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2021 LIFE SCIENCES EUROPE SHORTLIST
We are excited to present the shortlist for the 2021 Life Sciences Europe Awards. This list is a compilation of law firms and individuals that had strong and innovative practices and cases in the last year. Congratulations to everyone who was recognized!
Firm of the Year
Practice Area Lawyer of the Year
Rising Star Lawyer of the Year
National Firm of the Year
Firm of the Year
The Firm of the Year awards recognise best law firm in the following categories.
Competition/Antitrust Firm of the Year
Hogan Lovells
Lidings
Musat & Associatii
Portolano Cavallo
Schoenherr
Sidley Austin
TGS Baltic
Corporate Firm of the Year
Bär & Karrer
Dorda
Ellex
Gornitzky & Co
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Hogan Lovells
Lipa Meir & Co
Niederer Kraft Frey
Portolano Cavallo
Licensing and Collaboration Firm of the Year
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Gornitzky & Co
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Latham & Watkins
Niederer Kraft Frey
Pearl Cohen
Powell Gilbert
Schellenberg Wittmer
M&A Firm of the Year
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Chiomenti
Dentons
Gün + Partners
Hogan Lovells
Latham & Watkins
Morais Leitão
Pearl Cohen
Opposition Procedure Firm of the Year
Gün + Partners
Hogan Lovells
Liad Whatstein & Co
Powell Gilbert
Roschier
Vakhnina and Partners
Parallel Import Firm of the Year
Bird & Bird
Bozoğlu İzgi Attorney Partnership
Dimitrov Petrov & Co
Taylor Wessing
Patent Litigation- Biologics
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Grau & Angulo
Hogan Lovells
Liad Whatstein & Co
Morais Leitão
Musat & Associatii
Powell Gilbert
Taylor Wessing
Patent Litigation Firm of the Year- Biotech
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Hogan Lovells
Powell Gilbert
Patent Litigation Firm of the Year- Medical Devices
Allen & Overy
Bär & Karrer
Bird & Bird
Hogan Lovells
Liad Whatstein & Co
Powell Gilbert
Roschier
Taylor Wessing
Patent Litigation Firm of the Year- Pharmaceuticals
Allen & Overy
Bär & Karrer
Carpmaels & Ransford
Hogan Lovells
Liad Whatstein & Co
Powell Gilbert
Roschier
Sérvulo & Associados
Taylor Wessing
Patent Strategy Firm of the Year
Carpmaels & Ransford
Gün + Partners
Hogan Lovells
Lidings
Powell Gilbert
Taylor Wessing
Product Liability Firm of the Year
Bird & Bird
Bozoğlu İzgi Attorney Partnership
Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka
Hogan Lovells
Kieszkowska Rutkowska Kolasiński
S. Horowitz & Co
Schellenberg Wittmer
TGS Baltic
Regulatory Firm of the Year
Bird & Bird
Dorda
Hogan Lovells
Kieszkowska Rutkowska Kolasiński
Latham & Watkins
Morais Leitão
PLMJ
Portolano Cavallo
Schoenherr
TGS Baltic
SPC Litigation Firm of the Year
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Carpmaels & Ransford
Grau & Angulo
Roschier
Taylor Wessing
Venture Capital Firm of the Year
Bird & Bird
Gross Law Firm
Latham & Watkins
Pearl Cohen
Schoenherr
Tadmor Levy
Lawyer of the Year
Rising Star Lawyer of the Year
National Firm of the Year
Best in practice awards
Practice Area Lawyer of the Year
The Lawyer of the Year awards is based primarily on the role the individual has played on influential cases. This award takes into consideration advocacy, influence, and thought leadership during the period.
Advisory Lawyer of the Year
Assaf Harel – Gornitzky & Co
Dalia Tamašauskaitė- Žilienė – TGS Baltic
Eduardo Nogueira Pinto – PLMJ
Elisabethann Wright – Hogan Lovells
Eveline Van Keymeulen – Latham & Watkins
Francine Borgyányi – Dorda
Marc Martens – Bird & Bird
Paulina Kieszkowska-Knapik – Kieszkowska Rutkowska Kolasiński
Rainer Hilli – Roschier
Competition/Antitrust Lawyer of the Year
Andrii Gorbatenko – Legal Alliance
Cristoforo Osti – Chiomenti
David Hull – Van Bael Bellis
Hector Armengod – Latham & Watkins
Özge Atilgan Karakulak – Gün + Partners
Paul Buta – Musat & Associatii
Tanja Eisenblätter – Hogan Lovells
Vladimir Sokov – Dentons
Zoya Todorova – Dimitrov Petrov & Co
Corporate Lawyer of the Year
Alexander Veith – Allen & Overy
Gary Copelovitz – Lipa Meir & Co
Jan-Anders Wik – Roschier
Michal Czarnuch – Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka
Oleksii Bezhevets – Legal Alliance
Paul Hermant – Bird & Bird
Pawel Halwa – Schoenherr
Yael Baratz – Pearl Cohen
Zoya Todorova – Dimitrov Petrov & Co
Licensing and Collaboration Lawyer of the Year
Andrey Zelenin – Lidings
Dan Sharot – Herzog Fox & Neeman
Dmytro Aleshko – Legal Alliance
Eduardo Nogueira Pinto – PLMJ
Jim Ford – Allen & Overy
Johanna Lilja – Roschier
Sally Shorthose – Bird & Bird
Tami Fishman Jutkowitz – Gross Law Firm
Yael Baratz – Pearl Coehn
M&A Lawyer of the Year
Alexander Veith – Allen & Overy
Arthur Braun – bpv BRAUN PARTNERS
Assaf Harel – Gornitzky & Co
Eduardo Nogueira Pinto – PLMJ
Francesco Stella – Hogan Lovells
Luca Gambini – Portolano Cavallo
Luca Liistro – Chiomenti
Robbie McLaren – Latham & Watkins
Sergey Klimenko – Dentons
Parallel Import Lawyer of the Year
Bilyana Angelova – Dimitrov Petrov & Co
Elvan Sevi BOZOĞLU - Bozoğlu İzgi Attorney Partnership
Jean-Christophe Troussel – Bird & Bird
Marc Martens – Bird & Bird
Zoya Todorova – Dimitrov Petrov & Co
Patent Lawyer of the Year- Biologics/Biosimilars
Christian Dekoninck – Taylor Wessing
Domien Op de Beeck – Bird & Bird
Javier Huarte – Grau & Angulo
Marjan Noor – Allen & Overy
Penny Gilbert – Powell Gilbert
Patent Lawyer of the Year- Biotech
Jennifer Jones – Bird & Bird
Mark Ridgway – Allen & Overy
Neville Cordell – Allen & Overy
Penny Gilbert – Powell Gilbert
Stanislas Roux-Vaillard – Hogan Lovells
Patent Lawyer of the Year- Medical Devices
Christian Dekoninck – Taylor Wessing
Dovev Apel – S Horowitz & Co
Mark Ridgway – Allen & Overy
Markus Wang – Bär & Karrer
Tal Band – S Horowitz & Co
Tim Powell – Powell Gilbert
Patent Lawyer of the Year- Pharmaceuticals
Boris Malakhov – Lidings
Geert Glas – Allen & Overy
Javier Huarte – Grau & Angulo
Jean-Christophe Troussel – Bird & Bird
Liad Whatstein – Liad Whatstein & Co
Stanislas Roux-Vaillard – Hogan Lovells
Patent Strategy Lawyer of the Year
Jake Marshall – Carpmaels & Ransford
Jean-Christophe Troussel – Bird & Bird
Marjan Noor – Allen & Overy
Morag Macdonald – Bird & Bird
Tim Powell – Powell Gilbert
Product Liability Lawyer of the Year
Christian Di Mauro – Hogan Lovells
Dovev Apel – S Horowitz & Co
Elvan Sevi BOZOĞLU – Bozoğlu İzgi Attorney Partnership
Ewa Rutkowska – KIESZKOWSKA RUTKOWSKA KOLASIŃSKI
Marc Martens – Bird & Bird
Tomasz Kaczyński – Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka
SPC Litigator Lawyer of the Year
Christian Dekoninck – Taylor Wessing
David Wilson – Carpmaels & Ransford
Krystyna Szczepanowska-Kozłowska – Allen & Overy
Marc Martens – Bird & Bird
Rainer Hilli – Roschier
Rising Star Lawyer of the Year
National Firm of the Year
Firm of the Year
Lawyer of the Year
Rising Star Lawyer of the Year
The Rising Star Lawyer of the Year award is an associate or of-counsel-level lawyer who is acting at partner level.
IP Rising Star Lawyer of the Year
Alexandra Lassina – Dimitrov Petrov & Co
Charlotte Garnitsch – Taylor Wessing
Dicle Doğan – Gün + Partners
Ignacio Pontijas – Grau & Angulo
Jennifer Antcliff – Carpmaels & Ransford
Joel Coles – Powell Gilbert
Johanna Flythström – Roschier
Miriam Gundt – Hogan Lovells
Thibaut D'hulst – Van Bael Bellis
Vitalii Saychuk – Legal Aliance
Non-IP Litigation Rising Star Lawyer of the Year
Filiz Toprak Esin – Gün + Partners
Janine Reudt-Demont – Niederer Kraft Frey
Manuela Lupeanu – Musat & Associatii
Martin Zahariev – Dimitrov Petrov & Co
Matthias Schweiger – Hogan Lovells
Michael Clancy – Van Bael Bellis
Regulatory Rising Star Lawyer of the Year
Audronė Ežerskė – TGS Baltic
Dicle Doğan – Gün + Partners
Elisa Stefanini – Portolano Cavallo
Frances Stocks Allen – Latham & Watkins
Janine Reudt-Demont – Niederer Kraft Frey
Jevgenija Vienazindyte – Ellex
Koen T'Sven – Van Bael Bellis
Mateea Predescu – Musat & Associatii
Nicolas Carbonnelle – Bird & Bird
Raphael Wyss – Bär & Karrer
Financial & Corporate Rising Star Lawyer of the Year
Asya Vladimirova – Dimitrov Petrov & Co
Avital Bruker-Yamin – Tadmor Levy
Emily Cridland – Latham & Watkins
Filiz Toprak Esin – Gün + Partners
Francesca Villa – Chiomenti
Samuel Hochstrasser – Niederer Kraft Frey
Tatiana Larina – Dentons
Vitalii Savchuk – Legal Alliance
National Firm of the Year
Firm of the Year
Lawyer of the Year
Rising Star Lawyer of the Year
National Firm of the Year
The National Firm of the Year awards are based on the evidence of work highlights and considers the role of the firm in the work, its impact, and complexity.
Benelux Firm of the Year
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Hogan Lovells
Latham & Watkins
Sidley Austin
Taylor Wessing
Van Bael Bellis
Black Sea Firm of the Year
Allen & Overy
Dimitrov Petrov & Co
Gün + Partners
Legal Alliance
Musat & Associatii
Central Europe Firm of the Year
Allen & Overy
bpv BRAUN PARTNERS
Dorda
Schoenherr
France Firm of the Year
Allen & Overy
Hogan Lovells
Latham & Watkins
Germany Firm of the Year
Allen & Overy
Hogan Lovells
Latham & Watkins
Preu Bohlig & Partner
Sidley Austin
Israel Firm of the Year
Gornitzky & Co
Gross Law Firm
Herzog Fox & Neeman
Liad Whatstein & Co
Lipa Meir & Co
Pearl Cohen
S Horowitz & Co
Tadmor Levy
Italy Firm of the Year
Allen & Overy
Chiomenti
Hogan Lovells
Latham & Watkins
Portolano Cavallo
Poland Firm of the Year
Allen & Overy
Domanski Zakrzewski Palinka
Kondrat and Partners
Kieszkowska Rutkowska Kolasiński
Portugal Firm of the Year
Morais Leitão
PLMJ
Sérvulo & Associados
Russia Firm of the Year
Allen & Overy
BLS
Dentons
Latham & Watkins
Lidings
Vakhninaa and Partners
Spain Firm of the Year
Allen & Overy
Grau & Angulo
Hogan Lovells
Switzerland Firm of the Year
Bär & Karrer
Niederer Kraft Frey
Schellenberg Wittmer
United Kingdom Firm of the Year
Allen & Overy
Bird & Bird
Latham & Watkins
Powell Gilbert
Sidley Austin
Rising Star Lawyer of the Year
National Firm of the Year
