Sixty-three firms from 24 Asia-Pacific jurisdictions took home trophies at the 16th annual Asia IP Awards, held November 6, 2025, at The Godown in Kuala Lumpur. The awards named top trademarks, patents, copyright and, for the first time, portfolio management practices as determined by in-house counsel from Asia, Europe and the Americas. More than 5,000 in-house counsel were polled by Asia IP magazine throughout the first part of 2025. The complete list of winners follows. 

The historic Godown is located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur in a restored colonial-era warehouse, and is one of the city’s premier arts and entertainment spaces. The Godown was designed to evoke a sense of openness, inclusiveness and interconnectedness between humans and nature, and aims to foster a more inclusive, caring and eco-centric society through its support of the local artist community and advocacy for nature conservation and social equity. 

“Law firms are doing exceptional intellectual property work in Asia,” said Asia IP publisher Darren Barton. “Each year, the competition to win an Asia IP Award becomes more and more competitive. Our winners should be proud of the recognition they’ve received from their peers.” 

Eighteen law firms won multiple awards at the event, in multiple practice areas, in multiple jurisdictions or a combination thereof. Regional powerhouse Tilleke & Gibbins won eight awards, including the regional Asia Pacific award for its patent work, its patent work in Cambodia, its patent prosecution work in Indonesia, its patent work in Laos, its work in Myanmar, its patent prosecution and patent litigation work in Thailand, and its patent prosecution work in Vietnam. Global firm Baker McKenzie-affiliated firms won six awards on the evening, including the regional Asia Pacific award for its trademark work, its trademark work in China, its patent litigation and portfolio management work in Hong Kong, its trademark litigation work in Indonesia (as HHP Law Firm), its copyright work in Malaysia (as Wong & Partners) and its trademark work in Vietnam. Bird & Bird won three awards, including the regional Asia Pacific award for its copyright work, its copyright work in China and its copyright work in Singapore (as Bird & Bird ATMD). 

Other firms winning multiple awards included Allens for work in Australia; S&O IP for work in Cambodia, Laos, Mongolia and Vietnam; Deacons for work in China and Hong Kong; Nakamura & Partners and TMI Associates for work in Japan; Kenfox IP & Law Firm for work in Laos and Vietnam; Wong Jin Nee & Teo for work in Malaysia; AJ Park for work in New Zealand; Ali & Associates for work in Pakistan; Drew & Napier and Allen and Gledhill for work in Singapore; Kim & Chang and Lee & Ko for work in South Korea; and Pham & Associates for work in Vietnam. 

The China awards given at the evening’s ceremony honour international law firms for their work in China. Leading Chinese law firms are recognized annually with the Asia IP China Awards early each year.  

“In-house counsel know that they’ll get the results they’re after by using lawyers and law firms based here in Asia and the Pacific,” said Asia IP managing editor Gregory Glass. “The work done here is of excellent quality.” 

Asia IP is a vital source of intelligence for IP-owning companies active in Asia, and international law firms which want to keep ahead of the key issues. The magazine includes a range of in-depth features, news and analysis designed to meet the information needs of in-house counsel, senior business leaders and partners at Asian and international law firms.  

The 2026 Asia IP Awards will be held in Hong Kong in November 2026.  

– Asia IP 

Sydney-based Allens is known for an acclaimed practice with expertise across the full gamut of intellectual property matters. IP practice leader Miriam Stiel is a member of the Enforcement Committee of the International Trademark Association and the AI & New Emerging Technologies and Women In IP Committees of the Intellectual Property Owners’ Association. The firm has acted in Federal Court proceedings on behalf of Wesfarmers in relation to allegations of copyright infringement and misleading and deceptive conduct. The past year has seen the firm acting for the Australian Olympic Committee for trademark, copyright and brand protection issues and Airbnb for trademark enforcement, prosecutions, oppositions and revocation actions and others. 

Davies Collison Cave’s patent attorneys are responsible for among the highest number of originating patent applications across all technical disciplines, and offer expertise in relation to all aspects of IP-related enforcement and litigation matters. The firm’s clients range from multinational corporations to start-ups across a wide range of technology areas, and with differing commercial requirements, so the firm’s team specializes in tailoring IP enforcement and litigation solutions to align with each client’s commercial objectives. DCCL regularly handles complex IP litigation and related matters before the Federal Court of Australia, as well as the state supreme courts, the AAT, and the Australian Patent and Trademark offices. 

Spruson & Ferguson companies are incorporated entities owned by IPH Limited, a publicly listed holding company for a number of IP professional services brands operating across Asia and the Pacific. The team is mostly made up of professionals with solid, real-world experience in science, engineering, legal, defense, telecommunications, ICT, electronics, computing and finance, thus boosting their capabilities of delivering effective, insightful solutions to their clients. Simon Potter is managing director for Australia; he has also overseen the development of the firm’s chemical and life sciences patent team in Australia.  

Sydney-based independent boutique Halfords IP is a full-service IP firm providing trademark, patent and design services to startups, established businesses, universities and research organizations and other entities. Its independence gives it flexibility with how it treats its clients, and the ability to retain high quality staff members. Partner Aparna Watal is the firm’s key trademark contact; she is a highly skilled trademark attorney with extensive experience in advising clients on all aspects of trademark matters, from brand selection, expansion and commercial exploitation to brand enforcement. Watal also advises on domain name disputes in Australia and New Zealand and on the intricate landscape of Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Property (ICIP), where she collaborates with fashion houses and indigenous communities alike, offering tailored solutions to address their unique needs and challenges. 

Remfry & Son traces its roots to 1827 in British India; the firm has been advising on matters of law in Bangladesh since the country’s formation in 1971. The firm is noted for its work in trademark, patent, copyright, design and domain name management. Its clientele is made up of small local businesses, FTSE companies and large organizations, including Honda, BMW, KFC, Suzuki, Google, Facebook, Twitter, New Zealand Dairy, LG, Mercedes Benz, BMW and Audi. 

With four partners, four associates and one consultant, CCW Partnership is a full-service commercial law firm in Brunei. The firm was founded in 1980 and used to be known as Choo, Chan & Wong; today, it has a leading reputation in IP and other areas of commercial and civil disputes, including construction, banking, property and insurance. Partner On Hung Zheng is a key IP contact at the firm; he has appeared before the High Court and Court of Appeal of Brunei Darussalam. The firm files more than 100 trademark and patent applications each year, and has acted in trademark infringement proceedings and trademark opposition proceedings. 

The Tilleke & Gibbins office in Phnom Penh provides guidance to clients on all aspects of intellectual property in Cambodia, and advises on licensing and regulatory issues for clients in sectors such as chemicals, food and agribusiness, franchising, life sciences, and technology. Its Cambodia practice offers a team of dedicated Khmer advisors who draw on the international expertise of its Bangkok office to provide advice on IP, licensing, and regulatory issues. Partner and director Jay Cohen leads the IP practice; Sokmean Chea is highly-regarded for her work with clients on a range of IP issues; and David Mol is regularly praised by clients for his responsiveness and practical, business-minded advice. The firm’s IP team in Phnom Penh consists of two partners and nine associates, making it one of the largest in Cambodia.  

S&O IP deals with the full range of IP matters in Cambodia, from registration and commercialization to enforcement, with a strong focus on trademarks and copyrights. The firm works closely with enforcement authorities at all levels and has an in-house investigation team that identifies sightings, conducts in-depth investigations and monitors online counterfeits. Daniel Greif, the firm’s director for Southeast Asia, has consistently been rated as one of the leading trademark lawyers in the Asia-Pacific region; trademark agent Celine Heng is a key contact in Phnom Penh.  

Bird & Bird established its Hong Kong office in 1995, followed by Beijing in 2004 and Shanghai in 2008. The China and Hong Kong team is led by partner Matthew Laight, who has represented some of the world’s leading companies in a broad range of sectors including electronics, pharmaceuticals, communications, information technology, media, broadcasting, and food and beverage. Ted Chwu is head of greater China and co-head of global tech and comms at the firm. 

Deacons combines one of the most established teams in Hong Kong with a solid presence in China. The firm’s patent lawyers have been providing advice to clients in Hong Kong for more than 100 years, and have had an established patent practice in China for more than 20 years, on inventions ranging from baby strollers to mechanics and electronics to genetic sequencing to biotherapeutics to plant variety rights and autonomous vehicles. Key contacts include Catherine Zheng, who heads the firm’s IP department and specializes in cross-border IP protection strategy and contentious matters, and Ian Liu; Liu is qualified to practice in the Greater Bay Area, and previously worked in the hi-tech software industry with a Silicon Valley-based company and was a financial software consultant with Reuters. 

Baker McKenzie has offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, and maintains an impressive team of IP specialists backed by an international network. Senior consultant Loke-Khoon Tan has a well-deserved reputation for his practice on IP law in China, with particular emphasis on the structuring of intellectual property rights and anti-counterfeiting planning. The next generation of the firm’s IP leaders include partners Ruby Chan, Isabella F.C. Liu, Shih Yann Loo, Andrew Sim and Grace Wong. 

Long-time Hong Kong lawyer Ella Cheong practices her craft from Hong Kong-based ELLALAN along with managing partner Alan Chiu. The firm, which until June 2020 had been known as Ella Cheong & Alan Chiu, advises on IP enforcement, transactional and commercial IP and internet-related issues, as well as matters concerning entertainment and media, dispute resolution, commercial law and regulatory law. The firm boosted its entertainment and media capabilities in late 2023 with the arrival of senior consultant Kenny Wong. 

Baker McKenzie has offices in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai, and maintains an impressive team of IP specialists backed by an international network. Senior consultant Loke-Khoon Tan has a well-deserved reputation for his practice on IP law in China, with particular emphasis on the structuring of intellectual property rights and anti-counterfeiting planning. The next generation of the firm’s IP leaders include partners Ruby Chan, Isabella F.C. Liu, Shih Yann Loo, Andrew Sim and Grace Wong.

Deacons combines one of the most established teams in Hong Kong with a solid presence in China. The firm’s patent lawyers have been providing advice to clients in Hong Kong for more than 100 years, and have had an established patent practice in China for more than 20 years, on inventions ranging from baby strollers to mechanics and electronics to genetic sequencing to biotherapeutics to plant variety rights and autonomous vehicles. Catherine Zheng heads the firm’s IP department and specializes in cross-border IP protection strategy and contentious matters. 

East IP was formed through the combination of four well-known practices, including a combination of Hong Kong-based SIPS, Beijing East IP and East IP Law Firm. The new East IP is also being joined by a team of six partners from Zhong Lun led by China trademark veteran Jimmy Huang. The new East IP Group is co-chaired by SIPS founder Joe Simone and the head of the firm’s patent practice, Xiaodong Li, while Huang leads the trademark prosecution team. The firm notes that women comprise half of its partners and 72 percent of its 90-member IP team. East IP partners include Joe Simone, Dan Plane and Helen Tang, who were SIPS founding partners, and Joann Chan, Joshua Miller and Mai Lin. 

Beruar & Beruar’s practice areas include copyright, trademarks, patents, design, geographical indications, dispute resolution, corporate advisory, investigation and enforcement. Partner Rahul Beruar co-founded the law firm and heads its IP practice. Heading the dispute resolution team is partner and co-founder Nidhi Jain. The firm successfully represented India Today Group, the media brand operating the leading national news channel AAJ TAK. Beruar & Beruar initiated trademark infringement proceedings against a news platform which operated under the infringing mark AAJ TAK WATCH. The firm secured an injunction against the defendant restraining them from using the infringing mark and secured removal of the infringing website and social media platforms. The firm was also named enforcement firm of the year at the 2025 Asia IP India Awards. 

Strong IP player DePenning & DePenning is known for its non-contentious work. The Chennai-based firm handles IP searching, investigation, drafting, registration and enforcement as well as opposition procedures. Its services also cover domain names, geographical indications and portfolio management. With offices in Chennai, Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru, the firm has been serving clients for more than 165 years, and remains a popular firm for multinationals doing work in India. The firm also won the pharma, biotech and life science firm of the year at the 2025 Asia IP India Awards. 

Anand and Anand is one of India’s top IP firms, housing more than 200 professionals led by managing partner Pravin Anand, who was the recipient of the International Trademark Association’s (INTA) prestigious 2021 President’s Award. Pravin Anand, Safir Anand and Vaishali Mittal are all excellent lawyers and key to the firm’s trademark practice, which handled more than 3,000 successful trademark oppositions last year, as well as more than 2,500 trademark applications. In an unprecedented feat, the firm secured well-known status for 11 marks belonging to various leading Indian and international companies, all on the same day, including marks owned by pharma giant Abbott Laboratories, ecommerce platform Nykaa, apparel manufacturer Jockey, Indian conglomerate Tata Group, Indian Hotels Company and Titan Company and Japanese multinational Bridgestone Corporation. The firm, which has 27 partners, five associate partners and 86 associates, won multiple awards at Asia IP’s 2025 India Awards, including national firm of the year. 

IP powerhouse Remfry & Sagar is a go-to firm for multinationals in India. The firm has pioneered patent litigation in India’s post-TRIPS regime, advising, and acting on behalf of, leading international pharmaceutical companies on seminal matters including Section 3(d) of the Patents Act and the issue of compulsory licensing. More recently, telecom disputes involving fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory (FRAND) licensing agreements in standard-essential patents (SEPs) have been an area of focus. The firm has one of the largest, most experienced patent litigation teams in the country. Led by managing partner Ashwin Julka, the firm also won multiple awards at Asia IP’s 2025 India Awards, including national firm of the year runner-up. 

Managing partner Justisiari Perdana Kusumah and partner Risti Wulansari lead K&K Advocates, a boutique firm specializing in IP matters with particular strength in patent, trademark and copyright registration and enforcement. The firm is regularly sought by multinational clients and foreign governments. It also acts for or is involved with bodies responsible for developing IP and technology laws. In recent litigation, it represented one of the largest chemical suppliers in ASEAN on an industrial design lawsuit. 

Tilleke & Gibbins’ Jakarta office began serving clients in September 2013. Its leading Southeast Asian IP practice has decades of experience in the region and has been instrumental in the development of IP law and practice in many jurisdictions. Director Wongrat Ratanaprayul has advised on a portfolio of more than 1,500 industrial designs, copyright and trademarks for a global jewelry designer and manufacturer. The firm is regularly entrusted by leading IP firms in South Korea to act for LG Electronics on patent prosecution matters in Indonesia, including translating patent specifications and filing local patent applications; over the past year, it assisted LG Electronics with the prosecution of more than 110 patents in Indonesia. It also assisted a Chinese law firm in conducting freedom-to-operate searches on sanitary pad technology in Indonesia, which uncovered 45 patents and/or patent applications for the client to assess the risks in selling their sanitary products in the Indonesian market. 

HHP Law Firm, formerly known as Hadiputranto, Hadinoto & Partners, is the Indonesian member firm of Baker McKenzie. Its IP team helps international clients with cease-and-desist campaigns, anti-counterfeiting raids, infringer investigations and other related matters. The IP team is led by partner Daru Lukiantono, who has experience in complex intellectual property due diligence and management cases; in addition to copyright work, he also has a range of experience in patent prosecution, patent portfolio management, commercial patent work and patent litigation. Nidya Kalangie has deep experience in IP brand protection, litigation and commercial advisory matters. 

Spruson & Ferguson, one of the largest IP firms in the Asia-Pacific region, has a 130-year history of providing IP services to local and global companies. Its Indonesian office was established in 2016, with a team composed of patent and trademark attorneys, engineers and scientists. Principal Amy Chan, who leads the firm’s Asia trademarks practice group from offices around the region, manages the global trademark portfolios of foreign and multinational clients from a wide range of industries; she regularly assists clients in conducting clearance searches, brand strategy management, trademark applications and trademark opposition matters. The firm is part of IPH Limited, the IP company holding company. 

Pulungan, Wiston & Partners represents clients in a wide variety of matters involving acquisition, maintenance, utilization, protection and enforcement of IP arising under local and foreign IP laws. By virtue of its partners’ long-standing international presence, the firm is positioned to serve the needs of both domestic and international clients.  

Nakamura & Partners in Tokyo is an international patent law firm which provides IP services inside and outside of the jurisdiction. Shinichiro Tanaka is a key partner the legal section of the firm, and Daisaku Fujikura is head of the trademark section. Yuriko Sagara and Shoichi Satake are part of the firm’s entertainment practice, while Akira Watanabe and Masahiko Matsuno are members in its media practice. Clients include Sony and FujiFilm. 

Osaka-based Abe & Partners, handles the complete range of IP matters, as well as a variety of corporate and commercial practices. The firm recently represented Regeneron Pharmaceuticals against Samsung Bioepis in an unfair competition preliminary injunction appeal case, receiving a dismissal decision. The firm also handles disputes in technical fields including pharmaceuticals, chemistry, life sciences, IT, electronic devices and machinery. Takenori Abe has been called “a stellar lawyer, backed up by a small-but-efficient team.” 

Yoshiyuki Inaba and Toyotaka Abe are key practitioners at TMI Associates. The firm is one of Japan’s five largest firms, with more than 90 patent and trademark attorneys in addition to some 570 attorneys-at-law and more than 100 paralegals and other staff members. The firm has assisted Stokke, a Norwegian maker of childrens’ chairs, in court in an attempt to stop the sale of lookalike chairs in Japan; the trademark prosecution team at the firm has now filed a mark for a 3-dimensional trademark. The firm’s clients range from venture businesses to well-established high-tech companies. It also liaises with government agencies and has increasingly has had opportunities to advise on policy.  

Tilleke & Gibbins provides legal advice for foreign investors and others in Laos through its office in Vientiane. The firm has particular expertise in trademark and other IP law in Laos, but is also positioned to provide advice on a range of corporate and commercial matters. Prisna Sungwanna heads the firm’s Laos office. The firm has a strong bench of local talent in its office in Vientiane currently at the associate level. 

S&O IP deals with the full range of IP matters in Cambodia, from registration and commercialization to enforcement, with a strong focus on trademarks and copyrights. The firm works closely with enforcement authorities at all levels and has an in-house investigation team that identifies sightings, conducts in-depth investigations and monitors online counterfeits. Daniel Greif, the firm’s director for Southeast Asia, has consistently been rated as one of the leading trademark lawyers in the Asia-Pacific region; senior associate Narisara Jessica Sangiumpun is the firm’s assistant director in Laos. 

MdME Lawyers was only established in 2006, but it has quickly grown to include some of the most experienced and most active IP lawyers based in Macau, with additional offices in Hong Kong and Lisbon. Partner João Encarnação, head of the IP team, has advised and assisted on prosecution of thousands of applications for trademark, design, patent and other IP rights in Macau and overseas. The firm’s clients encompass key corporations operating in Macau, covering diverse sectors such as banking, insurance, finance, gaming, real estate, energy, construction, infrastructure, retail, pharmaceuticals and telecommunications. 

C&C Lawyers & Notaries provides legal advice and services on a wide range of legal issues for both domestic and international clients. In addition to general advice on IP issues, the firm’s practice includes registration and IP portfolio maintenance; IP enforcement and protection; licensing and franchising; anti-counterfeiting and customs actions. Partner Lu Zhao leads the IP practice and acts as the top liaison for the firm’s Chinese-speaking clients. The need to provide specific and focused IP solutions led the C&C group to create IPSOL, a full-service dedicated intellectual property agency. Focused on the planning, registration and management of trademarks, patents and other IP rights, IPSOL offers solutions that maximize the protection of IP assets. C&C also has offices in Portugal, East Timor and Cabo Verde. 

Wong & Partners is the Malaysia member firm of Baker McKenzie. Led by partners Celia Cheah and Serene Kan, the firm is known for its work in copyright, trademark and patent work. Cheah has more than two decades of experience in the creation, protection, commercialization and enforcement of intellectual property, including trademarks, patents, industrial designs and copyrights. Kan heads the firm’s technology practice group, where her practice includes technology and media transactions, technology and licensing agreements, data privacy and protection, e-payments and ecommerce. She advised a German automobile manufacturer specializing in high-performance sports cars on its video streaming feature from the perspective of telecommunications law, media law and broadcasting law in Malaysia. 

IP and technology boutique Wong Jin Nee & Teo provides a wide-spectrum of IP and technology law services and is renowned for its work in trademark application, litigation, as well as brand protection and enforcement work. Partners Jin Nee Wong and Bong Kwang Teo are recognized for their expertise in handling both litigation and non-contentious matters that extend to integrated IP services including portfolio management and exploitation both locally and abroad. 

Well-established IP specialist Marks & Clerk handles all areas of intellectual property, with particular strengths in life science, information technology and electronics. The firm has a global reputation for delivering quality parent prosecution and its Malaysia office handles patent drafting to UK and European standards. The patent practice, led by director Chris Hemingway, is one of the very few Malaysian patent practices to have a UK- and Europe-qualified patent attorney which, it says, has found that this expertise has attracted drafting work that otherwise would likely have been sent offshore to firms in Singapore or Australia. Key patent clients include Petronas, NGLtech, Panasonic, Sengenics, Vulcan Photonics and LuxTag, as well as a number of the local Universities such as USM, UTP, IIUM and UMP. New clients include Cancer Research Malaysia, Areodyne, Medika and Cryocord. 

The IP and technology team at Rahmat Lim & Partners offers a wide range of contentious and non-contentious IP-related services and advises on a broad spectrum of enforcement, management and transactional issues. The firm assists clients in making urgent court applications for injunctions and search and seizure orders as well as participating in raid actions. The firm also works on criminal copyright enforcement of data centres hosting AI and experimental IP litigation, such as fair doctrine defences for copyright infringement in the AI context. Partner Pauline Khor, head of the intellectual property and technology department, is known for her fresh perspective and creative resolutions and has 18 years of experience advising and acting for foreign and local multinational companies. Notable clients include Chanel, Walt Disney, Sony and Philips.  

Full-service firm Shearn Delamore & Co’s IP practice is led by Karen Abraham, with its IP team providing professional services for more than 40 years and being widely recognized as one of the leading firms in Malaysia. The firm is one of the very few firms in Malaysia which manages very large trademark portfolios of clients, with several large profile clients with sizable trademark portfolios worldwide, namely the Astro and Petronas groups. With a team comprising of more than 100 support staff, clerks and lawyers and its international networks, the firm has the ability and capacity to handle urgent and bulk filings within the day. Other trademark clients include technology companies such as Google, Facebook and Tesla; pharmaceutical companies such as Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer; and luxury brands such as Louis Vuitton Malletier and LVMH Fashion Group, Hermes and BVGARI. Other top practitioners include Jyeshta Mahendran, Indran Shanmuganathan, Timothy Siaw, Janet Toh, Raghuram Supramanium and Sook Eng Sim. 

Full-service IP firm S&O IP specializes in advising clients on all aspects of intellectual property in Eurasia from registration to enforcement, as well as commercialization. The firm is known for its focus on understanding clients’ business needs and providing a responsive and effective response. The firm’s Eurasia team includes attorneys, IP consultants, and trademark and patent agents from eight different countries. The firm is rapidly expanding in China and Southeast Asia.