August 2026
Ana-Maria Baciu has been included once again in the prestigious WTR Global Leaders 2026 list (Private Practice, Romania) thanks to her undisputed expertise and leadership.
She is applauded as “a legal practitioner of singular distinction whose pioneering efforts have transformed the Romanian IP landscape” by the 2026 editorial of WTR’s principal ranking analysis.
Trademarks embody the identity of a business, making their protection, for those concerned with the strong governance of their company, nothing less than a high-stakes challenge. The beauty of this field lies in turning complex legal risks into true, palpable value that fuels long-term, sustainable brand growth
– Ana-Maria noted.
This distinction complements the string of recognitions that Ana-Maria has received for her exceptional activity in the field of intellectual property in Romania, with the most recent distinctions including:
- Leading Trademark Professional (Gold Band) by WTR – World Trademark Review 1000
- Trademark Star by Managing IP, IP Stars
- Top 250 Women in IP by Managing IP, IP Stars, for the 10th time in a row
- Romania Practitioner of the Year, at the Managing IP Awards Gala. Ana-Maria is the first Romanian lawyer to be presented with this distinction (2023, reconfirmed in 2024 and 2026)
- IAM 1000 Global Leader, by IAM Patent 1000
- Highly Recommended – Patents, by IAM Patent 1000
- Leading Individual in Intellectual Property by Legal 500 EMEA
- Leading Lawyer (Band 1) in Intellectual Property by Chambers and Partners Europe
It is equally rewarding to mention that Ana-Maria Baciu is the Winner of the Romanian IP Lawyer of the Year distinction and has also been shortlisted for the CEE Intellectual Property Lawyer of the Year distinction at the inaugural edition of the Legal 500 CEE Awards Gala, in 2025.
WTR Global Leaders, a product of WTR, the trusted source of worldwide news, analysis and data on the management of trademarks brings together the world’s foremost law firm and corporate experts in trademark practice, allowing the wider community to benefit from their insight, experience, and perspectives.
WTR Global Leaders, now in its eight-edition, draws on market-leading research projects for the WTR 1000 and WTR 300 and aims to identify the elite of the trademark world in a single publication.
The complete list of practitioners – active in private and corporate practices and included in WTR’s Global Leaders list is available HERE.
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