PRESS RELEASE
14 April 2025

HGF Wins Big At The Managing IP EMEA Awards Ceremony 2025

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HGF is one of Europe's largest firms of intellectual property specialists in Europe, with 21 offices across the UK, The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Ireland. The firm's trade mark attorneys, patent attorneys and IP solicitors provide an integrated IP solution for clients.
The Annual Managing IP Awards: EMEA Awards 2025 were announced last night, and HGF are proud to have won 7 awards.
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The Annual Managing IP Awards: EMEA Awards 2025 were announced last night, and HGF are proud to have won 7 awards.

The Managing IP Awards are highly recognised and respected across the world in the IP sector, and we would like to congratulate all our colleagues on their well-deserved awards. This prestigious recognition follows another year of exceptional work and is a testament to the success of the whole HGF team across Europe, who have worked extremely hard to provide excellence to their clients.

HGF won the awards for:

  • European Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year
  • UK Patent Disputes Firm of the Year (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
  • IPEC Firm of the Year
  • Ireland Patent Prosecution Firm of the Year
  • Benelux Trademark Firm of the Year (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
  • Ireland Practitioner of the Year (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms) –

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  • Pan-European impact case award for its work on J 0001/24 (2024)

This year was a record breaking year HGF's European team with 23 nominations. The categories we were shortlisted for are:

Europe

  • Patent Disputes (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
  • Patent Prosecution
  • EPO Proceedings Firm of the Year
  • Trademark (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)

Benelux

  • Trademark (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
  • Patent (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)

United Kingdom (England)

  • Patent Disputes (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
  • Trademark Disputes (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
  • Patent Prosecution
  • Trademark Prosecution (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms)
  • IPEC Firm of the Year
  • UPC Firm of the Year
  • Patent Practitioner of the Year (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms) – Rachel Fetches
  • Rising Star of the Year (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms) – Christie Batty

Ireland

  • Patent Prosecution
  • Trade Mark Prosecution
  • Practitioner of the Year (Patent & Trademark Attorney Firms) – Craig Thomson
  • Rising Star of the Year – Sean McDonagh

Netherlands

  • Trade Mark Prosecution
  • Practitioner of the Year (Patent & Trademark Attorneys) – Alexander Hagen

United Kingdom (Scotland)

For the full list of winners click the button below.

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HGF is one of Europe's largest firms of intellectual property specialists in Europe, with 21 offices across the UK, The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Ireland. The firm's trade mark attorneys, patent attorneys and IP solicitors provide an integrated IP solution for clients.

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