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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Russ Jacobs
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Director & Managing Corporate Counsel—IP   Starbucks  
Kimberly Jordahl
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Associate General Patent Counsel   Dana-Farber Cancer Institute  
Danny Keenan
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Global Head of Patents   Unilever  
Marilyn Kelly
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Senior Corporate Counsel (Trademarks & Copyrights)   Bristol-Myers Squibb  
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Executive Vice President & Head of Licensing Team   Samsung Electronics  
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Director IP & European Patent Attorney   Nutreco  
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Head of Global IP & Anti-Counterfeiting   Hugo Boss  
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Senior IP Engineer, Head of Patents   Spotify  
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Senior VP & Group General Counsel   Novo Nordisk  
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Head of Industrial Property   Divjak, Topic, Bahtijarevic & Krka  
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Senior Director IP   Genevant Sciences  
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IP In-House Manager   Rapid Medical  
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Chief Counsel IP & Legal   Confo Therapeutics NV  
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Head of IP Group (Senior VP)   LG Energy Solution  
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Executive Director & Senior Associate General Counsel   Genentech  
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Associate Director—Intel Patent Group, Patent Portfolio Manager   Intel  
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Director & Senior Legal Counsel   Sandisk Technologies  
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Managing Counsel—Intellectual Property   Dow Chemical  
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Director of Brand Protection   LVMH  
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Global Head Legal Brand Protection   Novartis