent & Krahn

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Carey
• Sargent & Krahn
• SILVA

China

Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

• King & Wood Mallesons
• LexField Law Offices
• Lifang & Partners

Patent Prosecution of the Year

• CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office
• CPA (HK)
• NTD Intellectual Property Attorneys

Foreign IP Firm of the Year

• Bird & Bird
• Hogan Lovells
• Rouse

Trademark Litigation Firm of the Year

• CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office
• King & Wood Mallesons
• Wanhuida IP

Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year

• King & Wood Mallesons
• Unitalen
• Wanhuida IP

Colombia

Patent Firm of the Year

• Cavelier
• Lloreda Camacho & Co
• OlarteMoure

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Brigard Castro
• Cavelier
• Lloreda Camacho & Co

Costa Rica

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Arias
• BLP
• Consortium Legal

Czech Republic

IP Firm of the Year

• Bird & Bird
• Havlík Švorčík and Partners, Law and Patent Office
• HAVEL & PARTNERS

Denmark

Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

• Accura
• Bech-Bruun
• Kromann Reumert

Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year

• COPA Copenhagen Patents
• Inspicos
• Zacco

Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year

• AWA
• Patrade
• Zacco

Trademark Litigation Firm of the Year

• Bech-Bruun
• Gorrisen Federspiel
• Plesner

Dominican Republic

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Bufete Lugo Lovaton
• Troncoso Leroux
• MINIÑO Abogados

Ecuador

Trademark Firm of the Year

• CorralRosales
• Falconi Puig
• Pérez Bustamante & Ponce

El Salvador

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Arias
• Espino Nieto
• Romero Pineda & Asociados

EPO

EPO Prosecution Firm of the Year

• Carpmaels & Ransford
• D Young & Co
• Vossius

EUIPO

EU Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year

• Bomhard
• Hogan Lovells
• Noerr

Finland

Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

• Borenius
• Castren & Snellman
• Roschier

Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year

• Berggren
• BOCO IP
• Papula-Nevinpat

Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year

• Berggren Oy
• Castren & Snellman
• Roschier

Trademark Litigation Firm of the Year

• Borenius
• Castren & Snellman
• Roschier

France

Patent Attorney Firm of the Year

• CASALONGA
• Beau de Lomenie
• Plasseraud IP

Patent Law Firm of the Year

• AO Shearman
• August Debouzy
• HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER

Trademark Law Firm of the Year

• Armengaud Guerlain
• Hogan Lovells
• Jones Day

Trademark Attorney Firm of the Year

• CASALONGA
• Germain & Maureau
• Plasseraud IP

Germany

Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

• Bardehle Pagenberg
• rospatt osten pross
• Vossius

Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year

• Boehmert & Boehmert
• Cohausz & Florack
• Grünecker

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Harte-Bavendamm
• Hogan Lovells
• Lubberger Lehment

Greece

IP Firm of the Year

• Ballas Pelecanos
• Drakopoulos
• Dr Helen Papaconstantinou

Guatemala

Trademark Firm of the Year

• BLP
• Consortium Legal
• Palomo Abogados

Honduras

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Bufete Durón
• Bufete Mejía & Asociados
• Dentons Muñoz Zacapa

Hong Kong

Patent Firm of the Year

• Baker McKenzie
• Deacons
• Eagle IP

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Baker McKenzie
• Bird & Bird
• Deacons

Hungary

IP Firm of the Year

• Danubia
• Oppenheim
• SBGK Attorneys at law and Patent attorneys

Iceland

IP Firm of the Year

• Arnason Faktor
• LEX Law Offices
• Sigurjónsson & Thor

India

Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

• Anand & Anand
• K&S Partners
• Remfry & Sagar

Patent Prosecution of the Year

• Anand & Anand
• De Penning & De Penning
• K&S Partners

Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year

• Anand & Anand
• K&S Partners
• R K Dewan & Co

Trademark Litigation Firm of the Year

• Anand & Anand
• Remfry & Sagar
• R K Dewan & Co

Indonesia

Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

• Januar Jahja & Partners
• Rouse
• Tilleke & Gibbins

Patent Prosecution of the Year

• Am Badar & Am Badar
• Rouse
• Tilleke & Gibbins

Trademark Litigation Firm of the Year

• K&K Advocates
• Rouse
• SKC Law

Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year

• Januar Jahja & Partners
• SKC Law
• Tilleke & Gibbins

Ireland

Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

• DFMG Solicitors
• Mason Hayes & Curran
• William Fry

Patent Prosecution of the Year

• FR Kelly
• Murgitroyd
• PurdyLucey

Trademark Firm of the Year

• DFMG
• Mason Hayes & Curran
• William Fry

Israel

Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

• Liad Whatstein & Co
• Reinhold Cohn
• S Horowitz

Patent Prosecution of the Year

• Cohn, de Vries, Stadler & Co
• Ehrlich Group
• Fisher Friedman IP Group

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Liad Whatstein
• Reinhold Cohn Group
• S Horowitz

Italy

Patent Attorney Firm of the Year

• GLP
• Jacobacci & Partners
• Studio Torta

Patent Law Firm of the Year

• Bird & Bird
• Hogan Lovells
• Trevisan & Cuonzo

Trademark Law Firm of the Year

• Bird & Bird
• Spheriens
• Trevisan & Cuonzo

Trademark Attorney Firm of the Year

• Jacobacci & Partners
• Societa Italiana Brevetti
• Studio Torta

Japan

Foreign Patent Firm of the Year

• Hogan Lovells
• Morrison Foerster
• Paul Hastings

Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

• Nishimura & Asahi
• TMI Associates
• Yuasa and Hara

Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year

• Aoyama & Partners
• Saegusa & Partners
• TMI Associates

Foreign Trademark Firm of the Year

• Baker McKenzie
• Hogan Lovells
• Jones Day

Trademark Litigation Firm of the Year

• Mori Hamada & Matsumoto
• Nishimura & Asahi
• TMI Associates

Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year

• Nishimura & Asahi
• KUBOTA
• SAEGUSA & Partners

Kenya

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Bowmans
• CFL Advocates
• Iseme, Kamau & Maema Advocates (DLA Piper Africa)

Luxembourg

Trademark Firm of the Year

• /c Law
• Decker & Braun
• DLA Piper

Malaysia

Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

• Shearn Delamore & Co
• SKRINE
• Wong & Partners

Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year

• Shearn Delamore & Co
• SKRINE
• Wong & Partners

Patent Agency of the Year

• Henry Goh
• Marks & Clerk
• Pintas IP Group

Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year

• LindaWang Su & Boo
• Shearn Delamore & Co
• SKRINE

Trademark Litigation Firm of the Year

• LindaWang Su & Boo
• Shearn Delamore & Co
• SKRINE

Trademark Agency of the Year

• Henry Goh
• Marks & Clerk
• Mirandah Asia

Mexico

Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

• Arochi & Lindner
• Calderón & De La Sierra
• OLIVARES

Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year

• BC&B
• OLIVARES
• Uhthoff, Gómez Vega & Uhthoff

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Arochi & Lindner
• OLIVARES
• Uhthoff, Gómez Vega & Uhthoff

Netherlands

Patent Attorney Firm of the Year

• De Vries & Metman
• NLO
• VO Patents & Trademarks

Patent Law Firm of the Year

• Bird & Bird
• Brinkhof
• HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Brinkhof
• De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
• HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER

New Zealand

Patent Firm of the Year

• AJ Park
• James & Wells
• Simpson & Grierson

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Dentons
• James & Wells
• Simpson & Grierson

Nigeria

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Banwo & Ighodalo
• G Elias
• Jackson Etti & Edu

Norway

Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

• Gjessing Reimers
• Schjødt
• Thommessen

Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year

• Bryn Aarflot
• Håmsø
• Onsagers

Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year

• Bryn Aarflot
• Onsagers
• Zacco

Trademark Litigation Firm of the Year

• Gjessing Reimers
• Schjødt
• Thommessen

Panama

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Estudio Benedetti
• Icaza González-Ruiz & Alemán
• JIMENEZ, MOLINO Y MORENO

Peru

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Allende & Garcia
• BARLAW
• Barreda Moller

Philippines

Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

• Quisumbing Torres
• SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
• Villaraza & Angangco

Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year

• Quisumbing Torres
• SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
• Villaraza & Angangco

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Baranda & Associates - a member of the Rouse network
• SyCip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan
• Villaraza & Angangco

Poland

Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

• Bird & Bird
• LDS Łazewski Depo & Partners
• Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak

Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year

• AOMB
• JWP Patent & Trademark Attorneys
• WTS Patent Attorneys

Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year

• JWP Patent & Trademark Attorneys
• PATPOL
• POLSERVICE

Trademark Litigation Firm of the Year

• Baker McKenzie
• Kulikowska & Kulikowski
• Wardyński & Partners

Portugal

IP Firm of the Year

• Abreu Advogados
• Garrigues
• Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados

Qatar

IP Firm of the Year

• Al Tamimi & Company
• JAH IP
• OneWorld IP

Romania

Trademark Firm of the year

• BACIU PARTNERS
• Mușat & Asociaţii
• Răzvan Dincă & Asociaţii

Saudi Arabia

IP Firm of the Year

• Bird & Bird
• CWB
• OneWorld IP

Serbia

IP Firm of the Year

• CWB
• MSA IP Law
• Živko Mijatovic & Partners

Singapore

Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

• Allen & Gledhill
• Bird & Bird
• Drew & Napier

Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year

• Donaldson & Burkinshaw
• Marks & Clerk
• Spruson & Ferguson

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Allen & Gledhill LLP
• Amica Law
• Drew & Napier LLC

Slovenia

IP Firm of the Year

• ITEM
• Patentna pisarna
• Wolf Theiss

South Africa

Patent Firm of the Year

• Adams & Adams
• ENSafrica
• Spoor & Fisher

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Adams & Adams
• Spoor & Fisher
• Von Seidels

South Korea

Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

• Kim & Chang
• Lee & Ko
• Yulchon

Patent Prosecution of the Year

• FirstLaw PC
• Kim & Chang
• Yoon & Lee

Trademark Litigation Firm of the Year

• Cho & Partners
• Kim & Chang
• Yulchon LLC

Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year

• FirstLaw PC
• KAI IP Law
• Kim & Chang

Spain

Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

• Clifford Chance
• Grau & Angulo
• HOYNG ROKH MONEGIER

Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year

• ABG Intellectual Property
• BALDER
• ZBM Patents & Trademarks

Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year

• Elzaburu
• PONS IP
• Ungria

Trademark Litigation Firm of the Year

• Gomez-Acebo & Pombo Abogados
• Grau & Angulo
• Garrigues

Sweden

Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

• Sandart & Partners
• Setterwalls
• Westerberg & Partners

Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year

• Kransell & Wennborg
• Ström & Gulliksson
• Zacco

Trademark Litigation Firm of the Year

• Sandart & Partners
• Westerberg & Partners
• Vinge

Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year

• AWA
• Groth & Co
• Zacco

Switzerland

Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

• Homburger
• Lenz & Staehlin
• MLL Legal

Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year

• E Blum
• Hepp Wenger Ryffel
• Rentsch

Trademark Litigation Firm of the Year

• Lenz & Staehlin
• MLL Legal
• TIMES

Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year

• E Blum
• Rentsch
• Weinmann Zimmerli

Taiwan

Patent Firm of the Year

• Formosa Transnational Attoneys at Law
• Saint Island International Patent & Law Offices
• TSAI, LEE & CHEN Patent Attorneys & Attorneys at Law

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Baker McKenzie
• Saint Island International Patent & Law Offices
• Tai E International Patent & Law Office

Tanzania

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Bowmans
• ENDO & Co
• Vemma Attorneys

Türkiye

Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year

• Ankara Patent Bureau
• Deriş Patents and Trademarks Agency
• Stock Intellectual Property Services

Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

• Gün + Partners
• Moroğlu Arseven
• NSN Law Firm

Trademark Litigation Firm of the Year

• Deriş Patents and Trademarks Agency
• Gün + Partners
• Kenoroğlu

Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year

• Deriş Patents and Trademarks Agency
• Moroğlu Arseven
• Stock Intellectual Property Services

Thailand

Patent Firm of the Year

• Baker McKenzie
• Rouse
• Tilleke & Gibbins

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Ananda Intellectual Property
• Baker McKenzie
• Tilleke & Gibbins

United Arab Emirates

Patent Firm of the Year

• Al-Tamimi
• Gowling WLG
• Rouse

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Al-Tamimi
• Gowling WLG
• Rouse

Ukraine

IP Firm of the Year

• Doubinsky & Osharova
• Mamunya IP
• Pakharenko & Partners

United Kingdom

Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

• Bristows
• Kirkland & Ellis
• Powell Gilbert

Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year

• Boult Wade Tennant
• J A Kemp
• Kilburn & Strode

Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year

• Barker Brettell
• HGF
• Mewburn Ellis

Trademark Litigation of the Year

• Bird & Bird
• CMS
• Taylor Wessing

Trademark Transactions Firm of the Year

• Bird & Bird
• Bristows
• Stephenson Harwood

Patent Transactions Firm of the Year

• A&O Shearman
• Anderson Law
• Gowling WLG

United States

Patent Litigation Firm of the Year

• Arnold & Porter
• Finnegan
• Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan

Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year

• Greenberg Traurig
• Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
• Polsinelli

Post-grant Firm of the Year

• Fish & Richardson
• Kirkland & Ellis
• McKool Smith

Trademark Litigation Firm of the Year

• Kirkland and Ellis
• Kelly IP
• Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton

Trademark Prosecution Firm of the Year

• Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman
• Fross Zelnick Lehrman & Zissu
• Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear

Transactions Firm of the Year

• Perkins Coie
• Ropes & Gray
• Skadden

Anti-counterfeiting Firm of the Year

• Debevoise & Plimpton
• Greenberg Traurig
• Lipkus Law

Uruguay

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Cervieri Monsuárez & Asociados
• Ferrere
• Fischer Abogados

Venezuela

Trademark Firm of the Year

• Bolet & Terrero
• Estudio Antequera Parilli & Rodríguez
• Hoet & Partners

Vietnam

Patent Firm of the Year

• INVESTIP
• Rouse
• Tilleke & Gibbins

Trademark Firm of the Year

• BMVN - in association with Baker McKenzie
• D&N International
• Tilleke & Gibbins

Each year, the list of Global IP Awards winners is compiled on the basis of extensive research conducted for the WTR 1000 and the IAM Patent 1000. WTR and IAM’s dedicated research team gathers thousands of written submissions from firms detailing their recent activity in the IP field, interviews thousands of top practitioners worldwide, and gathers references from in-house leaders, giving us extensive market intelligence on the leading players in the field.

The winners are selected on the basis of a wide range of criteria relating to excellence, achievement, and market reputation, and serve as a testament to the outstanding work being undertaken by IP firms across the globe.