{"id":23780,"date":"2026-05-04T16:24:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T14:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/?post_type=ranking&#038;p=23780"},"modified":"2026-05-05T15:18:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:18:06","slug":"wiersholm-named-firm-of-the-year-in-managing-ip-awards-emea-2026","status":"publish","type":"ranking","link":"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/rankings\/wiersholm-named-firm-of-the-year-in-managing-ip-awards-emea-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Wiersholm named Firm of the Year in Managing IP Awards EMEA 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-wiersholm-named-firm-of-the-year-in-managing-ip-awards-emea-2026\">Wiersholm named Firm of the Year in Managing IP Awards EMEA 2026<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"t2-ingress wp-block-t2-ingress\">Wiersholm continues to achieve strong results in recognised international rankings and awards. Last night, we were honored to be named\u00a0\u201cNorway Copyright &amp; Design Firm of the Year\u201d\u00a0at the\u00a0Managing IP Awards EMEA 2026. This marks the\u00a0third consecutive year\u00a0that we have received this award.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Managing-IP-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Managing-IP-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Managing-IP-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Managing-IP-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/05\/Managing-IP.png 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We are also pleased to share that our colleague Fredrik Wiker was named \u201cNorway Rising Star of the Year\u201d in recognition of his performance and consistently strong delivery over the past year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; It is a great honor to receive this award among so many talented IP lawyers. I am truly grateful for the opportunity to work together with my colleagues in Wiersholm\u2019s highly skilled IP team, and our clients, on many interesting and challenging intellectual property matters. To me, this award is a recognition and reflection of our whole team of talented young lawyers, says Fredrik Wiker, lawyer at Wiersholm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Managing IP Awards is an international award ceremony for law firms working with intellectual property. The awards are based on information gathered from law firms and their clients. In addition to the awards received, Wiersholm was also shortlisted in the following categories: Patent Disputes and Practitioner of the Yead (Rune Opdal)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about our team and how we work with intellectual property law&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wiersholm.no\/en\/expertise\/intellectual-property-rights\/\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-soft-beige-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator alignwide has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-small-font-size\" id=\"h-key-contacts\">Key contacts<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"t2-featured-content-layout alignwide alignwide wp-block-t2-featured-content-layout\" role=\"list\">\n<div class=\"t2-featured-single-post t2-featured-content is-post-type-employee authorisation_tax-advokat competence_area_tax-commercial-contracts competence_area_tax-date-center 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