February 2026
BACIU PARTNERS has been included in the Managing IP EMEA Awards 2026 shortlists, with firm-level nominations across all national categories and individual recognitions for Ana-Maria Baciu and Ileana Nicolescu-Decsei.
Shortlisted categories:
- Romania Firm of the Year: Copyright & Design
- Romania Firm of the Year: Patent
- Romania Firm of the Year: Trademark
Individual nominations:
- Romania: Practitioner of the Year: Ana-Maria Baciu
- Romania: Rising Star of the Year: Ileana Nicolescu-Decsei
We are grateful to our clients for their continued confidence and to everyone who supports the way we work: with clarity, rigor, and the courage to stay thoughtful in complex, fast-moving contexts.
BACIU PARTNERS boasts one of the most distinguished and highly regarded intellectual property practices active in Romania, making available to the business community the in-depth knowledge more commonly associated with boutique intellectual property firms, authentically coupled with the resources and expertise required for complex transactional work and disputes resolution representation characterizing business law firms.
Our team scooped a substantial string of distinctions in this field, including winning the
- Romania Firm of the Year award three years in a row (2021, 2022, and 2023) and
- Romania Firm of the Year in Trademark and Copyright & Design awards in 2024
- Romania Firm of the Year in Copyright & Design 2025, all presented by Managing IP.
- CEE Intellectual Property Firm of the Year during the inaugural edition of the Legal 500 CEE Gala in 2025, being the first Romanian law firm awarded this exceptional distinction
Moreover, BACIU PARTNERS Intellectual Property practice is acknowledged as:
- Leading Firm (Tier 1), Legal 500 EMEA and
- Leading Firm (Band 2), Chambers and Partners
- Leading Firm, Trade mark prosecution, Trade mark disputes, Patents, Copyright & Related rights, Managing IP
- SILVER, Enforcement & Litigation, Prosecution & Strategy, WTR 1000
- Recommended, Patent Prosecution, IAM Patent 1000
- Winner, 2022 Romania Trademark Firm, Global IP Awards (WTR & IAM)
Also,
- Ana-Maria Baciu is the first Romanian lawyer to be awarded the Practitioner of the Year distinction during the Managing IP Gala, in 2023, and reconfirmed in 2024.
- Ileana Nicolescu-Decsei has been shortlisted for the Rising Star of the Year award in 2025, too.
Managing IP’s highly reputable awards program is one of the premier annual awards’ gathering dedicated to firms and professionals active in the intellectual property field worldwide.
Nominees for the 2025 Awards program will be honored during the 21th annual Managing IP gala that will take place in London on 1 May, 2026.
Congratulations to the entire BACIU PARTNERS team for this impressive performance!
Congratulations to all the shortlisted firms and professionals!
Details about the methodology employed by Managing IP, as well as the list of nominees for the 2026 Awards program are available HERE.
Details about our award-winning Intellectual Property practice are available HERE.