Ai-Leen Lim
Ai-Leen Lim is CEO of AWA Asia, managing its headquarters in Hong Kong and its Chinese IP consultancy in Beijing. She is admitted…
- CEO and principal
- AWA Asia
- China
Leaders Directory
WIPR Leaders is a one-stop guide to the leading IP practitioners in the world. The handbook lists over 1,500 lawyers across two volumes: over 900 individuals in the both the patent and the trademarks section (some individuals are in both). Stemming from a four month nomination period in which we sought views from 12,000 IP professionals, our research team vetted every nominated lawyer for suitability by exploring their work. This meant looking at practice history, industry expertise and notable cases, as well as any additional activities, such as writing and teaching responsibilities, which have allowed the lawyers to shape and influence other and future IP practitioners.
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Ana Castañeda
Ana Castañeda is an attorney-at-law with a technical background as an electronic engineer and founder of C&L Attorneys. She has…
- Partner
- C&L Attorneys
- Mexico
Anita Varma
Anita Varma is a partner at White & Case who, earlier in her career, worked as a patent examiner at the US Patent and Trademark…
- Partner
- White & Case
Ann-Charlotte Söderlund Björk
Ann-Charlotte Söderlund Björk has almost 30 years of experience in intellectual property law and works as a partner at Gozzo.…
- Partner
- Gozzo
- Sweden
Annick Mottet Haugaard
As a senior partner in Lydian’s commercial and litigation practice and head of the firm’s IP team, Annick Mottet Haugaard…
- Partner
- Lydian
- Belgium
Annie Tsoi
Annie Tsoi has been a partner at Deacons since 2001. She is the co-head of the intellectual property department and head of China…
- Partner
- Deacons
- Hong Kong
Annsley Merelle Ward
Annsley Merelle Ward is a senior associate specialising in complex cross-border patent and trade secrets litigation. With a background…
- Senior associate
- Bristows
- United Kingdom
Axel Nordemann
Axel Nordemann is a partner at Boehmert & Boehmert in Berlin and studied law at the Universities of Göttingen and Munich. Before…
- Partner
- Boehmert & Boehmert
- Germany
Bruce Horowitz
Notable cases that Bruce Horowitz and his team have handled include the first sound mark registration in South America (‘Intel’…
- Partner
- Paz Horowitz Robalino Garcés
- Ecuador
Byron Robayo
Byron Robayo has been a partner with Paz Horowitz since 2011 and is a member of a number of professional affiliations including…
- Partner
- Paz Horowitz
- Ecuador
Camilla Vislie
Camilla Vislie is a partner at Thommessen and heads the firm’s intellectual property and technology practice. She focuses on…
- Partner
- Thommessen
- Norway
Charmayne Ong
Charmayne Ong is a partner and head of intellectual property at Skrine. She is registered as a patent agent, design agent and…
- Partner, head of IP
- Skrine
- Malaysia
Christian Bolduc
Christian Bolduc has more than 20 years’ experience in IP covering all aspects of the trademark lifecycle. He has acted as a…
- Partner
- Smart & Biggar
- Canada
Crystal Chen
Crystal Chen is a partner at Tsai, Lee & Chen and her practice focuses on patents, trademarks, copyright, trade dress, IP enforcement,…
- Partner, attorney at law
- Tsai Lee & Chen
- Taiwan
Dale Cendali
Dale Cendali is a partner at Kirkland & Ellis and the head of its copyright, trademark, internet and advertising group. During…
- Partner
- Kirkland & Ellis
Darani Vachanavuttivong
Darani Vachanavuttivong is a co-managing partner and managing director of the intellectual property group at Tilleke & Gibbins.…
- Co-managing partner
- Tilleke & Gibbins
- Thailand
David Aylen
David Aylen is managing partner at Gowling WLG where he focuses on intellectual property litigation, patent and trademark prosecution…
- Managing partner
- Gowling WLG
- Russia
Dilek Zeybel
Dilek Zeybel is one of the managing partners at Orbis Vista responsible for all areas of obtaining and enforcing intellectual…
- Partner
- Orbis Vista
- Turkey
Djura Mijatovic
Djura Mijatovic is a managing partner at Živko Mijatovic & Partners and his practice focuses on all areas of intellectual property…
- Managing partner
- Živko Mijatovic & Partners
- Serbia
Ekaterina Tsimberis
Ekaterina Tsimberis advises on trademark protection, management, enforcement, litigation and strategic counselling services. Her…
- Partner
- Smart & Biggar
- Canada
Ella Mikkola
Ella Mikkola works as a partner at Bird & Bird and has experience in all areas of intellectual property law. She achieved her…
- Partner
- Bird & Bird
- Finland
Elzbieta Traple
Elzbieta Traple is a partner at Traple Konarski Podrecki i Wspólnicy and has experience in all areas of intellectual property…
- Partner
- Traple Konarski Podrecki i Wspólnicy
- Poland
Fernando Becerril
Fernando Becerril joined the firm in 1990, became director of intellectual property management in 2000, and went on to become…
- Chief executive officer
- Becerril, Coca & Becerril
- Mexico
François Guay
François Guay is one of the top five most experienced IP litigators in Canada and has a precedent-setting record backed by 35…
- Partner
- Smart & Biggar
- Canada
Gabriela Kennedy
Gabriela Kennedy is a partner of Mayer Brown, head of the Asia IP and TMT group and co-leader of Mayer Brown’s global intellectual…
- Partner, head of Asia IP and TMT group
- Mayer Brown
- Hong Kong
Gabriella Modiano
Gabriella Modiano is a managing partner at Modiano & Partners and her practice includes patent, trademark, design, copyright,…
- Managing partner
- Modiano & Partners
- Italy
Guan Huat Khoo
Guan Huat Khoo joined Skrine in 1993 and chairs the intellectual property dispute resolution practice group. He has represented…
- Partner
- Skrine
- Malaysia
Gunars Gaikis
Gunars Gaikis is a pre-eminent and pioneering leader in life sciences IP. He has particularly focused on patent, regulatory and…
- Partner
- Smart & Biggar
- Canada
Heidi Lindner
Heidi Lindner is a founding partner and head of the patent litigation department at Arochi & Lindner. She has experience in patent…
- Founding Partner
- Arochi & Lindner
- Mexico
Heinz Goddar
Heinz Goddar is a European and German patent and trademark attorney at Boehmert & Boehmert. He teaches intellectual property law…
- Patent and trademark attorney
- Boehmert & Boehmert
- Germany
Ida Gjessing
Ida Gjessing earned her law degree at the University of Oslo and holds a lawyer’s practising certificate. She has experience…
- Partner
- Grette
- Norway
Imogen Fowler
Imogen Fowler is a partner at Hogan Lovells and has more than ten years’ experience working with brand owners. Fowler advises…
- Partner
- Hogan Lovells
- Spain
Iris Quadrio
Iris Quadrio has been practising intellectual property law since 1988 with a focus on trademark and trade dress issues. Her particular…
- Partner
- Marval O’Farrell & Mairal
- Argentina
Isik Özdogan
I??k Özdo?an is a partner at Moro?lu Arseven and leads the firm’s IP team, serving a portfolio of long-standing, high-profile…
- Partner
- Moroglu Arseven
- Turkey
Janice Bereskin
Janice Bereskin's practice focuses on Canadian and international trademarks. She has in-depth experience in search analysis, filing…
- Partner
- Bereskin & Parr
- Canada
Jeremy Want
Jeremy Want has close to 20 years of experience in IP litigation and has successfully represented clients in cases involving all…
- Partner
- Smart & Biggar
- Canada
Jo-Ann See
For more than 25 years Jo-Ann See has represented a number of businesses in intellectual property disputes. She is a director…
- Director
- Amica Law
- Singapore
Jorge Leon
Jorge Leon is the head of the copyright and IP litigation and enforcement department at C&L Attorneys. His practice focuses on…
- Attorney at law
- C&L Attorneys
- Mexico
Julianna Tabastajewa
Julianna Tabastajewa has represented major Russian and international companies in copyright, trademark, patent and domain disputes,…
- Partner
- Gowling WLG
- Russia
Karen Abraham
Karen Abraham is a partner at Shearn Delamore & Co and has more than 25 years’ experience in intellectual property law. She…
- Partner
- Shearn Delamore & Co
- Malaysia
Karin Cederlund
Karin Cederlund specialises in intellectual property and advertising law. She focuses her experience on litigation and the drafting…
- Partner
- Sandart & Partners
- Sweden
Kherk Ying Chew
Kherk Ying Chew is a registered trademark, patent and design agent in Malaysia, and heads the intellectual property and dispute…
- Partner
- Wong & Partners
- Malaysia
Laëtitia Bénard
Laëtitia Bénard leads Allen & Overy’s Paris office’s IP practice and co-heads the firm’s life sciences group worldwide.…
- Partner
- Allen & Overy
- France
Lara Dorigo
Lara Dorigo represents and advises clients in contentious and non-contentious IP matters. She has particularly vast experience…
- Counsel
- Lenz & Staehelin
- Switzerland
Laura Collada
Laura Collada has more than 30 years’ experience in intellectual property and is a managing partner at Dumont, where she has…
- Managing partner
- Dumont
- Mexico
Laura de Achaval
Laura de Achaval has experience in consumer protection and unfair competition, and also advises clients on the legal implications…
- Partner
- Ferrer Reyes Tellechea & Bouché
- Argentina
Lech Bury
Lech Bury is a partner at Bury & Bury. He founded the firm with his son and has been listed as a European patent attorney since…
- Partner
- Bury & Bury
- Poland
Linda Chang
In 1995 Linda Chang was one of the first trademark agents to qualify under China’s emerging intellectual property regulatory…
- Partner
- Rouse & Co International
- China
Lorraine Tay
Lorraine Tay is joint managing partner at Bird & Bird Singapore and heads the firm’s IP and technology group in Singapore. Tay…
- Partner
- Bird & Bird ATMD
- Singapore
Mahua Roy Chowdhury
Mahua Roy Chowdhury has more than 20 years of experience as an intellectual property lawyer and is a founding and principal partner…
- Principal partner
- Royzz & Co
- India
Maksym Bocharov
Maksym Bocharov is deputy director at Gorodissky & Partners Ukraine and has been with the firm since 2005. His practice is focused…
- Deputy director
- Gorodissky & Partners
- Ukraine
Marek Bury
Marek Bury is chairman of Bury & Bury, having founded the firm with his father in 2015. He specializes in patents, especially…
- Chairman
- Bury & Bury
- Poland
Maria Fernanda Castellanos
Maria Fernanda Castellanos is a partner at Brigard Castro and has experience in copyright, domain names and strategic consulting.…
- Partner
- Brigard Castro
- Colombia
Mariacristina Rapisardi
Mariacristina Rapisardi is the founder of Rapisardi Intellectual Property and has been managing the intellectual property group…
- Founder
- Rapisardi Intellectual Property
- Italy
Mark Evans
Mark Evans has more than 30 years’ experience in IP law with a focus on providing sophisticated trademark protection, management…
- Partner
- Smart & Biggar
- Canada
MaryAnne Armstrong
MaryAnne Armstrong is a partner at Birch Stewart Kolasch Birch and focuses her practice on prosecuting patent applications and…
- Partner
- Birch Stewart Kolasch Birch
Michiru Takahashi
Michiru Takahashi has experience in intellectual property and focuses primarily on trademarks, unfair competition litigation,…
- Partner
- Jones Day
- Japan
Mitsuko Miyagawa
Mitsuko (Mimi) Miyagawa is an attorney-at-law admitted both in Japan (1986) and in New York (1994). She has more than 30 years…
- Partner
- TMI Associates
- Japan
Natalia Gulyaeva
Natalia Gulyaeva joined Hogan Lovells in 2000 and since 2004 has headed the firm’s intellectual property, media and technology…
- Partner
- Hogan Lovells
- Russia
Natalia Nikolaeva
Natalia Nikolaeva joined Gorodissky & Partners in 1999 and in 2010 became a partner. She is a lead lawyer at the firm and a Russian…
- Partner
- Gorodissky & Partners
- Russia
Nina Moshynska
Patent and trademark attorney Nina Moshynska is a founder of Gorodissky & Partners Ukraine, where she also serves as managing…
- Managing partner in Ukraine
- Gorodissky & Partners
- Ukraine
Oliver Scherenberg
Oliver Scherenberg founded Scherenberg Legal & Licensing in 2017. His key competencies are in the field of monetisation of IP…
- Partner
- Scherenberg Legal & Licensing
- Germany
Pascal Lefort
Pascal Lefort is a partner at Duclos, Thorne, Mollet-Viéville & Associés and has worked there for 26 years. He has experience…
- Partner
- Duclos, Thorne, Mollet-Viéville & Associés
- France
Patricia McGovern
Patricia McGovern is chairman and head of the intellectual property department at DFMG Solicitors. She obtained an honours degree…
- Chairman
- DFMG Solicitors
- Ireland
Peggy Wu
Specialising in domestic and international intellectual property matters, Peggy Wu is the executive manager and a member of the…
- Executive manager
- Top Team International Patent & Trademark Office
- Taiwan
Philip Lapin
More than 25 years of experience and a high rate of success has earned Philip Lapin recognition as one of Canada's leading trade…
- Partner
- Smart & Biggar
- Canada
Rahul Chaudhry
Rahul Chaudhry is managing partner at Rahul Chaudhry & Partners. He achieved his postgraduate diploma in IP law from the Indian…
- Managing partner
- Rahul Chaudhry & Partners
- India
Ronit Barzik-Soffer
Ronit Barzik-Soffer graduated from Tel Aviv University with her LLB in 1992, was admitted as a lawyer in 1994 and became a licensed…
- Senior partner
- Reinhold Cohn Group
- Israel
Say Sujintaya
Say Sujintaya is a partner at Baker McKenzie Bangkok where she co-heads the recently merged IPTech team and leads the Media &…
- Partner
- Baker McKenzie
- Thailand
Selma Ünlü
Selma Ünlü graduated from Istanbul University in the faculty of law in 1989. She then obtained her diploma in private international…
- Senior partner
- NSN
- Turkey
Simon Miles
Simon Miles is a solicitor and chartered trademark attorney at Edwin Coe. He works with clients on contentious and transactional…
- Partner - head of IP
- Edwin Coe LLP
- United Kingdom
Spring Chang
Spring Chang is a founding partner at Chang Tsi & Partners, and is based in the firm’s Beijing office. She has more than two…
- Founding partner
- Chang Tsi & Partners
- China
Steven Garland
Steven Garland has represented a range of clients in the chemical, biotechnological, telephony and mechanical industries. He has…
- Partner
- Smart & Biggar
- Canada
Sue Gilchrist
Sue Gilchrist is Herbert Smith Freehills’ regional managing partner in Asia and Australia. She has extensive experience in trademark,…
- Head of IP
- Herbert Smith Freehills
- Australia
Susan Natland
Susan Natland has earned a reputation as a professional yet fierce advocate for her clients. For almost 20 years, she has represented…
- Partner
- Knobbe Martens
Tingxi Huo
Tingxi Huo studied law at China University of Political Science and Law from 2004 to 2006 and passed the Trademark Attorney Bar…
- Partner
- Chofn Intellectual Property
- China
Uche Nwokocha
Uche Nwokocha is a partner at Aluko & Oyebode. She has been at the firm since 2006 and worked as a partner since 2008. She has…
- Partner
- Aluko & Oyebode
- Nigeria
Vadim Mikhailyuk
Vadim Mikhailyuk is a partner and head of the patent department at Mikhailyuk, Sorokolat & Partners. He is a registered Ukrainian…
- Partner
- Mikhailyuk, Sorokolat & Partners
- Russia
Verena Von Bomhard
Verena von Bomhard established Bomhard IP in 2015. With over 20 years of experience dealing with EU trademarks she has been involved…
- Founder
- Bomhard IP
- Spain
Vivien Chan
Vivien Chan is the founding and senior partner of Vivien Chan & Co, and has more than 30 years of experience in M&A, China direct…
- Senior partner
- Vivien Chan & Co
- Hong Kong
Vladimir Marenovic
Vladimir Marenovic is a patent and trademark attorney in Zivko Mijatovic & Partners’ Serbia office. He obtained his LLM from…
- Patent and trademark attorney
- Živko Mijatovic & Partners
- Serbia
Volker Schmitz-Fohrmann
Volker Schmitz-Fohrmann has worked at Boehmert & Boehmert since 1998. He has represented clients in the entertainment, computing,…
- Attorney at law
- Boehmert & Boehmert
- Germany
Adolfo Athié
A partner at Basham, Ringe y Correa since 2008, Adolfo Athié concentrates his practice on IP litigation, audits on IP litigation…
- Lawyer
- Basham, Ringe y Correa
- Mexico
Adonna Alkema
Adonna Alkema focuses her practice on copyright, database rights, trademarks, domain names, unfair competition, advertising, product…
- Partner
- Hofhuis Alkema Groen Advocaten
- Netherlands
Adriano Vanzetti
Adriano Vanzetti established Studio Legale Vanzetti e Associati in 1965 and has experience in all areas of intellectual property…
- Owner
- Studio Legale Vanzetti e Associati
- Italy
Afamefuna Nwokedi
Afamefuna Nwokedi has worked in IP for over 27 years. He is the founder and principal partner of Stillwaters Law Firm, prior to…
- Founding partner
- Stillwaters Law Firm
- Nigeria
Agustín Velázquez
Agustín Velázquez is an experienced litigator and IP and strategy attorney. He has often represented clients in the telecommunications,…
- Partner
- Ava
- Mexico
Ai Ming Lee
Ai Ming Lee is a consultant at Singapore-based Rodyk & Davidson and works in the firm’s intellectual property and technology…
- Consultant
- Rodyk & Davidson
- Singapore
Alan Potter
Alan Potter is the co-founder of Potter IP and has experience in all areas of intellectual property law. He previously worked…
- Co-founder
- Potter IP
- New Zealand
Alan Ringwood
Alan Ringwood is a partner at Bell Gully and has experience in areas of intellectual property law such as trademarks, patents,…
- Partner
- Bell Gully
- New Zealand
Alasdair Poore
Alasdair Poore is a partner at Mills & Reeve in the firm’s technology and commerce team. He has experience in patents, brand…
- Partner
- Mills & Reeve
- United Kingdom
Alban Kang
Alban Kang is a partner at Bird & Bird ATMD, Singapore. He is with the firm’s IP group and leads the ASEAN and Japan focus of…
- Partner
- Bird & Bird
- Singapore