Leaders Directory

WIPR Leaders is a one-stop guide to the leading IP practitioners in the world. The handbook lists over 2,500 lawyers across patent, trademark, and copyright practices. Following an extensive nomination period, our research team vetted the nominated lawyers 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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Adv. Amir Palmery

Adv. Amir Palmery

Amir is an IP attorney and head of the trademarks department and has been dealing with trademarks since he joined the firm in…

Adv. Michal Luzzatto

Adv. Michal Luzzatto

Michal is a fifth-generation member of The Luzzatto Group and the managing partner of The Luzzatto Law Firm. As a photographer…

Adv. Oren Mandler

Adv. Oren Mandler

Oren is the head of IP litigation at The Luzzatto Law Firm of The Group. Oren specializes in litigation, with specific expertise…

Alejandro Luna

Alejandro Luna

Alejandro Luna co-chairs the firm's Life Sciences & Pharmaceutical Law industry group and coordinates the Litigation Department.…

Alex May

  • Senior Associate
  • DLA Piper
  • United Kingdom

Alistair Simpson

  • Principal
  • Smart & Biggar
  • Canada

Allan Brett

  • Principal
  • Smart & Biggar
  • Canada

Andrea Berenbaum

  • Principal
  • Smart & Biggar
  • Canada

Andrew Sharples

Andrew Sharples

Andrew is a patent attorney and a solicitor, focusing on the prosecution and litigation of patents. With a background in molecular…

  • Partner, UK and European Patent Attorney, Solicitor
  • EIP
  • United Kingdom

Anette Rasmussen

Anette Rasmussen

Anette Rasmussen is a partner and attorney at law. She began her career in IP law in 1998 as an examiner at the Norwegian Patent…

  • Partner Attorney & Team Manager
  • AWA
  • Denmark

Anna Stopinska Slefarska

Anna Stopinska Slefarska

Anna Stopinska Slefarska is a Polish patent and trademark attorney, European patent attorney and professional representative before…

  • President of the Board / Patent & Trademark Attorney
  • Polservice
  • Poland

Archana Shanker

Archana Shanker

At the top of her game, Archana is a zealous patent practitioner setting new patent narratives in Indian IP jurisprudence while…

  • Senior Partner and Head of Department - Patents and Designs
  • Anand & Anand
  • India

Bill Lister

Bill Lister

Bill Lister has a wide range of experience advising UK, US, European and global clients, with a substantial reputation spanning…

Bobby Smithson

Bobby Smithson

Bobby Smithson works closely with in-house patent departments of large companies, in the UK and overseas. He manages a diverse…

Cameron S. Reuber

Cameron S. Reuber

Cameron Reuber co-chairs the litigation practice group at Leason Ellis. He trains and oversees dozens of professionals proficient…

Candy K Y Chen

Candy K Y Chen

Candy KY Chen is a partner of the international patent department at Tsai Lee & Chen Patent Attorneys & Attorneys at Law. She…

Carlos Aboim

Carlos Aboim

Carlos Aboim is one of the founding partners at Licks Attorneys and is one of our leaders at the Rio de Janeiro office. Mr. Aboim…

CF Tsai

CF Tsai
  • Managing Partner
  • Deep & Far Attorneys-at-law
  • Taiwan

Chris Vindurampulle PhD

  • Executive Patent & Trade Mark Attorney
  • Pearce IP
  • Australia

Christian W. Appelt

Christian W. Appelt

Christian W. Appelt focuses on the counselling of SMEs in Germany and Europe in all aspects of intellectual property, especially…

Christine Genge

  • Principal
  • Smart & Biggar
  • Canada

Crystal Chen

Crystal Chen

Crystal Chen is a partner at Tsai, Lee & Chen and her practice focuses on patents, trademarks, copyright, trade dress, IP enforcement,…

Danie Dohmen

Danie Dohmen

Danie Dohmen is a partner at Adams & Adams in the patent litigation section. He specialises in patent, design, plant breeder‚Äôs…

Daniel Davies

  • Principal
  • Smart & Biggar
  • Canada

Daphne Lainson

  • Principal
  • Smart & Biggar
  • Canada

David Cochrane

David Cochrane
  • Partner
  • Spoor & Fisher
  • South Africa

David Leason

David Leason

David Leason is the managing partner at Leason Ellis and has an extensive practice that focuses on patent prosecution and counseling.…

David Schwartz

  • Principal
  • Smart & Biggar
  • Canada

Douglas Campbell

  • Clerk
  • 3 New Square Intellectual Property
  • UK

Dr. Adina Chen

Dr. Adina Chen

Adina practices in the Life Sciences field, with particular focus on Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals. Adina is part of the litigation…

Dr. Deshan Li

Deshan Li joined a large patent and trademark law firm in 1996. As a patent attorney, attorney at law and director of the electrical…

  • Chief Vice President/Partner/Patent Attorney /Attorney at Law
  • Unitalen Attorneys At Law
  • China

Dr. Esther Luzzatto

Dr. Esther Luzzatto

Talking to clients daily for over 30 years, Esther (Eti) has acquired a unique panoramic view of the commercial and intellectual…

Dr. Kfir Luzzatto

Dr. Kfir Luzzatto

Kfir is the fourth generation of his family to work in IP. Kfir has vast experience in drafting and prosecuting patent applications…

Dr. Natalie Kirchhofer

Dr. Natalie Kirchhofer

Natalie Kirchhofer is a European and German patent attorney and an expert in the fields of (bio)chemistry, pharmaceuticals and…

  • Partner & European Patent Attorney
  • Cohausz & Florack
  • Germany

Eduardo Hallak

Eduardo Hallak

Eduardo Hallak is one of the founding partners at Licks Attorneys and one of our leaders at the Sao Paulo office. For more than…

Edward J. Ellis

Edward J. Ellis

Edward Ellis co-founded Leason Ellis and co-chairs the patent practice group at the firm. Ellis specialises in domestic and foreign…

Elliott Simcoe

  • Principal
  • Smart & Biggar
  • Canada

Evan Nuttall

  • Principal
  • Smart & Biggar
  • Canada

Folke Johansson

Folke Johansson
  • Patent Department Director / European Patent Attorney
  • Papula-Nevinpat
  • Finland

François Guay

  • Prinicpal
  • Smart & Biggar
  • Canada

Haim Chechik

Haim Chechik

Haim’s expertise covers patent matters in the fields of physics, computer science, software, communications and electronic engineering,…

Inga-Lill Andersson

Inga-Lill Andersson

Inga-Lill is head of EIP’s Sweden office and is a highly experienced European and Swedish patent attorney, having her expertise…

  • Partner, Swedish and European Patent Attorney
  • EIP
  • Sweden

James Jun Pan

  • Principal
  • Smart & Biggar
  • Canada

Janice Galvad

Janice Galvad

Janice is the chairperson of the patent department at Adams & Adams, a partner and patent attorney, and holds a master’s degree…

Jean-Sébastien Dupont

  • Principal
  • Smart & Biggar
  • Canada

Jeremy Want

  • Principal
  • Smart & Biggar
  • Canada

Julia Gwilt

Julia Gwilt

Julia Gwilt has worked in the patent profession for over 20 years, managing the patent portfolios of clients in both the UK and…

Julie Desrosiers

Julie Desrosiers
  • Partner
  • Fasken
  • Canada

Kathleen Fox Murphy

Kathleen Fox Murphy

Kathleen is highly experienced in multi-jurisdictional patent litigation having acted in some of the most high-profile patent…

  • Partner, Solicitor
  • EIP
  • UK

Lilach Luzzatto Shukrun

Lilach Luzzatto Shukrun

Lilach is a fifth-generation member of The Luzzatto Group and a partner at Luzzatto and Luzzatto. Lilach's expertise covers patent…

Liliane Roriz

Liliane Roriz

After over 20 years as a Federal District Court Judge and an Appellate Judge in the Federal Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit…

Lionel Fishman

  • Principal
  • Smart & Biggar
  • Canada

Madhu Rewari

Madhu Rewari

Madhu has carved a niche in the field of trademark prosecution having represented numerous leading Indian companies and multinationals,…

  • Partner- Trade Marks
  • Anand & Anand
  • India

Mahua Roy Chowdhury

Mahua Roy Chowdhury

Mahua Roy Chowdhury, is a pioneer in the field of IP and has propagated significance of IP Valuation, and monetisation at a…

  • Founder & Managing Partner
  • ROYZZ & Co
  • India

Maria Zamkova

Maria Zamkova

Maria Zamkova is chief executive officer at Fenix Legal. She has a Master's in industrial design and is a patent and registered…

Marina Smirnova

Marina Smirnova

Mark Pidkowich

  • Principal
  • Smart & Biggar
  • Canada

Markku Simmelvuo

Markku Simmelvuo

Martin Schwimmer

Martin Schwimmer

Martin Schwimmer is a partner in the trademark and copyright practice group at Leason Ellis who litigates in US federal district…

Matthew Zischka

  • Managing Director
  • Smart & Biggar
  • Canada

Michael Shortt

Michael Shortt
  • Partner
  • Fasken
  • Canada

Nancy Pei

  • Principal
  • Smart & Biggar
  • Canada

Naomi Pearce

Naomi Pearce

Naomi Pearce is one of Australia's leading patent litigators and was recognised as a WIPR Leader 2020. Pearce is a patent lawyer,…

  • CEO, Executive Lawyer, Patent & Trade Mark Attorney
  • Pearce IP
  • Australia

Nthabisheng Phaswana

Nthabisheng Phaswana

Nthabisheng Phaswana is a partner in the Africa Patent Department. She holds LLB and LLM (Mercantile Law) from the University…

Octavio Espejo Hinojosa

Octavio Espejo Hinojosa

Octavio is an Electro-Mechanical Engineer and an Attorney at Law.

Oscar Mago

Oscar Mago

Mr. Mago is the founding partner and CEO of the Law Firm OMC Abogados & Consultores He has more than 30 years of experience in…

  • Founding Partner and CEO
  • OMC Abogados & Consultores

Otto Licks

Otto Licks

Otto Licks is a founding partner at Licks Attorneys, a Brazilian law firm with over 300 people among its five offices in Brazil…

Parminder Lally

Parminder Lally

Parminder Lally joined the patent profession as a trainee in 2011, qualified as a patent attorney in 2015 and joined the Cambridge,…

Patrick Roszell

  • Principal
  • Smart & Biggar
  • Canada

Paul Beynon

Paul Beynon

Paul's strong engineering background and in-house experience makes him well-positioned to offer clients commercially sensible,…

Paula Flutter

Paula Flutter

Paula is a UK and European Patent Attorney and Trademark Attorney who has been practising for over 20 years. Paula has a wide…

  • Partner, UK and European Patent Attorney, Trademark Attorney
  • EIP
  • United Kingdom

Petter Rindforth

Petter Rindforth

Petter Rindforth is managing partner at Fenix Legal. He achieved his master of law degree from Stockholm University. His…

Prof. Emanuel Manzurola

Prof. Emanuel Manzurola

Emanuel’s expertise covers patent matters in the fields of chemistry, chemical engineering, physics and pharmaceuticals. Emanuel…

Rahul Chaudhry

Rahul Chaudhry

Mr. Chaudry is among one of the most "pre-eminent names" in Intellectual Property Laws in India and Managing partner of the leading…

Richard Bray

Richard Bray

Richard supports a wide range of clients operating in the UK, and also those headquartered internationally in the USA, the Netherlands,…

Rob Rodrigues

Rob Rodrigues

Rob Rodrigues manages high-stakes business and intellectual property disputes in Brazil. He assists FORTUNE 500 companies and…

Russell Bagnall

Russell Bagnall is a partner, patent attorney and head of the patent and design litigation group at Adams & Adams. He served as…

Ryan T. Evans

  • Principal
  • Smart & Biggar
  • Canada

Safir Anand

Safir Anand

Accredited as one of India’s Top IP Attorney, Safir Anand is a Senior Partner & Head of Trademarks, Commercial &…

  • Senior Partner and Head of Department
  • Anand & Anand
  • India

Sidsel Hauge

Sidsel Hauge

Sidsel Hauge is a European patent attorney, chief executive officer of AWA Denmark and vice president of the AWA Group. She manages…

  • European Patent Attorney, CEO AWA Denmark, AWA group vice president
  • AWA Denmark
  • Denmark

Simon Bradbury

Simon Bradbury

Simon Bradbury is a partner at Appleyard Lees, focusing on patents in the life sciences and biotechnology sectors. His broad expertise…

Steven Garland

  • Principal
  • Smart & Biggar
  • Canada

Theodore Sum

  • Principal
  • Smart & Biggar
  • Canada

Tierney Deluzio

  • Associate
  • Smart & Biggar
  • Canada

Tim Webb

  • Principal
  • Smart & Biggar
  • Canada

Urszula Wojtyra

  • Principal
  • Smart & Biggar
  • Canada

Yoon Kang

  • Principal
  • Smart & Biggar
  • Canada

Albert Hassine

Albert Hassine
  • Partner
  • Plasseraud IP
  • France

Alberto Huerta Bleck

  • Partner
  • Calderon & De La Sierra
  • Mexico

Albrecht von Menges

Albrecht von Menges
  • Owner
  • Uexk√ºll & Stolberg PartmbB
  • Germany

Alejandra Fabiana Aoun

Alejandra Fabiana Aoun
  • Director, is a Lawyer, Consultant in Intellectual Property and Industrial Property Agent.
  • Estudio Aoun
  • Argentina

Alex Ferdinand S Fider

  • Senior Partner
  • Angara Abello Concepcion Regala & Cruz Law Offices ACCRALAW
  • Philippines

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