United Kingdom (England)

Firm overview

HGF is one of Europe’s largest firms of IP specialists. With a dynamic and forward-thinking growth strategy, the firm is one of the few to offer clients a fully integrated IP solution, bringing together over 190 patent attorneys, trademark attorneys, and IP solicitors. The firm has 25 offices throughout the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, France, and Austria.

HGF is already one of the leading firms in the United Kingdom and throughout Europe in terms of its national reach, volume of Patent Cooperation Treaty and EU trademark filings, and position in major legal directories. Its growth has been secured organically and through a combination of acquisition and strategic lateral hires from both private practice and in-house counsel. This has been reflected in accolades such as a continued listing in the Financial Times Leading Law Firm and winning 7 awards at the Managing IP Awards 2025.

The firm has a proven track record of forging successful long-term relationships with clients across a spectrum of business sectors and technologies. Its highly experienced attorneys, commitment to client service, and geographical profile ensure that it is uniquely placed to attend to high-value and complex IP issues.

Firm overview

The award winning Intellectual Property Department at Walker Morris is a full-service IP practice. The team provides complete support across the full scope of intellectual property rights. We also advise on a broad range of issues ranging from complex disputes, global IP portfolio management to IP transactions.

The team has in depth experience in sectors such as food and drink, retail and leisure, manufacturing, sport, health and beauty, life sciences and financial services. We use this experience to support our clients with their individual needs. We adopt a collaborative approach to the way we work with our clients and get to understand our client's, their business and sector to ensure we provide the best possible advice. We put our clients at the centre of what we do and seek to build partnerships with our clients, and we endeavour to build strong and long-lasting relationships. We are proud of the many enduing relationships we have.

We apply our specialist knowledge to support clients across a wide range of IP issues and scenarios. In relation to our contentious work, we act for clients in IP disputes concerning, patents, trade marks, passing off, copyright, designs, domain disputes and confidential information. Regarding our non-contentious work, we regularly support clients with the capture and commercialisation of intellectual property including licensing, IP acquisitions and research and development agreements. We also provide day to day advice to businesses advising them on best practice for the protection and treatment of the IP in their business. Additionally, we support an array of clients with the management of their intellectual property portfolios. We provide strategic advice and assist with planning and budgeting for their portfolios. We also provide brand evaluation, trade mark clearance and filing, representation relating to contentious trade mark and design matters.

Firm overview

Our origins are in trade mark and design law. Always at the heart of what we do, we are recognised experts in that land, creating award-winning work for some of the most famous brands in the world.
But we recognise that brands need more than law to grow. So we evolved to meet that need.

We blend trade mark law, design and e‑tail data analysis with our seasoned brand positioning and strategy expertise – whatever your brand needs to develop and evolve.

Agile and incisive by nature, we thrive on the challenge of new horizons.

Come and meet us.

Firm overview

About Us

Rouse was established in the UK in 1990, and is recognised as a global Intellectual Property leader operating as a closely integrated network with more than 600 people working out of 18 offices in 13 countries.

We focus exclusively on IP, from strategic consulting, patents and trade marks through to domain names, copyright, designs and geographical indications. And we’re experts in providing services for each stage of their life cycle.

We have a deep understanding of all jurisdictions around the world and a strong focus on more challenging markets such as Africa, Asia, the Middle East and Russia. Most importantly, we’re passionate about IP and enjoy working with clients who share that passion. We put clients at the heart of our business and build long standing relationships. From large multinationals that want our scale, quality and professionalism, to start ups that value our entrepreneurial spirit, the companies we work with come from a broad range of sectors with diverse business interests and needs.

The Rouse Difference

Rouse prides itself on its quality and professionalism, but we have also always dared to be different. We don’t believe that all firms should be the same. That’s why we’ll always challenge the traditional way of doing things if we think another way is better.

It also means we don’t just advise on the law - in many countries we help define and shape it. We have a practical, pragmatic and “unstuffy” approach, with teams of professionals who work closely together across functions and geographical borders in a non-hierarchical, creative and results-oriented environment.

Rouse people are full of energy and enthusiasm. We are passionate about IP, our business and our people, and we genuinely enjoy what we do. We believe that having fun provides a happier, more productive working environment.

The Rouse Network

“International reach, local expertise”

Whatever your needs, in whatever country, we have either an established Rouse office or a long standing relationship with a local firm.

All our offices have both local and international experts that have bilingual capability. Where we don’t have an office we have a relationship with a local firm that we believe offers the best service for our clients and is the best fit for the Rouse culture and and the best service for our clients. Working with Rouse internationally means you can have one point of contact as well as a team of people around the world supporting you in the necessary jurisdictions.

The Rouse Network consists of local subsidiaries of Rouse International Limited and closely aligned but independent firms which work seamlessly together on engagements. Which elements of work are done by which entity depends entirely on the country in which work is carried out, in compliance with relevant legal and regulatory provisions.