Murgitroyd named International IP Services Firm of the Year 2026 for China by the APAC Insider Legal Awards

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APAC Insider Legal Award

Following on from our recognition in the APAC Insider Business Awards last year, we are pleased to announce that Murgitroyd has been named International IP Services Firm of the Year 2026 for China in the APAC Insider Legal Awards 2026.

Returning for its eleventh year, the APAC Legal Awards celebrates the legal talent shaping the future of the Asia Pacific region.  organisations demonstrating excellence, resilience, and innovation across the Asia-Pacific region. This long-standing programme has become one of the most anticipated events in the APAC calendar, spotlighting the lawyers, legal teams, firms, and innovators who keep the region’s legal landscape evolving, resilient, and full of dynamism.

July has been a particularly strong month for awards marking our attorney expertise, as it comes hot on the heels of patent team and trade mark acknowledgment in Managing IP’s IP Stars, Wendy Crosby being named in the Top 250 Women in IP list and our third year of recognition for our Trade Mark team from WIPR.  We are proud to receive this independent validation of the expertise, dedication and client-focused approach demonstrated by our attorney teams across the firm.

For more information about the APAC Legal Awards, please visit the APAC Insider website.

Meet our team

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About Laura Fè

A chemistry and materials specialist, Laura Fe’s experience extends across a broad range of chemistry-related subjects, including pharmaceutical technology, polymer chemistry and chemical...
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About Amber Yan Guo

Amber manages our China Representative Office in Dalian, Liaoning Province, PRC. She was involved with the establishment of the China (Dalian) office. Amber has a deep understanding of specific...
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About Jonathan Cray

Dr Jonathan (Johnny) Cray is a Senior Patent Attorney and Practice Coordinator for the Life Sciences and Chemistry teams at Murgitroyd. In his role, Johnny oversees strategic patent portfolio...
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About Florian März

Florian März studied civil engineering at the Technical University of Munich. After completing his diploma thesis in the field of construction engineering in 2006, he worked for a construction...
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About Kate Syrtsova

Kate Syrtsova studied mechanical engineering and manufacturing processes at Moscow State University of Technology – STANKIN – and gained both MEng and BEng qualifications in technology, equipment...
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About Elena Brioschi

After her graduation in law in 2005, Elena Brioschi went on to complete a Master's degree in Innovation Management at Fondazione Cuoa, Altavilla (VI). During her study, she became aware of the...
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About Eleanor Coates

Eleanor Coates’ core area of expertise is trade mark and design protection and prosecution, including trade mark clearances, certification and collective marks, oppositions, assignments,...
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About Marina Mauro

Marina Mauro’s core area of expertise lies within the field of organic chemistry. She has a focus on pharmaceutical drugs and imaging agents for diagnostic medicine such as x-ray imaging, magnetic...
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About Guido Zerbi

Guido Zerbi is a Director of Patents for Murgitroyd. He heads up the Milan office and oversees our Geneva office. After spending 17 years as an in-house attorney, Guido understands how to handle...
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About Karen Fraser

Karen Fraser specialises in patent matters relating to computer software and hardware, media streaming, and telecommunications. Much of her work is in computer-implemented inventions (CII), where...
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About Catherine Bonner

Dr Catherine Bonner files and prosecutes patent and design applications across a wide range of mechanical engineering and physics-based subject matter, including medical technologies,...
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About Robert Ljungberg

Robert Ljungberg specialises in European patent matters, including litigation, prosecution and opposition proceedings before the European and Nordic Patent Offices. He also works on EU design...
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About Christian Finn

After obtaining a Law Degree from the University of Zimbabwe in 1982, Christian Finn joined a local law firm in Harare, with whom he qualified as a legal practitioner before the High Court of...
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About Tanja Wenz

Tanja’s day-to-day responsibilities include preparing, filing and monitoring patent, utility model and design applications in Germany, Europe and PCT (WIPO), as well as filing and monitoring German...
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About Jessie Cheung

Jessie supports the smooth progression of patent matters across the UK, European and international jurisdictions. Her role includes preparing and filing patent applications, managing EP and GB...
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