Global In-House Elite 2026

Who are the world’s best in-house counsel? WIPR’s inaugural Global In-House IP Elite 2026 celebrates the leading in-house IP professionals around the world who are equally highly respected by the law firms they work with and by their internal colleagues.

Counsel from some of the world’s biggest companies—including Google, Microsoft, Saudi Aramco and Meta—and many more, have been recognised in this list. Look out for the Comments section where market feedback has been included in the profiles.

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Daniel Chan
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Vice President, Deputy General Counsel & Head of IP   Yangtze Memory Technologies Company  
David Cho
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Assistant Vice President and Senior Legal Counsel—Trademarks & Copyrights   AT&T  
Anne Christopher
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Assistant General Counsel—IP   Pfizer  
Sarah Cook
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Head of IP—Disputes   AirWair International  
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Vice President Patents   CureVac  
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Global Director of IP & Legal   Hetero Labs  
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Legal Counsel IP   Inter IKEA Systems  
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Principal Legal Counsel—IP EU   Amazon  
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Director—Legal & Business Affairs   Tao Group  
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Chief Patent Enforcement Officer   Ericsson  
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Head of IP   Anthropic  
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IP Senior Legal Counsel   European Broadcasting Union  
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VP & Head of IP   Theravance Biopharma  
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Chief IP Counsel   Kenvue  
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Senior Director & Assistant General Counsel   Western Digital  
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Senior IP Counsel   The Coca-Cola Company  
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SVP Technology & IP Strategy   V-Nova  
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President   Avanci Vehicles  
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Asssociate General Counsel   Novo Nordisk  
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Vice President & Global Head of IP   LIXIL