Court · 2022–2026

Most active law firms: Patents Court and IPEC

The law firms named as solicitors in the most cases in the Patents Court and IPEC over the last 5 years. In that time 198 of its judgments named at least one of 86 firms profiled on zoomLaw.

Rank Firm Cases Judgments
1 Pinsent Masons 21 27
2 Powell Gilbert LLP 20 36
3 Kirkland & Ellis International LLP 16 32
=4 Bird & Bird 15 24
=4 Bristows LLP 15 20
6 Winston Taylor 12 19
7 Hogan Lovells Cadwalader 9 17
8 Brandsmiths 7 7
9 Freshfields LLP 6 14
=10 A&O Shearman 5 8
=10 Wiggin LLP 5 8
=10 Simmons & Simmons LLP 5 6
=13 Fieldfisher 4 4
=13 Lewis Silkin LLP 4 4
=13 Shakespeare Martineau 4 4
=16 Gowling WLG 3 8
=16 Carpmaels & Ransford LLP 3 4
=16 Reed Smith 3 4
=16 Briffa Legal Limited 3 3
=16 Jones Day 3 3
=16 Marks & Clerk Law LLP 3 3
=16 Mishcon de Reya LLP 3 3
=16 Shoosmiths LLP 3 3

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Firms are ranked by the number of cases from 2022–2026 in this court in which judgments name them as solicitors, under their current name (judgments naming a firm that has since merged count towards the firm it joined). Several judgments in the same case, such as interim rulings, a later judgment on costs or an appeal, count as one case: judgments are linked by the court's case number and by appeals, or failing that by the parties' names. Only firms named in at least 3 cases are ranked, and equal counts share a place. This measures how often a firm acts in reported cases, not their outcome. Counts are minimums: they come from judgments published by The National Archives (Find Case Law), not every judgment names the solicitors, and a judgment counts only when we are confident who acted. The court is taken from each judgment's neutral citation. Firm details include data from the Solicitors Regulation Authority. zoomLaw is independent of every firm listed. Something wrong? Tell us.

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