AcqLaw awards 2010

Life Sciences Law Firm of the Year.
Trademarks Law Firm of the Year.

The legal 500 EMea 2010

Backstöm & Co is a giant in the IP arena and the firm of choice for a multitude of international companies with IP needs in Finland. Indeed, over half of the firm's client list is overseas based. The partners are experts in this field, with particular skills in litigious work.


CORPORATE INTL MAGAZINE GLOBAL AWARD 2010

Business Formation Excellence in Finland 

AcqLaw awards 2009

Life Sciences Law Firm of the Year.
Trademarks Law Firm of the Year.

Corporate INTL Legal Awards

Best Law Firm in Finland for IP Legal Work 2009.

Chambers Global 2008:

Backström & Co comes highly recommended for patent litigation, which forms a major part of its workload. The organisation is recognised in the market for its enviable client roster of both local and international companies. A number of these are from pharmaceutical sector, while others include franchising corporations and commodities distributors.

The group’s smaller size is seen by clients as an advantage, allowing the team to offer a personal service.

 

Managing intellectual property 2008:

Tier 1 Firm Patent, Trademark and Copyright Contentious

Managing intellectual property 2007:

Tier 1 Firm Patent, Trademark and Copyright Contentious


Managing Intellectual Property, Global Awards 2006:

Finland firm of the year

Practical Law Company, Global Counsel 3000:

Firm recommendations:

Highly recommended

  • Intellectual property
  • Life sciences: regulatory
  • Life sciences: intellectual property

Chambers Global 2007:

This modest outfit offers a spectrum of legal services, but sources unanimously agree that its busy, long-established IP practice represents “absolute top quality," especially when it comes to the area of patent and trade mark issues. The firm advises small and medium-sized companies, as well as consistently proving itself more than capable of handling the major litigation matters with which international clients entrust it. The lawyers recently defended a large foreign client in a high-profile trade mark litigation, while the pharmaceutical industry also continues to offer a steady stream of instructions.

 

 

 

The European Legal 500:

2005:

"Name partner Peter Backström at Backström & Co has a market-leading reputation for IP advice. He acts for some of the leading companies active in Finland."

2004:
"With name partner Peter Backström at the helm, Backström & Co lives up to its reputation as a market leader in IP. Ongoing clients include a variety of household names."

2003:
"Backström & Co is a well-known patent and trademark boutique. The firm's success is thanks largely to the immense profile of name partner Peter Backström, a doyen in the patents arena. His attitude for contentious IP matters is widely applauded."

2002:
"Name partner, Peter Backström of Backström & Co had a busy year in 2001 and dealt with a number of patent litigation cases, mainly in the chemical and medical fields. The firm is recommended for its well-established and highly successful contentious IP practice."

2001:
"Peter Backström of Backström & Co is an internationally renowned IP lawyer with the wide-ranging client base: in 2000 the firm advised major American publishing corporation on domain name issues, an increasingly important area of IP. Patent litigation, the traditional bases of IPR in the country, is becoming less important but the firm is still involved in the area and recently acted for a Dutch medicine manufacturer in a patent dispute"