Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is pleased to announce that Intellectual Asset Management’s 2025 IAM Strategy 300 recognized Partner Gary A. Abelev as one of “The World’s Leading IP Strategists.” This publication honors individuals who “are leading the way in the development and implementation of strategies that maximize the value of IP portfolios.”

IAM Strategy 300 includes individuals from service providers (e.g., law firms), corporations, research institutions, and universities. Honorees are identified through a process that requires nominations by at least three people from outside an individual’s organization, as well as research that shows individuals “to have exceptional skill sets, as well as profound insights into the development, creation and management of IP value.”

With three decades of intellectual property experience, Abelev represents domestic and foreign clients in patent litigation, governmental agency proceedings, due-diligence studies, worldwide patent portfolio management and procurement, negotiations, and licensing matters. His breadth of knowledge across prosecution, litigation, and transactions enables him to provide clients with a full suite of IP services. He focuses his practice on technical subject matter including medical and other imaging technology, analysis and therapy technologies, computer software and hardware, semiconductor manufacturing, wired and wireless communications systems, material science and metallurgy, and other electrical and mechanical arts.

View the full list of individuals named to Intellectual Asset Management’s 2025 IAM Strategy 300.