Gowling WLG has once again received top honours in the annual edition of Intellectual Asset Management's (IAM) Patent 1000 – The World's Leading Patent Professionals. In the 2020 guide, the firm and 29 of its global intellectual property (IP) professionals were identified as industry leaders in their respective markets.
IAM Patent 1000 describes Gowling WLG's international IP team as a "finely tuned machine" for its strength and ability to collaborate across the firm's offices and provide a "joined-up global service" for its clients.
Widely regarded among the leading IP patent practices worldwide, Gowling WLG was part of a first-rate group of law firms that received IAM Patent 1000 listings in multiple jurisdictions across the patent litigation, prosecution and transaction categories.
Canada
Litigation
Prosecution
France
Transactions
Russia
Litigation and Transactions
Prosecution
UK
Litigation
Transactions
Gowling WLG was also praised for its overall patent practice in the firm's offices in China and the UAE.
Moreover, IAM Patent 1000 describes Gowling WLG's IP team as "very strong", noting that "clients know they can rely on it to provide high-quality, made-to-measure advice."
In addition to the firm-wide rankings, the following Gowling WLG professionals from six countries earned listings in IAM Patent 1000 2020:
France
Litigation
Céline Bey
Transactions
Céline Bey
Russia
Litigation
David Aylen
Alexander Christophoroff
Vladislav Ugryumov
Prosecution
David Aylen
Vitaliy Lebedev
Vladislav Ugryumov
Transactions
Alexander Christophoroff
Earlier this year, nine professionals listed above were named among the world's foremost patent practitioners in the debut edition of IAM Global Leaders.
IAM Patent 1000 highlights the top private practice patent professionals and firms in the world's key jurisdictions. Rankings are based on an extensive global research process involving interviews with numerous private practice lawyers and in-house counsel to gather market intelligence on the leading players in the field.