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Managing IP has released the 2026 edition of IP STARS. We at the Law Firm Rankings Report have reassessed the ranking in all sixteen markets in which we rate it. Our assessment combines the quantitative and qualitative changes in the new edition with our editorial team’s experience of the market.
Our new scores for IP STARS
The score rises in 11 of the sixteen markets, stays level in Italy and Switzerland and falls in China, Finland and Ireland. Germany, Spain and Sweden now share the highest score, 9.6.
| Market | Previous score | New score | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 9.5 | 9.6 | ▲ |
| Spain | 9.5 | 9.6 | ▲ |
| Sweden | 9.5 | 9.6 | ▲ |
| Argentina | 9.4 | 9.5 | ▲ |
| Austria | 9.3 | 9.5 | ▲ |
| Brazil | 9.3 | 9.5 | ▲ |
| Italy | 9.5 | 9.5 | – |
| United Kingdom | 9.3 | 9.5 | ▲ |
| Belgium | 9.3 | 9.4 | ▲ |
| China | 9.5 | 9.4 | ▼ |
| Finland | 9.5 | 9.4 | ▼ |
| Japan | 9.3 | 9.4 | ▲ |
| Norway | 9.3 | 9.4 | ▲ |
| USA | 9.3 | 9.4 | ▲ |
| Switzerland | 9.3 | 9.3 | – |
| Ireland | 9.4 | 9.2 | ▼ |
IP STARS within the German IP field
With 9.6, IP STARS now has the highest score among the IP rankings we rate for Germany, ahead of WTR 1000 at 9.4, IAM 1000 at 9.3, Legal 500 at 9.3, Chambers and Partners at 9.1, JUVE at 8.9 and Leaders League at 5.9. Only IP STARS has been reassessed in this update; the other rankings keep their scores until their own new editions are out.
These are our editorial scores. They become a market verdict only when the people who use the rankings add their votes – in-house counsel and law firms can rate IP STARS and every other ranking here on the Law Firm Rankings Report.
Scores: Law Firm Rankings Report, editorial assessment as of 19 October 2026, scale 1–10.
