Valea moves up to the top tier in patent prosecution this year following strong feedback across the market and sustained growth. It was the fastest growing firm over the past five years. In 2010 alone the firm, headed by Andrew Hammond, Ylva Skoglösa, Lena Hagström and Anna Maria Lagerqvist, hired 16 new associates from rival firms and industry, including AstraZeneca.
"Hammond has done an enormous job in the past few years representing us at the EPO," comments one client. Hammond has a strong reputation in Sweden and Valea has also developed a name for itself in other IP markets through Scandinavia.