AWARDS

Winners 2023

 

 CORPORATE & IP DEPARTMENTS AWARDS

 

BEST LEGAL DEPARTMENT: FRANCE

Co-Winner: Alstom

Co-Winner: Groupe La Poste

BEST LEGAL DEPARTMENT: SPAIN

Winner: Amadeus

Special Distinction: Indra

BEST LEGAL DEPARTMENT: PORTUGAL

Winner: Grupo Visabeira

Special Distinction: MC Sonae

BEST LEGAL DEPARTMENT: ITALY

Winner: Moncler

BEST LEGAL DEPARTMENT: GERMANY

Winner: Delivery Hero

BEST LEGAL DEPARTMENT: SWITZERLAND

Winner: Lindt & Sprüngli

BEST LEGAL DEPARTMENT: US

Co-Winner: Enbridge

Co-Winner: Verizon Communications

BEST LATIN AMERICAN LEGAL DEPARTMENT

Winner: Mercado Libre

Special Distinction: Intercorp Peru

BEST BRAZILIAN LEGAL DEPARTMENT

Co-Winner: Cielo

Co-Winner: JBS

BEST IP DEPARTMENT: FRANCE

Winner: Naval Group

Special Distinction: Atos

BEST IP DEPARTMENT: GERMANY

Co-Winner: Siemens Energy

Co-Winner: Thyssenkrupp Intellectual Property

BEST IP DEPARTMENT: CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPE

Winner: Skoda Auto

BEST IP DEPARTMENT: NORDICS

Winner: A.P. Moller - Maersk

BEST IP DEPARTMENT: ITALY

Winner: Enel

Special Distinction: Chiesi Farmaceutici

BEST IP DEPARTMENT: LATIN AMERICA

Winner: Mercado Libre

Special Distinction: Televisaunivision

 

 

LAW FIRMS & IP ADVISORS AWARDS

 

 

BEST LAW FIRM: FRANCE

Winner: August Debouzy

BEST ITALIAN LAW FIRM: CORPORATE / M&A

Winner: Pavia E Ansaldo

BEST ITALIAN LAW FIRM: DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Winner: Legance

BEST LAW FIRM: SPAIN

Winner: Perez-Llorca

Special Distinction: Ontier

BEST LAW FIRM: PORTUGAL

Winner: SRS Legal

Special Distinction: Servulo & Associados

BEST LAW FIRM: GERMANY

Winner: Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek

BEST LAW FIRM: BENELUX

Winner: Altius

BEST LAW FIRM: SWITZERLAND

Winner: Niederer Kraft Frey

Special Distinction: Vischer

BEST LAW FIRM: NORDICS

Winner: Wiersholm

BEST LAW FIRM: CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPE

Winner: Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii

BEST LAW FIRM: AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST

Winner: Adna

BEST LATIN AMERICAN LAW FIRM: CORPORATE/M&A

Winner: Galicia Abogados

BEST LATIN AMERICAN LAW FIRM: DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Winner: Gutierrez, Waugh, Jimeno & Asenjo Abogados

Special Distinction: Bullard, Falla & Ezcurra

BEST BRAZILIAN LAW FIRM: M&A

Co-Winner: Lefosse

Co-Winner: Machado, Meyer, Sendacz E Opice Advogados

BEST BRAZILIAN LAW FIRM: DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Winner: Huck Otranto Camargo

BEST US LAW FIRM

Winner: Cravath, Swaine & Moore

BEST ASIAN LAW FIRM

Winner: Junhe

 

BEST IP ADVISOR FRANCE: TRADEMARKS

Winner: Casalonga

BEST IP ADVISOR FRANCE: PATENTS

Winner: Casalonga

Special Distinction: Icosa

BEST IP ADVISOR GERMANY

Winner: Bardehle Pagenberg

BEST IP ADVISOR BENELUX

Winner: Gevers

BEST IP ADVISOR ITALY

Winner: LCA Studio Legale

BEST IP ADVISOR SPAIN

Winner: Grau & Angulo

Special Distinction: Balder IP

BEST IP ADVISOR PORTUGAL

Winner: BMA - Baptista, Monteverde & Associados

Special Distinction: RCF Protecting Innovation

BEST IP ADVISOR UK & IRELAND

Winner: Dehns

Special Distinction: Osborne Clarke

BEST IP ADVISOR NORDICS

Co-Winner: Awa

Co-Winner: Boco IP

BEST IP ADVISOR CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPE

Co-Winner: Boyanov & CO.

Co-Winner: Kulikowska & Kulikowski

BEST AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST LAW FIRM: IP

Winner: Moore Attorneys Incorporated

BEST ASIAN LAW FIRM: IP

Co-Winner: CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office

Co-Winner: TMI Associates

BEST BRAZILIAN LAW FIRM: IP

Co-Winner: Dannemann Siemsen

Co-Winner: Licks Attorneys

BEST LATIN AMERICAN LAW FIRM: IP

Winner: Carey

Special Distinction: Cervieri Monsuarez

 

 

METHODOLOGY

 

 

PRE-SELECTION

Firms and companies are first pre-selected by the market research department of Leaders League in conjunction with the recommendations provided by an Advisory Board composed of our most trusted Jury members. Other references such as International professional guides are used to enhance this selection.

APPLICATION FORMS

Each pre-selected firm is asked to fill out an application form in order to compete for the Gold Award in their category. 

JURY MEMBERS

The winners of each category are determined by a panel of outstanding Jury Members. The judging process is extremely rigorous, confidential and based not only on their experience and market knowledge, but also on the information provided by nominees in the application forms submitted.