Managing Intellectual Property, a renowned publisher in the IP industry, recently completed the publishing of their IP Stars research results for 2025, recognising ten CWB offices and 18 individuals for outstanding work across ten jurisdictions. These recognitions not only affirm the expertise of our offices and practitioners but also exemplify the firm’s unwavering pursuit of excellence.

CWB offices were ranked as follows:

• Bulgaria – Trade marks – Tier 3
• Croatia – Intellectual Property – Highly Recommended
• Egypt – Intellectual Property – Recommended
• GCC – Recommended (Top Tier)
• Romania – Trade mark disputes – Other Notable Firms
• Romania – Patents – Tier 3
• Serbia – Intellectual Property – Tier 1
• Slovenia – Intellectual Property – Recommended
• South Africa – Patents – Tier 3
• UAE – Trade mark disputes – Tier 3
• UAE – Trade mark prosecution – Tier 2
• Ukraine – Intellectual Property – Tier 3

The following CWB practitioners were ranked:

• Sara Bakić, Senior Associate, Serbia – Rising Star
• Dimitar Batakliev, Head of Office, Bulgaria – Trade Mark Star
• Aura Campeanu, Head of Office, Romania – Trade Mark Star
• Cameron Crawford, Head of Media and Entertainment, UAE – Notable Practitioner
• Firas Jayyusi, Senior Consultant, Jordan – Notable Practitioner
• Keenan-Jay Barnard, Associate, South Africa - Rising Star
• Ivan Kos, Head of Office, Croatia – Trade Mark Star
• Kim Pietersen (Lancley Mbombo Kazadi), Senior Associate, UAE - Rising Star
• Janusz Luterek, Head of Africa Patents, South Africa – Patent Star
• Mara Marinescu, Senior Associate, Romania – Rising Star
• Kliment Markov, Associate, Bulgaria - Rising Star
• Barbara Mencin, Head of Office, Slovenia – Trade Mark Star
• Bianca Mynhardt, Associate, South Africa - Rising Star
• Ana Radoman, Associate, Serbia – Rising Star
• Theuns van de Merwe, Chief of MENA Operations, UAE – Trade Mark Star
• Pieter Venter, Of Counsel Patents, South Africa – Patent Star
• Mirjana Živković, Senior Associate, Serbia – Trade Mark Star, Patent Star
• Maja Žnidarič Plevnik, Senior Associate, Slovenia – Rising Star

For more information, please visit the CWB profile on ipstars.com.