HGF wins big at the Managing IP EMEA Awards Ceremony 2025

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) – Craig Thomson
• 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)

• Prosecution
• Practitioner of the Year – Gary Wilson
• Rising Star of the Year – Caroline Pigott

For the full list of winners click the button below.