DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, positioned to help clients with their legal needs around the world. Our clients value our global view of the market, consistency of service and the ability to quickly form cross-border multidisciplinary project teams. We’re dedicated to being responsive and building long-term relationships.
Recognised as a leading law firm in Belgium, we are one of the few to combine strong local presence with widespread international capability. With over 100 lawyers, DLA Piper in Belgium has been offering full-service legal support to clients since 2002. Our office also serves as the EU Centre of Excellence, providing seamless cross-border legal services on EU regulatory issues.
Wherever our clients do business, we are there to assist the

Allen & Overy is a global law firm that helps the world’s leading businesses to grow, innovate and thrive. Our cross-border intellectual property team supports the world’s leading businesses to invest in and protect global intellectual property portfolios. With over 200 specialist partners and associates worldwide, A&O offers an integrated, cross-border service to help clients dealing with the opportunities and threats brought by globalisation and technology. Many of our IP lawyers come from science, technology or engineering backgrounds and have a deep understanding of the sectors in which our clients operate. This is combined with our leading antitrust, arbitration, employment and regulatory experience, and one of the largest international networks of any law firm.

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is a global law firm with a long track record of successfully advising the world's leading national and multinational corporations and financial institutions on ground-breaking and business-critical challenges. Our team of more than 2,800 lawyers and other legal professionals delivers global results from our 28 offices worldwide. Our commitment, local and multinational expertise and business know-how means our clients can rely on us when it matters most.

"Your brand. Your products. Your innovations.
Our IPMT practice understands that these assets make your business unique. We know how to leverage and protect them. Our award-winning team is one of the world’s largest IP practices. We combine a global outlook with local knowledge to provide clients with consistent, coordinated, best-in-class legal and business advice. Whether it’s coordinating complex cross-border IP litigation through to trial, navigating a high-profile technology transaction, or strategically managing a global IP portfolio, we have the right lawyers to advise. We are embedded in our clients’ industries and offer a deep understanding of the commercial, legal and regulatory developments transforming your markets. From high-tech and telecoms, to pharma and healthcare, to consumer, financial services, and automotive, we know what’s around the corner."

Simmons & Simmons is a global law firm with a market-leading European IP team. Drawing on the detailed expertise and experience of market leading individuals within an international network, we tackle complex, multi-jurisdictional challenges involving prosecuting, litigating and commercialising IP.

Our teams have science and engineering backgrounds and we understand the technologies underlying fast developing fields, from advanced biologic therapies to standard essential patents and blockchain. We’re leaders in innovative areas such as Fintech and Digital Health and we use and create technology of our own – using it to work more efficiently and achieve better outcomes for our clients.

William Fry is a leading corporate law firm in Ireland, with over 320 legal and tax professionals and more than 470 staff. The firm is ranked by international directories as being a leader in our core practice areas of Corporate and M&A, Banking & Finance, Litigation & Investigations, Asset Management & Investment Funds, Real Estate, Insurance, Competition & Regulation, Tax, Projects & Construction, Employment & Benefits and Technology. As one of Ireland’s oldest and largest law firms, we offer proven expertise across the full breadth of industries and sectors. With offices in Dublin, Cork, London, New York and San Francisco, and a global law firm network, we can serve clients both at home and internationally.

Portolano Cavallo was founded in 2001 by partners Manuela Cavallo and Francesco Portolano.
Portolano Cavallo provides legal advice to companies operating in complex and evolving sectors: it is a leader in the Digital, Media and Technology and Life Sciences sectors, in addition to being recognized in the Fashion/Luxury field.
Women make up about 50% of the partnership: the firm rewards talent and passion consistently with the values of sustainability, diversity and inclusion.

Powell Gilbert is a law firm dedicated to IP and to serving knowledge, technology and brands based industries, recognised as one of Europe's leading specialist Intellectual Property law practices. Powell Gilbert attract many fine lawyers and produce exceptional work for valued clients, building an outstanding reputation in the field. Powell Gilbert was formed to make a total commitment as a firm to the field of IP law. Powell Gilbert are proud of their expertise, effectiveness, knowledge, and results in IP. The field is rapidly growing, increasingly complex, fast-changing and ever-more commercially critical. It is, Powell Gilbert believe, the most exciting field of law, and one that deserves and demands undiluted attention and focus. We offer legal services across the entire field of IP, including patents, trade marks, copyright, designs and confidential information.