Gowling WLG has been named among the world’s most highly regarded firms in the 2016 edition Who’s Who Legal: Trademarks.

In total, the guide highlighted 13 Gowling WLG trademark lawyers and agents from Canada, the U.K., Russia and the United Arab Emirates as global leaders in the trademarks field.

The annual publication also distinguished Jon Parker of the firm’s Dubai office as one of the top 12 trademark lawyers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, with clients and peers praising him as “a brilliant man, with a unique insight on trademark issues.”

The Who’s Who Legal guides are among the world’s most prestigious international legal directories. Using a comprehensive voting process that solicits feedback from clients, in-house counsel and peers, the publication identifies the leading legal practitioners in more than 100 countries and across a broad range of business law areas.