IP Stars recognizes 33 from DLA Piper's global IP practice in annual rankings
Global law firm DLA Piper has had 33 intellectual property practitioners named as “IP Stars” in the annual ranking compiled by Managing Intellectual Property. The ranking highlights senior intellectual property lawyers who have been recommended or identified as leaders in their firm, and jurisdiction, following extensive market review and client interviews.
Three DLA Piper lawyers were also included in Managing IP’s Top 250 Women in IP list. Robynne Sanders (Australia), Aoife Murphy (Ireland) and Sangeetha Punniyamoorthy (Canada) featured in the global list of private practice lawyers for performing exceptionally for their clients in the past year.
Our IP practitioners recognized in the 2024 rankings include:
- Alan Macek – Canada – Patent star 2024
- Alexis Fierens – Belgium – Trade mark star 2024
- Annemette Ellermann – Denmark – Trade mark star 2024
- Aoife Murphy – Ireland – Trade mark and Patent star 2024
- Chris Bennett – Canada – Trade mark star 2024
- Christian Kragelund – Denmark - Trade mark star 2024
- Deborah Bould – UK – Patent star 2024
- Edward Chatterton – Trade mark star 2024
- Ewa Kurowska-Tober – Poland – Copyright star 2024
- Frank Valentin – France – Trade mark star 2024
- Geoffrey Mowatt – Canada – Patent star 2024
- Gualtiero Dragotti – Italy –Trade mark and Patent star 2024
- Horace Lam – China - Trade mark star 2024
- James Heintz – United States (Virginia) – Patent star 2024
- John Wilks – UK – Trade mark and Copyright star 2024
- Joseph Helmsen – United States (California) –Trade mark and patent star 2024
- Kai Tumbrägel – Germany – Trade mark star 2024
- Keith Medansky – United States (Illinois) – Trade mark star 2024
- Lisa Haile – United States (California) – Patent star 2024
- Mark Fowler – United States – Patent star 2024
- Nick Fitzpatrick – UK – Trade mark and Copyright star 2024
- Niels Mulder – Netherlands – Trade mark star 2024
- Paul Reeskamp – Netherlands – Patent star 2024
- Peter Yim – United States (California) – Patent star 2024
- Roberto Valenti – Italy – Trade mark star 2024
- Robynne Sanders – Australia – Patent star 2024
- Ruth Hoy – UK – Trade mark and Copyright star 2024
- Saba Al-Sultani – UAE – Trade mark star 2024
- Sabine Fehringer – Austria – Trade mark star 2024
- Sangeetha Punniyamoorthy – Canada – Trade mark star 2024
- Staci Trager - United States (California) – Trade mark star 2024
- Ting Xiao – China – Patent star 2024
- William Maema – Kenya – Patent and Trade mark star 20242024
Managing Intellectual Property’s IP Stars research provides comprehensive coverage of the world's leading IP firms and practitioners. Rankings are determined after an intensive research process that includes market review, industry surveys and client interviews which extensively review firms for their expertise, outcomes achieved for clients and unique strengths in a given practice area.
