A&O’s patent practices and lawyers secure top rankings in leading intellectual property platform

Our expansion in the U.S. with market-leading patent litigation lawyers has been recognised once again with new rankings across a number of jurisdictions. The continued growth of our cross-border IP practice further cements A&O as a leading, global firm for patent matters, working with the world’s largest businesses and protecting their global IP portfolios.

Practice areas

The following practice areas were recognised with practice rankings:

• International section
• Belgium: litigation and transactions
• China: Foreign
• France: litigation
• France: transactions
• Germany: infringement
• Germany: transactions
• Netherlands: litigation and transactions
• Poland: litigation and transactions
• United Kingdom: England: litigation
• United Kingdom: England: transactions
• United States: California: litigation
• United States: California: transactions
• United States: DC Metro Area: litigation
• United States: New York: litigation
• United States: New York: transactions

Individuals

The following individuals were recognised with individual rankings:

Belgium

• Peter Van Dyck
• Geert V Glas
• Edward Taelman

China

• Jill Ge

France

• Laëtitia Bénard
• David Por
• Charles Tuffreau

Germany

• Jan Ebersohl
• Jens Matthes
• Stephan Neuhaus

Netherlands

• Frits Gerritzen

Poland

• Michal Gajdus
• Krystyna Szczepanowska-Kozłowska

United Kingdom: England

• Rafi Allos
• Neville Cordell
• Jim Ford
• Mark Heaney
• Marjan Noor
• Nigel Parker
• Mark Ridgway

United States: National

• Shamita Etienne-Cummings
• Elizabeth Holland
• Bill James

United States: Massachusetts

• Nicholas Mitrokostas

United States: California (San Francisco and Silicon Valley)

• Eric Lancaster
• Daren Orzechowski
• Alex Touma
• Bijal Vakil

United States: DC Metro Area

• Shamita Etienne-Cummings
• Bill James
• David Tennant

United States: New York

• Adam Chernichaw
• Elizabeth Holland
• Keren Livneh
• Sapna Palla