LONDON, 5 March – Gowling WLG's international IP team has been recognised in several categories at the Managing Intellectual Property EMEA Awards ceremony for 2020 in London. Gowling WLG Russia office won the international industry award for Russia’s “Trade Mark Firm of the Year”, the UK office has been named the “Design Firm of the Year”.

The 2020 MIP EMEA award is the most recent among many international testaments to the Gowling WLG’s intellectual property (IP) strength and committed work for its clients. In January it earned the “Patent Firm of the Year- Russia” at the Global IP Awards by IAM/WTR, also in London.

“All of us on the team in Moscow are absolutely honoured and delighted to be recognised as Russia’s Trade Mark Firm of the Year by Managing Intellectual Property,” said David Aylen, managing partner of Gowling WLG in Russia. “It is a valued acknowledgement of our dedication and hard work providing the best intellectual property law services. We have an excellent record, and we continue to build on it and develop in our total commitment to Clients First.”

Managing Intellectual Property (MIP) is one of the world's most notable IP publications.   The MIP  Global Awards, held in London, New York and Shanghai, are presented to firms, individuals and companies behind the most innovative and challenging IP work of the past year, as well as those driving the international IP market. On March 26, the MIP Americas Awards will be held in New York, where Gowling WLG Canadian IP practice is nominated for eight awards.

About Gowling WLG’s IP Group

With unmatched expertise in patents, trademarks, brands and designs, advertising, IP litigation and more, Gowling WLG's global IP team has been winning cases for clients around the world for more than 125 years. With leading IP practices in Canada, the UK and Europe, Russia, China, the UAE and Singapore*, and a network of trusted agents worldwide, we help IP owners overcome complex obstacles and optimize new opportunities, wherever business takes them. Learn more

*Gowling WLG offers services in Singapore through an exclusive relationship with JurisAsia LLC

Contact:

Madina Assylbekova

Director of Strategy and Business Development RUSSIA/CIS

+7 495 775 4863

madina.assylbekova@gowlingwlg.com