Managing IP has recently released it's list of this year's leading female intellectual property practitioners, according to IP STARS research, and this year Adams & Adams Partners, Mariëtte du Plessis and Kelly Thompson both made the Top 250 Women in IP list.

The special publication recognises female practitioners in private practice who have performed exceptionally for their clients and firms in the past year. Some were also involved in IP advocacy and / or corporate social responsibility initiatives in their jurisdictions.

The leading female practitioners have been selected from the IP Stars list, due to be announced at INTA Seattle in May. The IP Stars research covers contentious and non-contentious IP work, carried out over a six-month period by an experienced team of research analysts in Hong Kong, London and New York.

We congratulate Mariëtte and Kelly for making the list this year.