Baker McKenzie empowers clients to compete in the global economy. We provide comprehensive and practical legal advice that cuts through complexity with clear, actionable guidance. Our people represent diverse cultures and jurisdictions, combining local know-how with international expertise to ensure your business thrives across borders.
As the leading intellectual property law firm, we help innovators change the world through our unmatched litigation, prosecution, and post-grant experience across venues and prosecution needs. We touch more PTAB cases, IP appeals, and utility patents than anyone else, and no national firm handles more District Court patent cases. Many of our 425+ attorneys and technology specialists are also scientists who are as comfortable in a lab or cleanroom as a courtroom or patent office. Visionaries across eras have trusted us to protect their IP since 1878, and we’re ready to help build your IP strategy today with tomorrow in mind.
HGF is one of Europe’s leading intellectual property firms, bringing together patent attorneys, trade mark attorneys and IP solicitors to provide a fully integrated IP solution. With offices across the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, France and Austria, HGF supports innovative businesses, universities, research organisations and global brands through every stage of the IP lifecycle, from the creation and protection of intellectual property through to commercialisation, enforcement and dispute resolution. HGF is one of Europe’s largest firms of IP specialists, with IP professionals delivering seamless cross-border support to clients operating in international markets.
The firm’s multidisciplinary approach combines deep technical expertise with commercial and legal insight, enabling specialist teams across technology and engineering, life sciences, chemistry, trade marks and law to work seamlessly together to deliver strategic, business-focused advice. This collaborative model ensures clients benefit from coordinated support across patents, trade marks, designs, litigation, oppositions, appeals and commercial IP matters.