Pictured: Annah Kennah & Florence Meagher

William Fry is proud to have been awarded Irish Trademark Disputes Firm of the Year 2024 for the second year running at the annual Managing IP Awards.

The firm is also delighted that Florence Meagher, Senior Associate, has been named as the inaugural Ireland Rising Star of the Year at the awards. These awards recognise William Fry’s market leading position in the area of Intellectual Property.

With a strategic focus on the Life Sciences, Technology, Fashion and Food & Beverage sectors in particular, William Fry’s IP team is recognised both nationally and internationally as one of Ireland’s premier practices for advising the world’s leading businesses to protect and commercialise their intellectual property.

Florence Meagher is a Senior Associate with William Fry specialising in intellectual property law. Florence has particular experience in non-contentious intellectual property law and intellectual property strategy as well as experience in large-scale, complex commercial litigation.

The Managing IP Awards, which is in its 20th year, is one of the most comprehensive and widely respected IP law firm awards event in the legal industry. The programme covers several IP practice areas and more than 50 jurisdictions. Each year research analysts obtain information from thousands of firms, IP practitioners and their clients through interviews, email and online surveys.

Owen O’Sullivan, William Fry’s Managing Partner commented,

These are two important and prestigious awards to win, recognising another strong year for the team with a significant number of standout cases and clients.  Retaining the Trademark Disputes award demonstrates our continued dominance in a competitive IP market and I’m particularly delighted that Florence’s hard work has been acknowledged in this inaugural rising star award.  Congratulations to all involved.