IP STARS (Managing Intellectual Property) rankings have recently been released recognising CWB for excellent IP work across the Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Africa regions - ten CWB offices and 17 individuals have been ranked for outstanding IP work across ten jurisdictions.

This recognition reinforces our commitment to providing seamless, top-tier intellectual property protection across some of the world's most dynamic and challenging markets.

CWB offices were ranked as follows:

Bulgaria - Trade marks - Tier 2; Patents - Recommended

Croatia - Intellectual property - Highly Recommended

Romania - Trade mark prosecution - Tier 2; Patents - Tier 3; Trade mark disputes - Notable Firm

Serbia - Intellectual property - Tier 1

Slovenia - Intellectual property - Recommended

Ukraine - Intellectual property - Tier 2

Egypt - Intellectual property - Recommended

South Africa - Patent prosecution - Tier 3

GCC - Intellectual property - Recommended

UAE - Trade mark prosecution - Tier 2; Trade mark disputes - Tier 3; Patents - Notable Firm

The following CWB practitioners were ranked:

• Dimitar Batakliev, Head of Office, Bulgaria – Trade Mark Star
• Ivan Kos, Head of Office, Croatia – Trade Mark Star
• Aura Campeanu, Head of Office, Romania – Trade Mark Star; Top 250 Women in IP
• Mara Marinescu, Senior Associate, Romania – Rising Star
• Roxana Sarghi, Head of IP Maintenance and Renewals – Notable Practitioner
• Bojana Lazovic, Junior Associate – Rising Star
• Dragana Vulovic, Attorney at Law – Notable Practitioner
• Ana Stojanovic, Senior Associate – Notable Practitioner
• Maja Žnidarič Plevnik, Senior Associate, Slovenia – Rising Star
• Natalia Stetsenko, Senior Associate – Rising Star
• Keenan-Jay Barnard, Associate, South Africa - Rising Star
• Janusz Luterek, Head of Africa Patents, South Africa – Patent Star
• Bianca Mynhardt, Associate, South Africa - Rising Star
• Pieter Venter, Of Counsel Patents, South Africa – Patent Star
• Firas Jayyusi, Senior Consultant, Jordan – Notable Practitioner
• Kim Lancley Mbombo Kazadi, Senior Associate, UAE - Rising Star
• Theuns van de Merwe, Chief of MENA Operations, UAE – Trade Mark Star

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