Recognition

Ranked by the leading independent legal directories for pharmaceutical and biotech IP.

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IP Stars 2026 from Managing IP
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Evolve Intellectual Property is a specialist pharmaceutical and biotech IP firm, and our work is consistently recognised by the leading independent legal directories. We serve an international client base, including clients across Europe and the US. Evolve and our patent attorneys are ranked in The Legal 500, IP STARS from Managing IP and the IAM Patent 1000. These rankings are compiled from independent research and confidential feedback from clients and peers. Alongside traditional private practice work, our fractional IP counsel model places our attorneys inside our clients’ teams, combining deep patent law expertise with the strategic and commercial oversight usually associated with senior in-house counsel. We also build our own AI tools, developed by our attorneys specifically for pharma and biotech IP, so we can look at more, in more depth, while our attorneys make the judgement calls. As a pharma and biotech specialist, we are proud to be recognised alongside much larger practices, and we are grateful to the clients whose trust makes this possible.

Meet the team behind the rankings.

Awards and rankings news

  • Evolve Intellectual Property ranked in IAM Patent 1000

    Evolve Intellectual Property ranked in IAM Patent 1000

    We are proud to announce that Evolve IP has been ranked in the 2026 publication of the IAM Patent 1000: United Kingdom – England and Wales. This year’s guide highlights our…

  • IP Stars: Evolve recognised in 2026 Publication

    IP Stars: Evolve recognised in 2026 Publication

    We are delighted to announce that Evolve IP has been recognised in the 2026 IP STARS rankings. This distinction reflects our team’s ongoing dedication to exceptional intellectual property support, featuring key individual…

  • Evolve Intellectual Property recognised in Legal 500 rankings

    Evolve Intellectual Property recognised in Legal 500 rankings

    Evolve Intellectual Property is delighted to once again be recognised in the 2026 edition of Legal 500 for our growing specialised life science IP practice in Cambridge, UK. The publication highlights Steven Gurney (founder…

  • Evolve’s Steven Gurney recognised in IAM 1000 2025

    Evolve’s Steven Gurney recognised in IAM 1000 2025

    We are delighted to announce that Evolve’s founder Steven Gurney has once again been recognised in the IAM Patent 1000.

  • Evolve joins the ranks of the Legal 500

    Evolve joins the ranks of the Legal 500

    We are delighted to announce that Evolve has joined the ranks of the Legal 500 Intellectual Property firms. The Legal 500 is one of the UK’s leading legal directories, known…