Awards and recognition
Gowling WLG sets the ‘gold standard’ in IAM Patent 1000 2025 global rankings
The 2025 edition of IAM Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals has recognised nearly 40 members of Gowling WLG’s global Patents Group across multiple jurisdictions. The guide highlights the firm’s patent talent for excellence in litigation, prosecution and transactions—naming Gowling WLG in numerous jurisdiction-specific rankings, while also singling it out as a highly recommended international firm.
Firm rankings
Canada - Gold
Litigation
Prosecution
Transactions
China - Gold
Firm
France - Bronze
Litigation
Transactions
UAE - Recommended
Transactions and licensing
UK - Silver
Litigation
Transactions
International - Recommended
Individual rankings
Canada
Litigation
Michael Crichton
R. Nelson Godfrey
Laurent Massam
John Norman
Marc Richard
Christopher Van Barr
Jay Zakaïb
Prosecution
John Harris
Doak Horne
Selena Kim
Brian Kingwell
Brian Lee
James Longwell
Omar Nassif
Roch Ripley
Susan Tandan
Grant Tisdall
Jennifer Wilkie
Sonia M Ziesche
Transactions
Grant Tisdall
China
Litigation
Elliot Papageorgiou
Prosecution
Jian Xu
France
Litigation
Céline Bey
Marianne Schaffner
Transactions
Céline Bey
Marianne Schaffner
UAE
Jon Parker
Tamara El Shibib
Marian Fayek
UK
Litigation
Alexandra Brodie
Michael Carter
Huw Evans
Paul Inman
Andrew Maggs
IAM Patent 1000’s roster of luminaries and rising stars also features a few familiar—and new—faces from Gowling WLG:
Alexis Augustin - France
Patrick Duxbury - UK
Mathilde Grammont - France
Luke Kempton - UK
The rankings can be viewed in full here.
About IAM Patent 1000
Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) identifies the top private practice patent professionals and firms in the world's key markets. Rankings in IAM Patent 1000 are based on an extensive global research process involving interviews with private practice lawyers and in-house counsel.
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