Awards

2020

Client Choice Awards:
- Carsten Beisheim - Litigation - Germany
- Piotr Dynowski - Intellectual Property: Patents - Poland
- Jonathan Goldsworthy - Immigration - UK
- Rita Tardiolo - Intellectual Property: Trademarks - Italy
- Mauro Turrini - Life Sciences - Italy
Trophées du Droit:
-Ethics & Diversity Award

Global IP Awards:
- Patent Litigation Firm of the Year - Germany
- IP Firm of the Year - Czech Republic
- Trade Mark Firm of the Year – Italy

2019

TopLegal Awards, Italy:
Law Firm of the Year - IP, Trademarks and Copyright
Wolters Kluwer Legal Award:
Compliance - Hungary
Legal 500 UK Awards:
Sport Firm of the Year
UK Diversity Legal Awards:
Outstanding Multi-cultural / BAME Employee Network Award
Asia IP Awards:
Winner - Singapore – Trade Marks
Winner - China International – Patents
Winner - Asia-Pacific – Patents
The Times Best Law Firms 2020:

Commended in:
Commercial Dispute Resolution
Employment
Entertainment & Sport
Intellectual Property
Technology, Media & Telecoms
Australasian Lawyer:
Employer of Choice 2019

Legal Week Innovation Awards:
Future of Legal Services Innovation: Large Private Practice
Rising Star Innovation Award: Will Deller

Who's Who Legal Awards:
Patent Firm of the Year
Sports Firm of the Year
LawCareers.net Training & Recruitment Awards:
Best Trainer - Large City Firm
Legal Business Awards:
Legal Technology Team of the Year
TMT Team of the Year

Legal Cheek Trainee and Junior Lawyer Awards:
Most Admired Firm

Asia Legal Awards:
Asian Technology and Innovation Initiative of the Year

Managing IP Awards:
European Copyright Firm of the Year
Copyright Firm of the Year – Sweden
Patent Contentious Firm of the Year – France

China Business Law Awards 2019:
Best overall law firms
Education
Employment & labour
Healthcare, pharma & life sciences
Media, entertainment & sports
Data protection & privacy
Trophées du Droit:
Gold Trophy – Trademarks
Gold Trophy – Restructuring
Silver Trophy – Data Protection
Silver Trophy – Employment

Global IP Awards:
Czech Republic IP Firm of the Year
Hong Kong Patent Law Firm of the Year
Italy Patent Law Firm of the Year

Client Choice Awards 2019:
Bálint Halász – Hungary – Intellectual Property-Trademarks
Matthew Laight – Hong Kong – Intellectual Property-Patents
Jan Byström – Sweden – M&A
Morten Nissen – Denmark – Competition & Antitrust
Sandra Seah – Singapore – Environment & Climate Change
Lorraine Tay – Singapore – Intellectual Property-Trademarks
Brent Springael – Belgium – Corporate Tax
Sven-Erik Heun – Germany – Telecommunications
Pattie Walsh – Hong Kong – Employment & Benefits
Struan Penwarden – United Kingdom – M&A

2018

Asia IP Awards:

Chambers Latin America Awards:

Top Legal Awards:

Juve Awards 2018:

Clean Energy Pipeline 2018:
Ranked first out of 20 for the leading M&A legal advisors by number of deals
Ranked second out of 20 for the leading Project Finance advisors by number of deals

Australasian Lawyer 2018:
IP Specialist Law Firm of the Year
Who's Who Legal Awards 2018:

Managing IP: Top 250 Women in IP:
Anne-Charlotte Le-Bihan, partner, France
Alison Wong, partner, Hong Kong
Christine Yiu, partner, Shanghai
Ella Mikkola, partner, Finland
Katharine Stephens, partner, UK
Lorraine Tay, partner, Singapore

MPF Awards 2018:
Winner, Exceptional Achievement by an Individual - David Kerr
Winner, Best Corporate Culture
Winner, Best Programme for Leadership Development
Winner, Best Collaboration with External Specialists - CyberBox
China Business Law Awards 2017-18
Leading International Firm for:
- Aviation
- Entertainment & sports
- Intellectual property (patent and trade secret)
- TMT
Legal Marketing Technology Impact Awards 2018:
Client Service & Delivery - Honourable Mention

Legal 500 EMEA Hall of Fame:
Katarina Åhlberg, partner, Stockholm – Employment
Nicolai Dragsted, senior counsel, Copenhagen – Information Technology
Marjolein Geus, partner, The Hague – Telecoms
Massimiliano Mostardini, partner, Milan – Intellectual Property
Jean-Christophe Troussel, partner, Brussels – Intellectual Property
Benoit Van Asbroeck, partner, Brussels – IT and telecoms, and Media & Entertainment
ILO Client Choice Awards 2018:
Bálint Halász, Intellectual Property – Trademarks, Hungary
Lorraine Anne Tay, Intellectual Property – Trademarks, Singapore
Sven-Erik Heun, Telecommunications, Germany
Pattie Walsh, Employment & Benefits, Hong Kong
Ian Hunter, Employment & Benefits, United Kingdom
Evelyn Tjon-En-Fa, Litigation, Netherlands
Mauro Turrini, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Italy
World Trademark Review (WTR):
Leading Firm in 17 countries and 36 practitioners recognised worldwide.
Trophées du Droit 2018 (France):
Gold Trophy Winner – Patents
Iberian Lawyer InspiraLAw
Top 50 Women in Spain and Portugal: Raquel Ballesteros

Euromoney Asia Women in Business Law Awards 2018
Best Australian Law Firm
Best in Trademark and Patent Prosecution: Alison Wong
Financial Times Innovative Lawyers Europe Awards 2018
Winner of “Creating a New Standard” category
Ranked 5th overall out of the Most Innovative Law Firms in Europe (See here)

2017

CITY A.M. Awards 2017:
Law Firm of the Year – Highly Commended
Chambers Latin America Awards 2017:
Best International Counsel operating in Cuba
Finance Monthly Global Awards 2017:
Alison Wong - Life Sciences Lawyer of the Year

ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2017:
IP Law Firm of the Year

China Law & Practice Awards 2017:
International IP Law Firm of the Year

Australasian Law Awards 2017:
IP Specialist Firm of the Year

HR Excellence Awards 2017:
Best Employment Law Firm - Belgium

Who's Who Legal Awards 2017:
Patents Firm of the Year
Who’s Who Legal: Thought Leaders 2017:
Mark Abell, Franchise, London
Jan Byok, Government Contracts, Düsseldorf
Jonathan Taylor, Sports, London
Euromoney Women in Business Law 2017:
Annet van Hooft, Paris - Best in Commercial Arbitration
Denmark - Best Firm in Country/Region
The Netherlands - Best Firm in Country/Region
France - Best Firm in Country/Region

MPF Awards 2017:
Winner, Most Innovative Client service

MIP Global Awards:
Winners Europe Patent Litigation - IP Firm of the Year
Winners for Italy (Contentious) - IP Firm of the Year

Client Choice Awards 2017:
Hermenegildo Altozano - Winner, Energy & Natural Resources, Spain
Ruth Boardman - Winner, IT & Internet, United Kingdom
Balint Halasz - Winner, Intellectual Property: Trademarks, Hungary
Christian Harmsen - Winner, Intellectual Property: Patents, Germany
Sven-Erik Heun - Winner, Telecommunications, Germany
Alban Kang - Winner, Intellectual Property: Patents, Singapore
Scott McInnes - Winner, Competition & Antitrust, Belgium
Manon Rieger-Jansen - Winner, Intellectual Property: Trademarks, Netherlands
Sandra Seah - Winner, Projects & Procurement, Singapore
Sven-Michael Werner - Winner, General Corporate, China

2016

Who's Who Legal: 100 - Top 20 Elite Firm in the World (Ranked 13th), and Top Firm in the World for IP
Who's Who Legal Award Winner - Firm of the Year for Technology, Media and Telecommunications

Global Mobility Immigration and Logistics Awards 2016: Best for Employment Law – UK

IJGlobal Awards 2016: Winner, European Telecoms category

MIP Global Awards 2016 - UK Firm of the Year for Trade Mark Contentious (Press release)
TopLegal Awards – Best Food & Drink Team of the Year – Italy (Press release)
ILO Client Choice Awards 2016: (Press release)

Laurence Clot – France - Corporate Tax
Catherine Erkelens – Belgium - Aviatio
Giovanni Galimberti – Italy - Intellectual Property – Copyright
Sven-Erik Heun - Germany – Telecommunications
Andrea Jarolimkova - Czech Republic - Intellectual Property – Trademarks
Massimiliano Mostardini – Italy - Intellectual Property – Designs & Trade Secrets
Sven-Michael Werner – China - General Corporate

International Association of Outsourcing Professionals: (Press Release)

"World's Best Outsourcing Advisors 2016"

World Trademark Review's (WTR):
WTR 1000; ranked in 15 jurisdictions across Europe and Asia-Pacific & 26 practitioners selected for their exceptional trade mark expertise.

World Trademark Review's (WTR) leading trade mark firm in 15 countries:
Belgium; China, Czech Republic; Finland; France; Germany; Hong Kong, Hungary; Italy; the Netherlands; Poland; Singapore; Slovakia; Spain; the United Kingdom

World Trademark Review's (WTR) leading trade mark practitioners – 26 individuals recognised:
Vojtěch Chloupek, Prague, Matthew Laight, Hong Kong, Alison Wong, Hong Kong, Jean-Christophe Troussel, Brussels, Richard Dissmann, Munich, Joseph Fesenmair, Munich, Uwe Lüken, Düsseldorf, Armand Killan, The Hague, Wouter E Pors, The Hague, Manon Rieger-Jansen, The Hague, Peter Brownlow, London, Katharine Stephens, London, Allan Poulter, London, Mark Holah, London, Cyril Chua, Singapore, Alban Kang, Singapore, Lorraine Anne Tay, Singapore, Ella Mikkola, Helsinki, Bálint Halász, Budapest, Giovanni Galimberti, Milan, Massimiliano Mostardini, Milan, Piotr Dynowski, Warsaw, Antonio Cueto, Madrid, Manuel Lobato García-Miján, Madrid, Mark Abell, London, Rieko Michishita, Beijing.

2015

Asia IP Awards - International Patent Firm of the Year
British Legal Awards – Highly Commended – TMT Team of the Year

Asia Women in Business Law 2015: (Press release)
Christine Yiu, China - Best in IP Litigation
Clarice Yue, Hong Kong - Rising Star: IP
Sydney Office, Australia - Best Firm in Country/Region

"Rising Stars Lawyers - tomorrow's leaders 2015": (Press release)
IP and New Technology Law - Marta Koremba and Izabela Kowalczuk-Pakuła

Top Legal Awards: Italy
Best Law Firm: Patent Litigation

Lawyer Monthly Legal Awards
Law Firm of the Year: Life Sciences - Hong Kong

Legal Week
Best Legal Advisor
Top for Quality of service delivery

ACQ Awards
Aviation Law Firm of the Year - Spain

Finance Monthly
Aviation Law Firm of the Year

FT Europe Innovative Lawyers Awards 2015:
Top 10 Game-Changing Firm of the Past 10 years
Top 10 Most Innovative Individuals
Standout in: Innovation in Dispute Resolution, Innovation in IP, and Innovation in Growth & Business Development

ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2015:
"Law Firm of the Year" for Intellectual Property
"Law Firm of the Year" for Technology, Media and Telecommunications

Global Mobility Immigration and Logistics Awards 2015: (press release)
Business Immigration Law Firm of the Year – UK

Managing IP 2015: (Press release)
44 lawyers from our offices worldwide recognised
The Lawyer Asia-Pacific 150 2015: (Press release)
Firm ranked 21st out of the top 50 International Firms
Les Trophées du Droit
Silver Award in Trademarks
Silver Award in Energy/Natural Resources - Africa
"Rising Star" in Transfer Pricing & International Tax

Euromoney Women in Business Law 2015: (Press release)
Catherine Erkelens, Belgium - Best in Aviation
Morag Macdonald, UK - Best in Patent
Ulrike Gruebler, Germany - Rising Star IP
The Hague Office, The Netherlands - Best Firm in Country/Region
Paris Office, France - Best Firm in Country/Region
Prague Office, Czech Republic - Best Firm in Country/Region
FT Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers Awards 2015:
FT Law 25 - Internationally headquartered firms placed 15 out of 25.
Business of Law category recognised as "standout"
The Lawyer Asia-Pacific 150:
Top International Firms: Ranked 21 out of 50

IAM Patent 1000 2015: (press release)
International Firm Ranking
15 jurisdictional rankings in: Belgium, China: foreign, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, International, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
38 individual lawyer recognitions
Trends Legal Awards, Belgium:
Best IP, IT & TMT law firm
Asian Legal Business China Law Awards 2015:
IP Law Firm of the Year
Who's Who Legal Awards 2015: (press release)
Law firm of the Year for Technology, Media and Telecommunications
Law firm of the Year for Sport
Law firm of the Year for Patents
Law firm of the Year for Life Sciences- Patent Litigation
Jonathan Taylor – Sports Lawyer of the Year
Managing IP (MIP) 2015: (press release)
Law Firm of the Decade
MPF Awards for Management Excellence 2015: (press release)
Most Innovative Use of Social Media - Won
Best Use of Systems and Technology – Won
Best Provision of Know How – Second
Best Financial Management – Second
ILO Client Choice Awards 2015: (press release)
Hermenegildo Altozano - Winner, Energy & Natural Resources, Spain
Raquel Ballesteros - Winner, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Spain
Vojtech Chloupek - Winner, IT & Internet, Czech Republic
Susan de Silva - Winner, Employment & Benefits, Singapore
Piotr Dynowski - Winner, Intellectual Property – Patents, Poland
Javier Fernández-Samaniego – Winner, IT & Internet, Spain
Andrew Hallgarth - Winner, Banking, United Kingdom
Andrea Jarolímková - Winner, Intellectual Property – Trademarks, Czech Republic
World's Best Outsourcing Advisors 2015: (press release)
Featured on the "World’s Best Advisors" List

2014

2014 Asia IP Awards:
'International Patent Firm of the Year'
'Singapore Patent Firm of the Year'

World Trademark Review's (WTR) leading trade mark practitioners across 16 jurisdictions:
Vojtěch Chloupek, Prague, Matthew Laight, Hong Kong, Jean-Christophe Troussel, Brussels, Alison Wong, Hong Kong, Rebecca Delorey, Paris, Richard Dissmann, Munich, Joseph Fesenmair, Munich, Armand Killan, The Hague, Uwe Lüken, Düsseldorf, Wouter E Pors, The Hague, Manon Rieger-Jansen, The Hague, Nathalie Ruffin, Paris, Mark Abell, London, Peter Brownlow, London, Cyril Chua, Singapore, Antonio Cueto, Madrid, Małgorzata Darowska, Warsaw, Piotr Dynowski, Warsaw, Giovanni Galimberti, Milan, Bálint Halász, Budapest, Sheena Jacob, Singapore, Alban Kang, Singpore, Manuel Lobato García-Miján, Madrid, Ella Mikkola, Helsinki, Massimiliano Mostardini, Milan, Fidel Porcuna, Madrid, Allan Poulter, London, Katharine Stephens, London, Lorraine Anne Tay, Singapore.
IDEX Legal Awards, India
- Best International Law Firm of the Year

Managing Intellectual Property
- Europe Firm of the Year – High-Tech
- Europe Firm of the Year – Trade Marks/Design
Who's Who Legal
- Firm of the year: Telecoms
- Firm of the year: Information technology
- Firm of the Year: Patents (third consecutive year)
- Firm of the Year: Life Sciences (seventh consecutive year)
- Telecoms and Media Lawyer of the Year – Colin Long

World Finance Legal Awards 2014
- Best Intellectual Property Firm - Singapore
FT Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers 2014
- FT Law 25 Internationally headquartered firms
- Corporate & commercial: Internationally headquartered firms (commended)
- International strategy (commended)

2013

China Law and Practice: (press release)

International TMT Firm of the Year 2013

The Lawyer Awards: (press release)
- Client Partner of the Year: Jane Mutimear
Euromoney Women in Business Law Awards: (press release)
- Best in Telecoms Media Technology: Marjolein Geus
- Best in Life Sciences: Morag Macdonald
WTR 1000:
- Leading trade mark practitioners across 15 jurisdictions: Peter Brownlow, Vojtěch Chloupek, Antonio Cueto, Richard Dissmann, Piotr Dynowski, Joseph Fesenmair, Rachel Fetches, Giovanni Galimberti, Cristina Garrigues, Balint Halasz, Sheena Jacob, Alban Kang, Armand Killan, Matthew Laight, Ai-Leen Lim, Manuel Lobato García-Miján, Ella Mikkola, Massimiliano Mostardini, Fidel Porcuna, Wouter Pors, Sara Sparring, Katharine Stephens, Lorraine Anne Tay, Jean-Christophe Troussel, Alison Wong, Allan Poulter and Rebecca Delorey.
Legal Business Awards 2013: (press release)

TMT Team of the Year

Who's Who Legal Awards 2013:

Life Sciences Firm of the Year
Patent Firm of the Year
Internet & e-Commerce & Data Protection Firm of the Year
Regulatory Communications Firm of the Year

2012

Asian Legal Business and China Law & Practice legal awards
- ‘Intellectual Property Law Firm of the Year 2012’
Annual China Law & Practice awards
- 'International Intellectual Property Firm of the Year 2012'
M&A Advisor Turnaround Awards 2012:
- Cross-Border Deal Of The Year (Middle Market)
- Divestiture Deal of the Year
IAM Patent 1000:
- Leading Patent Practitioners across 12 jurisdictions: Michael Alt, Yves Bizollon, Piotr Dynowski, Blandine Finas-Tronel, Giovanni Galimberti, Michael Groß, Christian Harmsen, Mark Hilton, Neil Jenkins, Oliver Jan Jüngst, Armand Killan, Matthew Laight, Richard Lewinson, Weishi Li, Manuel Lobato, Morag Macdonald, Matthias Meyer, Ella Mikkola, Massimiliano Mostardini, Jane Mutimear, Wouter Pors, Sally Shorthose, Katharine Stephens, Marc van Wijngaarden, Wolfgang von Meibom, Robert Williams and Alison Wong.
World Finance 2012 Legal Awards:
- Best TMT firm: Sweden
- Best TMT firm: The Netherlands
Who's Who legal 2012:
- World's Leading Firm of the year - Internet and E-commerce
- World's Leading Firm of the year - Life Sciences
- World's Leading Firm of the year - Patents
- World's Leading Firm of the year - Regulatory Communications
- Global Lawyer of the year - Regulatory Communications (Colin Long)
Most proactive law firm in Sweden's annual Law Firm of the Year study
2012 Managing Intellectual Property Global Awards:
- Firm of the Year - European Patent
- Firm of the Year - Singapore
- Sweden Firm of the Year - Swedish IP team
- Firm of the Year - UK Trade Mark Contentious
Global Arbitration Review 100: included in the 5th edition of the Global Arbitration Review 100, a guide to the international arbitration capabilities of law firms.

2011

Who's Who legal 2011:
- Firm of the year - Internet and E-commerce
- Firm of the year - Life Sciences
- Firm of the year - Patents
- Firm of the year - Regulatory Communications
- Lawyer of the year - Regulatory Communications (Colin Long)
- Lawyer of the year - Patents (Trevor Cook)
Managing Intellectual Property Awards 2011:
- Firm of the year - Europe Patent
- Firm of the year - Italy Contentious
- Firm of the year - Singapore
- Firm of the year - UK Patent Contentious
Global Arbitration Review 100: included in the 4th edition of the Global Arbitration Review 100, a guide to the international arbitration capabilities of law firms.
Client Choice of the Year 2011:
- Firm of the Year - Finland
- Individual of the year - Spanish Information Technology (Javier Fernández-Samaniego)
- Individual of the Year - German General Corporate (Stefan Münch)
TopLegal Awards Italy - Best IP law firm of the year
ACQ law awards "Aviation Law Firm of the Year"
"Internet and E-commerce Firm of the Year" within the French market.
Iberian Lawyer Magazine's '40 under forty 2011' awards - Javier Fernández Samaniego
Macallan ALB Hong Kong Law Awards 2011 - IP Law Firm Of The Year award
ATMD Bird & Bird named an ASIAN-MENA COUNSEL 'In-House Community Firm of the Year' in these categories:
- Environmental Law
- Intellectual Property
Corporate INTL Magazine 2011 Global Awards - Aviation Law Firm of the Year in the UK - 2011
The Copyright Society of the 2011 Seton Award - Martin Senftleben, 'Bridging the Differences Between Copyright's Legal Traditions'
Euromoney Legal Media Group European Women in Business Law Awards 2011 Marjolein Geus, "Best in Telecommunications"
2011 Golden Sandglass Award - 'fastest growing law firm in the Netherlands'
Trophées du Droit, media Group Leaders League and magazine Décideurs, 2011 - Trademarks and Patents: Golden Award

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