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Local Law Firms  

Established in 1999, Advance China IP Law Office has offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Silicon Valley. With more than 1,000 IP professionals, the firm is led by founder and managing partner Jie Hu, supported by over 15 partners including Minhui Zeng, Shelley Zheng and Kevin Zhou. The firm provides comprehensive IP services covering pre-filing strategy, filing and prosecuting patent and trademark applications, post-grant proceedings, enforcement and litigation. Clients they serve include Toyota, Tencent and Gree. The firm was named enforcement firm of the year, trademark prosecution firm of the year and Guangzhou firm of the year at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

Founded in 2002, AFD China is a full-service IP firm providing one-stop service, including filing/registration, strategy, transaction, asset management, litigation and other related concerns. With a specialization in patent applications, the firm serves a wide range of clients including many well-known Fortune 500 companies. The firm is also recognized for its capability of tackling difficult cases in complex scenarios, having earned testimonies such as “the firm’s strong suit lies in its creativity” and “shrewd arguments in administrative contentious proceedings give the firm an edge”. Founder and president Xia Zheng is a key contact. The firm won a technology, media and telecoms prize at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

Fabio Giacopello founded Allasya in September 2024. The firm focusses on intellectual property and some related areas, including food law compliance, contracts drafting, joint ventures, franchising and retail consulting. Giacopello has lived and worked in China since 2006, including a long stint at HFG. He is also an arbitrator and mediator at the Shanghai Internatioanl Arbitration Center. 

Headquartered in Shanghai, AllBright Law Offices is a full-service law firm founded in 1999. The firm has an association with the Hong Kong law firm Stevenson, Wong & Co. and a strategic partnership with Bird & Bird. Senior partner Bo Chen in Shanghai is a key contact; he has advised companies including Samsung, Novartis-Sandoz, Louisiana Steam Power, China Communications Construction and SAIC Motor Corporation. Several of his cases have been selected as Top 10 cases by Chinese judicial authorities. The firm was named patent litigation firm of the year at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

An, Tian, Zhang & Partners works closely with foreign law firms and counts multinational companies amongst its loyal client base, which covers industries such as food and drink, fashion, agriculture and chemical, automobile, energy, pharmaceuticals and life science, and retail. From its head office in Beijing, it has set up a multilingual and multidisciplinary patent translation network and an investigation network for collecting and finding evidence. Managing partner David Tian is a key contact. 

AnJie Broad Law Firm’s IP team advises clients on all aspects of IP, with a strong focus on litigation, advisory and portfolio development. The firm has worked with clients in the pharmaceutical, manufacturing, energy, construction, media, retail, food, finance, tourism and real estate industries. It has offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Haikou, Nanjing, Xiamen and Hong Kong. The IP team is recognized for its strength in dispute resolution and patent infringement matters, and the firm continues to rank highly in major directories. Partner Zhixing Chen remains a key contact. 

Beijing DOCVIT Law Firm was one of the first firms in China established as a corporation rather than a partnership. Guangchao Liu is the firm’s founding partner and director. In addition to IP, the firm provides advice finance and capital markets, competition, dispute resolution, real estate and infrastructure, tax law and international investment. 

Beijing East IP Ltd. and Beijing East IP Law Firm have joined forces with Hong Kong-based SIPS and a team from Zhong Lun to form East IP, now one of China’s largest IP service providers with over 400 professionals. The firm offers a full range of IP services, including trademark, copyright, patents, IP investigations, licensing and transactions, portfolio management, and IP policy support. East IP operates in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Hong Kong, and is co-chaired by Joe Simone (founder of SIPS) and Li Xiaodong. Jimmy Huang heads the trademark practice. 

Beijing Gaowo Law Firm specializes in international intellectual property work, including litigation, prosecution and enforcement, from its base in Beijing and offices in Texas and Tokyo, plus additional locations in Shenzhen, Xi’an and Hefei. Established in 2004, the firm now has over 300 patent and trademark attorneys and a team of specialized lawyers. It handles thousands of patents and trademarks annually and serves clients such as CCTV, Moutai Group, Gamewave, Hydron, Uni-President and Lenovo. Gaowo maintains partnerships with IP agencies in 168 jurisdictions worldwide. Attorney Lindong Liu is a key contact. The firm continues to be ranked among China’s top IP agencies and was recognized in Asia IP’s 2025 rankings. 

Beijing Hengbo IP Firm is a comprehensive IP service provider with a focus on patent invalidation and patent operation work. The firm employs several former CNIPA examiners, including senior partner Shengxiang Fan, who served on the Patent Reexamination Board. Hengbo offers services in patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and unfair competition, and has offices in Beijing, Shenzhen, Wuhan and Xi’an. Clients include leading high-tech enterprises such as Alibaba Group, Tencent, Xiaomi, OPPO, VIVO, ByteDance (TikTok), Midea, Gree, Mindray, Yangtze River Storage, SKG and Amperex Technology. 

Beijing Janlea Trademark Agency has handled tens of thousands of trademark registrations, thousands of trademark infringement and unfair competition cases and hundreds of IP lawsuits. It has also had many of its clients’ marks recognized as well-known trademarks in China, including Sprite in Chinese, Disney in Chinese, Nestlé in Chinese and Hu Tong in Chinese. Beihua Zhuge is the firm’s founding partner; managing partner Ning Cui and Zachary Zhang are key contacts. 

Founded in 2008, Beijing Risehigh IP Group is a top IP firm in China, recognized as a 5A Patent Agency in Beijing and National IP Service Branding Agency by CNIPA. The firm boasts a substantial number of senior professionals, including former patent examiners and reputed attorneys, particularly in computer science, internet, AI and other areas. The firm provides IP services for clients including BOE, Alibaba, BYD and other well-known enterprises. The firm’s invalidation and litigation team has handled landmark cases nationwide. 

Founded in 1986, Beijing Sanyou Intellectual Property Agency has since expanded into Beijing Sanyou Intellectual Property Group to include four agencies that provide a “one-stop IP service chain” including IP agency, IP legal service, IP consultancy and international IP affairs. Sanyou is led by founder and president Qiang Li. 

Founded in 2013 and continuing to be recognized as a leading IP firm in Asia IP’s 2025 rankings, Beijing Uni-intel Patent and Trademark Law Firm provides clients with one-stop IP services, from prosecution to invalidation, litigation, licensing, transaction and customs actions. With a special focus on patent invalidation works initially, the firm is now known for its capability of providing patent solutions and patent offensive and defensive actions in China. Its patent filing and prosecution works have been recognized by not only domestic clients, but also overseas associates from Japan, US and Europe. The firm has offices in Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Tianjin and Tokyo. Founder Gump Wang is a key contact. 

Beshining Law Office is a full-service law firm based in Shanghai, and has offices in Wuhan, Changsha, Qingdao, Xi’an, Hangzhou, Guangzhou and Houston. Founded in 2013, the firm has nearly 200 lawyers, patent attorneys and other legal and technical professionals. The firm is noted for its business-friendly approach to legal work; a client calls the advice it received from the firm’s lawyers “timely, innovative and practical.” The firm’s IP practice boasts lawyers with scientific backgrounds in fields including mechanical engineering, electronics, physics, biology and chemistry.  

Beyond Attorneys at Law has been growing steadily since it was established in 2004. With more than 800 employees, the firm provides work on the full range of IP services, including patent, trademark, copyright, domain name and others. Founder Larry Min is a key contact of the firm. 

Bonzone IP is a boutique IP agency, specializing in legal affairs relating to intellectual property for domestic and foreign clients. The firm has filed and prosecuted trademark applications, oppositions, appeals, invalidations and other trademark cases with the CNIPA, and prosecuted nearly 100 administrative and infringement litigations on behalf of domestic and foreign clients. “What we are proud of is, the successful rates for our clients’ trademark applications, dispute cases and litigations are comparatively high, which are satisfied and appreciated by clients,” the firm said. The firm has also filed and prosecuted hundreds of patent cases in China, most of which were smoothly granted. The firm was named a rising star at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

Borsam Intellectual Property is headquartered in Shenzhen with offices in Hong Kong, Xiamen and Fuzhou. Including founding partners Zhizheng Lin, Ming Zhang and Dong Lin, the team comprises about 110 staff members with patent and trademark attorneys serving both domestic and international clients across fields of biological, electronic, mechanical, chemical, arts and telecommunications. 

Based in Beijing, Boss & Young IP Legal Office provides law services in the full field of IP. Since its formal establishment in 2001, it has provided services to many multinational corporations as well as Chinese companies for their IP needs including trademark, patent and copyright. The firm is a sister entity of Boss & Young Attorneys at Law based in Shanghai, and has branch offices in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Suzhou, Chongqing, Hangzhou and other cities across China. 

Bridgeon Law Firm is a Beijing-based firm focusing on IP and corporate commercial law business, specializing in handling large-scale IP litigation. The firm is good at strategic planning of patent layout, and has rich experience in litigation rights protection. It has also participated in the formulation of many industry and national standards. Partner Youping Ma is a key contact. 

Led by Chuanhong Long, CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office is the oldest and one of the largest full-service IP law firms in China. The firm has 322 patent attorneys and trademark attorneys, with 98 qualified attorneys. The firm provides consultation, prosecution, mediation, administrative enforcement and litigation services relating to patents, trademarks, copyright, domain names, trade secrets, trade dress, unfair competition and related matters. Headquartered in Beijing, it has branch offices in New York, Silicon Valley, Tokyo, Madrid, Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Shenzhen and Shanghai. The firm successfully represented JingDong, China International Culture Association and BMW Group. CCPIT was named firm of the year at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards, as well as a collecting an armful of other awards. 

CENFO Intellectual Property Agency has four partners and 22 others on its intellectual property team, which represents a diverse range of clients, including Fortune Global 500 companies, China’s Top 500 enterprises, central and state-owned enterprises, research platforms, government agencies and small to medium-sized innovative enterprises. The firm has provided freedom to operate analysis for Shenzhen Jingchuang Jiaxing Technology Co. and provided patent guidance on quantum measurement, flatness of value transmission and digitalization transformation technology for Taiyuan Youte Aoke Electronic Technology Co., which was recognized as an outstanding case. It also drafted a patent application and received the 18th China Patent Excellence Award for TCL Air Conditioner (Zhongshan) Co. The firm was named patent prosecution and TMT firm of the year at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

Chang Tsi & Partners has been providing full-service IP support to companies in China for nearly two decades, priding itself as representing more US Fortune 500 companies than any other Chinese firms. Clients who testify to the firm’s role in their Asia strategy include Twitter and Campbell Soup. Founding partner Spring Chang and managing partner Simon Tsi lead a team of about 350 staff from the firm’s Beijing headquarters, with offices in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Nanning, Hong Kong and Seoul. 

Cheng & Peng Intellectual Property Law Office, a boutique IP law firm located in Beijing, has been providing high-level intellectual property services since its founding in 2013, and is noted for its excellent business skills, strong research capabilities, and expertise in handling international business and complicated cases, particularly those of a cross-border nature. Its clients include not only world-leading universities and research institutes, scientists, entrepreneurs and investors, but also startups worldwide. The firm was named enforcement firm of the year and IP portfolio management firm of the year at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

China Patent Agent (H.K.) has a full-service offering incorporating both prosecution and litigation strengths. The firm advises both domestic and overseas clients from its main office in Hong Kong, supported by a network of offices in Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, New York, Tokyo and Munich. Top management includes Yanfeng Xiong and Yuhe Wu, who oversee more than 500 staff members, including 230 patent attorneys, 30 trademark attorneys and 85 attorneys-at-law. The firm won trademark litigation, patent litigation and IP portfolio management awards at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

Specializing in the science and technology sector, China Science Patent & Trademark Agent emerged from being the exclusive agent working under the state funded national research institute Chinese Academy of Sciences in the 1990s to become a private firm. The firm now has approximately 300 professionals in offices of Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Wuhan, Hong Kong, Osaka, Tokyo and Washington. Each professional in the highly technical firm holds at least one science or engineering degree, and over a third has research background prior to practicing patent law. The firm is led by senior partner Liyan Zhang, who also serves as the chairman of the board.  

China Sinda Intellectual Property is known for its work on a wide spectrum of IP matters; it has offices in Beijing and Hong Kong, with associated offices in Washington, Tokyo, Singapore, Munich and Switzerland (your original list is correct except Switzerland is now confirmed). Founded in 1995, the firm has more than 300 experienced team members worldwide and was one of the first “paperless offices” among IP law firms in China. Senior partner Sherrie An remains a key contact. 

Chispo Attorneys at Law boasts a team of nearly 100 professionals who have handled thousands of contentious and non-contentious IP cases across industries, including internet, software, education, finance, fashion, sports, TMT, life sciences, health care, manufacturing and chemcials. Partner Maggie Mi has more than two decades of experience, serving clients including Kraft, Johnson & Johnson, Alibaba, Bayer, Shaklee and Xiehe Pharmaceutical. The firm is based in Beijing. 

Beijing-based Chofn provides a range of IP services as well as legal technology solutions. Founded in 2002, the firm is led by managing partner Tingxi Huo. Huo has been involved in applications for trademark registration, opposition, re-examination, investigation in infringement, litigation and strategic planning for enterprise trademark since 1998. He is also the author of The Classification of Similar Goods and Services for Registration of Trademarks in the People’s Republic of China, a must-have reference book for trademark agents and practitioners in related industries. Managing partner Binglin Li has represented more than 2,000 patent application cases and has participated in dozens of intellectual property invalidation and lawsuit cases. 

The CN-KnowHow IP Group has a team of 400 skilled IP professionals, including over 150 patent and trademark agents. Its attorneys have, on average, more than a decade of experience in the IP field, and 10 are former CNIPA examiners. The firm assisted China Mobile Unlimited in completing copyright registration for software related to public information security. The firm first conducted an in-depth study of the relevant regulations on copyright registration for public information security software, ensuring a precise understanding of legal terms and requirements. It then meticulously reviewed and organized the registration materials provided by the client, checking each document against the regulations to ensure compliance with legal standards. During this process, the firm identified some issues within the materials, such as insufficient technical accuracy in descriptions and non-compliant document formats. It provided detailed suggestions for revisions and engaged in thorough discussions with the client’s R&D team to ensure that the revised materials accurately reflected the software’s technical features and innovations. After multiple rounds of revisions and improvements, the firm assisted the client in preparing compliant registration materials, submitted them to the relevant authorities, and actively monitored the review progress to ensure timely copyright registration. The firm was named copyright firm of the year at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

Co-effort Law Firm has provided litigation support to many of the world’s leading companies in the areas of online game, computer software, chemical, pharmaceutical, IT, coating, media and e-commerce. Established in 1998, the firm now has more than 800 lawyers and professionals and operates from its Shanghai headquarters with 28 domestic offices and international offices in Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Milan, Paris, Singapore, Berlin and Geneva. The team also provides extensive non-litigation support to government agencies, trade associations, cultural organizations and initiatives. Senior partner David Zhou is a key contact; he has served on the expert panel of the Shanghai Municipal Government for providing legal services with foreign elements. The firm was named copyright firm of the year and Shanghai firm of the year at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

Corner Stone & Partners is a distinguished intellectual property law firm based in China, known for its services in patent and trademark prosecution, litigation, enforcement and providing strategic IP solutions to both domestic and international clients. Established in 2010, the firm is headquartered in Beijing and is a member of INTA, ECTA, MARQUES and AIPPI. Zhenkun Fu, senior partner at the firm, has a wealth of experience in trademark, patent, copyright, anti-counterfeiting and litigation work. His clients include Nestlé, Estée Lauder, Wyeth and the National Basketball Association. 

DeHeng Law Offices were founded in 1993; today, it has more than 4,000 legal service professionals in 46 domestic offices and 16 international offices. The firm offers the full range of corporate, commercial and criminal expertise in addition to its intellectual property, technology and international trade practices. Partner Yamei (Michelle) Lv in Beijing specializes in civil and commercial litigation and arbitration and the enforcement of judgments (or awards), especially in the areas of intellectual property, labour disputes and enterprise management risk control. Shanghai-based Zhe (Cheney) Chen has represented domestic companies, multinational enterprises, inventors and other individuals in a variety of IPR issues; he is especially skilled at computer software, database technology, big data, communication technology, signal analysis and processing matters. 

Founded in 1992, Dacheng Law Offices is one of the first partnership law firms established in China and is Dentons’ preferred law firm in China. The firm operates more than 50 offices in China with over 8,000 lawyers. Dacheng joined Dentons’ Swiss verein business structure in 2015, swelling the global firm to more than 6,600 lawyers, 4,000 of which were Dacheng lawyers. Considering new national security restrictions imposed by the Chinese government in 2023, Dentons and Dacheng split in August 2023. At that time, Dentons released a statement saying the separation was in response to “recent Chinese government mandates on Chinese law firms, including those relating to cybersecurity and data protection.” Gang Fu, a senior partner in Shanghai, has served as a legal advisor to several well-known Chinese companies including Tencent, Meituan Dianping, Sina and Xiaohongshu. He advised on the first case of unfair competition in internet big data in China, Dazhong Dianping v. Baidu, the first case of identifying online games as a film work (Miracle MU) and a series of rights protection cases for the Legend of MIR II series. More than 20 of his cases have been selected as Top 10 typical cases of intellectual property judicial protection in provinces including Beijing, Shanghai, Shandong, and Hunan, and four of his cases have been selected as annual typical cases of intellectual property by the Supreme Court. 

After becoming private in 2001 from its roots as the Patent Service Center of the state-owned Ministry of Information Industry, DEQI Intellectual Property has its own patent and trademark attorneys providing a range of IP support including patent prosecution, trademark registration, copyright recordation, customs action, negotiation and litigation. Founded in 2001, the firm is headquartered in Beijing. Patent attorney Shihua Chen, who has worked as a medical engineer in a hospital, is a key contact for chemistry, mechanics, electronics and electricity matters. 

Beijing-based Dragon IP represents leading foreign companies through its offices in Suzhou, Hebei and Hunan, as well as overseas branches in Japan and the United States. Founded in 1998, the integrated IP firm has over 300 staff providing services in patent, trademark, copyright, domain name and other related matters. Chair and founder Qingfen Hao is a key contact. 

Full-service law firm Duan & Duan’s IP practice is led by partner Spring Liu from its Shanghai headquarters. Liu, in addition to his IP and IT practices, also brings skills in competition, aviation, litigation, arbitration and criminal defense. His clients include Alibaba, Tencent, Atlas Copco, SAIC Motor and FMC. 

Intellectual property is a major practice area of East & Concord Partners. The firm was formed in 2014 through the merger of East Associates Law Firm and Concord & Partners, and now has more than 600 professionals across offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Hangzhou, Chengdu, Nanjing and Xi’an. It has successfully rendered legal services to domestic and foreign clients, aiding numerous enterprises in acquiring copyright, trademarks, logos and patents for effective protection. Bing Guan is managing partner of the firm’s Beijing office; she has been involved in a large number of IP litigation cases, and has served as legal counsel for many well-known Chinese and foreign businesses, as well as many cultural and entertainment media companies. 

East IP has formed through the combination of Beijing East IP, East IP Law Firm and Hong Kong-based SIPS, and was joined by a team of six partners from Zhong Lun led by China trademark veteran Jimmy Huang. The new East IP Group is co-chaired by SIPS founder Joe Simone and Xiaodong Li, while Huang leads the trademark prosecution team. East IP now boasts around 430 professionals across seven offices in China. This includes approximately 200 patent professionals, 150 trademark professionals, 60 litigation lawyers, and 20 SPC appointed patent litigation attorneys. The firm notes that women comprise half of its partners and 72 percent of its trademark team. The firm represents Dell, China Mobile and Tencent Technology. The firm won enforcement and rising star awards at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

ELLALAN (Beijing) IP Limited is an intellectual property agency set up in Beijing in 2016 by Hong Kong-based ELLALAN; it was formerly known as Alan & Associates (Beijing) Intellectual Property Agency. The Beijing agency serves as the firm’s IP filing arm in mainland China, and the local point of contact for Chinese clients regarding overseas IP work. The agency, like the Hong Kong law firm, is a vibrant team consisting of IP professionals with international vision and strong local expertise and connection; handles all kinds of IP prosecution work as well as IP enforcement actions such as administrative raids, criminal raids and customs recordals and seizures.  

Fairsky Law Office has strong prosecution and litigation practices for patents and trademarks and is both an IP agency and a litigation firm. The firm focuses on IP services and commercial dispute resolution. Dan Chen has nearly 30 years’ experiences in counselling clients on China trademark law, anti-unfair competition law and copyright law. Her clients, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to start-ups, benefit from her in-depth knowledge and responsive services in preventing risks and resolving disputes in IP fields, as well as in portfolio management. She is a recognized 2025 Asia IP Expert for trademarks and enforcement work. 

Fangda Partners has a standout team in the market representing clients on a range of IP registration and protection matters, as well as handling technology transfer, licensing and protection of confidential information in China. Fangda’s leading practitioners include Daniel Huang and James Hu, both based in Shanghai, are noted litigators in China. They have represented global clients such as Watson Pharmaceutical, Rolex and New Balance. 

With a team of lawyers that includes former IP judges and senior in-house counsels, FenXun Partners collaborates with courts, local authorities and private investigators to take swift actions to protect client interests. Through the Baker McKenzie FenXun Joint Operation Office in Shanghai, it provides international and local legal solutions to help protect, enhance, and maximize the value of clients’ IPRs everywhere. Founded in 2009, FenXun has more than 170 professionals and offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. Beijing-based partner Aggie Liu is a key contact; her practice includes enforcement, litigation, licensing, auditing and due diligence, copyright and designs, domain disputes, digital content and AI-related intellectual property matters. 

Fieldfisher China was founded in 2008 and now has offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. It is a licensed Chinese law firm with the ability to practice all aspects of Chinese law. IP partner Yuqiong Yuan advises clients in the TMT, fashion, FMCG and pharmaceutical sectors. 

Foundin Intellectual Property specializes in patent work, including licensing and technology transfer, prosecution, protection of new plant varieties and dispute resolution. It also has an active information security practice that helps clients prevent external attacks that could lead to the exposure of internal information. Xiangyun Jin, Yan Wei and Hui Wang are the firm’s managing attorneys. Jin is a key contact for Japanese-speaking clients, having graduated from university in Osaka. 

The Shanghai-based corporate and commercial law firm FuJae Partners is an alliance firm of the U.S.-based McGuireWoods, with 20 years of experience in China and the United States. The firm has a team of IP lawyers with an excellent track record in trademark practice cases related to applications for registration, opposition, assignment, dispute and infringement, as well as other brand protection measures through copyright and anti-unfair competition suits. Leo Liu is a key contact for IP work. 

Intellectual property is one of the core businesses at G&W Partners, a Beijing-based full-service law firm. It has represented a number of civil and commercial disputes with significant social influence in the Supreme People’s Court and domestic courts at all levels, and has obtained favourable judgments for clients. Meanwhile, the firm also has a number of lawyers serving as arbitrators in well-known domestic and foreign arbitration institutions. The firm has not only firmly grasped the traditional core advantages of litigation and arbitration and represented clients in various domestic and foreign litigation and arbitration cases, but also focuses on the cutting edge of China's economic development, enlightening this traditional field and keeping up-to date with the latest news. The firm was named enforcement firm of the year at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

Ge Cheng & Co. is a Beijing-based intellectual property specialist. Its clients include small enterprises, multinational corporations, universities and research institutions and Chinese companies in fields including electronics, biochemistry, engineering, publications, entertainment and education. The firm has offices in Beijing and Hong Kong and a team of about 80 professionals. Managing partner David Cheng has an LL.M. from Peking University and an M.D. from China Medical University and has a past career as a medical researcher. The firm was named licensing and franchising firm of the year at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

Based in Beijing, GEN Law Firm has handled IP litigation and transactional matters for semiconductor, wireless, pharmaceutical and medical device patents; difficult bad faith trademarks as well as cross-border trade secrets. Partner Steve Zhao is an experienced IP litigator; with 20 years of experience, he focusses on complex litigation involving trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, data rights and emerging areas of unfair competition. Zhao has been involved in many cases that have contributed to the development of IP jurisprudence in China; His cases have been frequently selected as annual typical cases by the Supreme People's Court and provincial high courts. 

The history of Global Law Office in Beijing dates back to the establishment of the legal consultant office of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade in 1979. The firm was renamed in 1984 to take an international perspective on its business. Today, it operates offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Chengdu. The firm has been involved in a number of key cases, including the 2019 Redbull trademark case, and represented the China Chamber of International Commerce in a high-profile Section 301 investigation initiated by the United States in 2017. Partner Zuo Zuo in Shenzhen advises on IP civil, criminal and administrative complaint issues, advising clients including Microsoft, Autodesk, Dassault, Yongtai Group, Shenzhen Maxi Western and Tencent. The firm won a variety of awards at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards, including licensing and franchising; TMT; pharma, biotech and life sciences; and IP transactions firm of the year. 

Founded in 2007 by Tim Meng, GoldenGate Lawyers began with six lawyers and now has about 20 professionals who can work on comprehensive IP disputes and other IP-related matters. The firm has represented a wide range of clients worldwide, including Cambridge University and Samsung. Founding partner Linda Zhao and partner Frank Chen are key contacts. 

Haiwen & Partners’ intellectual property practice covers the full spectrum of intellectual property disciplines including patent, trademarks and trade names, domain names, copyrights (including software), trade secrets and integrated circuit layout design. It also handles intellectual property related antitrust and competition issues, etc. The firm’s core members have extensive experience in managing civil and administrative litigations, administrative proceedings and criminal investigations, as well as application analysis of IP rights and complex transactions involving international intellectual property right licenses and transfers. In recent years, its IP lawyers have successfully handled a number of influential intellectual property cases. The firm was named IP transactions firm of the year at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

Han Kun Law Offices is a full-service firm. Its IP services cover patents, trademarks, copyright, proprietary technology, trade secrets, trade dress, breeders’ rights and integrated circuit layout design. Lili Wu is a key contact at the firm. She is a recognized 2025 Asia IP Expert for patents, trademarks, enforcement and IP litigation work. 

Intellectual property is HengDu Law Firm’s cornerstone business, with patent and trademark being its specialty. Its IP team is led by senior partners Yinying Zhang, who heads the patent department, and Wen Zhong, who is director of HengDu’s national legal centre. Headquartered in Beijing, the firm has nearly 2,500 professionals working in more than 40 branches across China. The firm was named TMT firm of the year at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

HFG Law & Intellectual Property provides services in contentious and non-contentious matters in conjunction with commercial and corporate law services from Shanghai and Beijing offices. In particular, the firm has strong expertise in oil and chemicals, food and beverage, luxury and fashion, internet, gaming, retail, cosmetics, automotive, pharmaceuticals and machinery accessories. Shirley Chang and Lanny Lee, both founders of the firm, are key contacts; Lee has worked on a number of cases that have been recognized as Top 10 cases in China by court authorities. The firm was named trademark litigation firm of the year at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

Established in 1995, Hiways Law Firm is a comprehensive legal service provider, with IP being one of its major practice groups. As a member of TAGLaw, an international alliance of independent law firms, it works closely with more than 300 law and accounting firms in over 150 jurisdictions to provide services to local and overseas clients.  

HongFang  Law is under the leadership of managing partner Xu Zhang, who has been practicing in China since the mid-1990s. Zhang has handled thousands of cases, covering IP rights acquisitions, non-litigation dispute resolution through administrative approaches and negotiations and administrative litigation. He has also helped brand owners to attain well-known trademark recognition through both judicial and administrative procedures. The firm’s services include trademark, patent, copyright, court proceedings, licensing, legal risk assessment, contracts, customs and due diligence. HongFang was named copyright firm of the year at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

Intellectual property is one of the key practice areas of Hui Ye Law Firm, which is based in Shanghai and was one of the first law firms in China to provide comprehensive IP legal services. Its practice covers all aspects of patent, trademark, copyright, domain name, and anti-unfair competition, including prosecution, licensing and transaction, and enforcement. A few of the firm’s IP litigation cases were selected and listed as “guiding IP cases” or “exemplary IP cases” by the Supreme People’s Court or the relevant High People’s Courts.  

Hylands Law Firm is a full-service law firm with an IP practice led by Xiaogang Ma, a founding partner and renowned Chinese IP expert. Besides traditional IP services such as copyright, trademark and patent registration and administrative services, including dispute resolution, Hylands also offers consultancy services in corporate, investment and financial affairs with respect to IP, ranging from commercial market development and franchising to corporate training. The firm has multiple offices across China, with Beijing being the headquarters. 

IntellecPro, headquartered in Beijing, delivers comprehensive intellectual property services to both domestic and international clients, including numerous Fortune 500 companies. The firm boasts a team of over 200 IP professionals, comprising lawyers, patent attorneys, and trademark attorneys. Guided by a commitment to innovation and excellence, IntellecPro provides integrated legal solutions across all areas of intellectual property, including trademarks, patents, copyrights, and domain names. Its core expertise spans trademark and patent services, copyright matters, software and integrated circuits, domain name disputes, investigations and enforcement actions, customs-related IP protection, litigation, and patent/legal translation. Key contacts Qi Hu and Tianying Zhao have been recognized as Asia IP Experts.  

IP Leader Attorneys-at-Law is a Qingdao-based firm with offices in the city’s Laoshan financial district and the Qingdao Research and Innovation Center in the China Electronics Optics Valley. Established in 2007, the firm has built a team of legal professionals with notable credentials, including adjunct experts of the China (Yantai) Intellectual Property Protection Centre, deputy director of the Intellectual Property Committee of the Shandong Lawyer Association, and members of the Qingdao Intellectual Property Research Association. 

Formerly the Co-Talent Intellectual Property Firm, IP March provides comprehensive legal services for patents (inventions, utility models and designs), trademarks, copyright and anti-unfair competition. Led by managing partner Stephan Yang, the firm has 85 professionals, including 35 patent attorneys, seven trademark attorneys, and 14 attorneys-at-law, with backgrounds in mechanical, electronics, and biotech areas. Yang has extensive experience in patent work, including search, drafting, prosecution, reexamination, invalidation and litigation work in a wide variety of technical fields, particularly general machines, energy, electronics and high-tech areas. He also consults on corporate IP strategy and portfolio management. The firm was named trademark litigation firm of the year and pharma, biotech and life sciences firm of the year at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

IPO Pang Shenjun operates as one of the oldest joint venture law firms and a leading international boutique firm out of Shanghai, with affiliate offices in the United States. Its IP practice boasts a team of seasoned IP lawyers, litigators, advisory counsel, agents and investigators who handle all aspects of IP law with a focus on infringement protection and enforcement. The firm is led by founder and chairman Peter Pang, who focusses on intellectual property, foreign direct investment and labour law after serving as IP counsel at major companies such as Shell Oil. 

Based in Beijing, Yunze Lian is the founder and head of Jadong IP Law Firm. Founded in 2018, this boutique firm provides full IP services through six specialized teams: trademark, patent, copyright, anti-counterfeiting, litigation and domain name. 

Jeekai & Partners provides advice in patent, trademark and copyright matters, as well as representation in litigation. The Beijing-based IP firm employs about 120 people, including 80 patent attorneys and technical specialists, eight trademark attorneys and 20 patent administrators. Senior partner Robin R. Zhao and Mo Guo, manager of the patent administration department, are key contacts. 

Based in Beijing with 12 other offices across China and one in Tokyo, Jincheng Tongda & Neal’s IP practice serves international and domestic clients in areas including IP and trade secret protection, technology transfer, technical service, trademark licensing and lawsuits related to patents, trademarks and software. Clients include companies in high technology sectors such as chemical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, IT, semiconductors, telecommunications, materials, electronics, software, multimedia, manufacturing and finance. Senior partner Linyan Ma is a key contact.  

Founded in the early 1990s, Jingtian & Gongcheng is a full-service business law firm headquartered in Beijing. The firm maintains 180 partners and around 760 lawyers and legal assistants. Its IP department is recognized for achievement in recreation law, copyright infringement, invalidation and verification of patent, internet improper competition, standard essential patent and anti-monopoly. Partner Ye Zhao focusses on IP and antitrust litigation; he represented Qihoo360 against Tencent in China’s first antitrust and unfair competition case in the internet market. The firm was named IP transactions firm of the year at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

Jin Mao Law Firm handles contentious and non-contentious copyright, patent and trademark work. The patent team maintains solid cooperation with the Shanghai Intellectual Property Service Center and the Shanghai Zhangjiang High-Tech Park IP Service Platform, and is entrusted to manage the IP service platform operation of Shanghai Zhangjiang National Independent Innovation Pilot Zone in the districts of Jinshan, Fengxian, Baoshan and Putuo. Partner Jun Guo and Rui Qiang Xie are key contacts. Alibaba and Huawei are clients. 

Full-service law firm Joint-Win Partners is based in Shanghai and covers 23 practice areas, including patents, trademarks and cyber security and data protection. Senior partner Yingzi Xue leads the trademark and competition law department. Guang Zhan is a partner and head of the firm’s patent practice has nearly 1,000 experiences with patent and trademark agencies. 

JunHe is a full-service firm that is home to over a thousand professionals, including more than 240 partners and legal counsels and 640 associates and legal translators. Its Beijing head office is supported by 12 branches and fully licensed offices across China as well as New York and Silicon Valley. The firm has represented the Chinese affiliate of iRobot Corporate in patent infringement litigation and supported BMW Group in its entire trademark process in China. 

Headquartered in Beijing with offices across China, JunZeJun Law Offices’ IP practice covers patent, trademark, copyright, trade secret and domain name matters in the telecommunications, electronics, software, semiconductor, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, e-commerce, media and other traditional sectors. Partners Jie Ma and Liangyong Liu are key contacts. The firm was named IP transactions firm of the year at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

Kangxin Partners has grown into one of the leading IP firms in China; its head office is in Beijing, and affiliate offices are across the country as well as in Germany, the United States and Japan. The group is structured as four entities providing IP support, litigation, consulting and training services, respectively. Shirley Dong and James Chen are key IP practitioners. Dong, who is rotating managing partner, is well-versed in pharmaceuticals, biology, medicine and other chemistry-related technical fields. The firm was named trademark prosecution firm of the year and patent prosecution firm of the year at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

The IP team at global law firm King & Wood Mallesons advises on all areas of IP including copyright, domain name, dispute and enforcement, licensing and exploitation, trademark as well as patent. The firm’s clients include household brands such as Nestlé and Colgate-Palmolive, and recent works include patent filing and prosecution for IBM and patent litigation efforts for ABB. The firm was named trademark litigation firm of the year; patent litigation firm of the year; pharma, biotech and life sciences firm of the year; IP transactions firm of the year; and IP portfolio management firm of the year at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

Founded in 2020, Kingvie Lawyers is a full-service law firm providing IP and corporate and commercial legal services across China. Its IP practice includes patent, trademark, anti-counterfeiting, and anti-monopoly matters. Dajian Wu serves as managing director. 

Landing Law Offices has more than 1,800 lawyers spread across China and 26 overseas offices. The full-service firm provides services in a large number of practice areas, including intellectual property, unfair competition, international investment, customs, internet and information technology, and sports, entertainment and culture.  

Established in 2001, Leader Patent & Trademark Firm has its head office in Beijing, a branch in Xi’an, and a U.S. desk in California. The firm provides full IP services for domestic and international clients, including patent drafting and prosecution, invalidation, litigation, trademark registration, and copyright matters. It employs about 200 professionals, including patent attorneys and engineers with strong technical backgrounds, former patent examiners, and professors of IP law. In 2025, Leader IP was listed as a Capital Intellectual Property Service Industry Credit Recommended Institution, reflecting its strong reputation in IP services. 

LexField Law Offices, headquartered in Beijing, offers a full spectrum of IP services, including strategy counselling, prosecution, enforcement, and litigation for trademarks, patents, copyright, domain names, and unfair competition. Senior partner Jan Liu leads the trademark and dispute resolution group, senior partner Hongyi Jiang oversees copyright and related IP offerings and partner David Huang heads the patent and dispute resolution group. 

Li & N Intellectual Property Agency is based in Beijing with offices in Suzhou, Dalian, Hebei and the United States. The firm has a dedicated team of over 80 professionals and offers comprehensive and customized legal services, including IP applications, prosecution and litigation; customs protection; trade secrets management; unfair competition resolution; and intellectual property training to domestic and international clients. Clients include Beijing Xiaomi Mobile Software, Samsung Display and Beijing Millet Mobile Software. 

Lian & Lien IP Attorneys was founded in 2002; it provides advice on patent and trademark prosecution; patent or trademark administrative and infringement litigation; arbitral proceedings; technology licensing; market surveys; technical analysis; copyright consulting and registration; copyright infringement litigation; and other legal services. The firm has its head office in Beijing, with branch offices in Suzhou, Yangzhou, Boston and Taipei. Lianyuan Ma, Rongyu Hu, Xiaofeng Liu and Yea-Ling Lien are founders and founding partners of the firm. The firm’s team includes lawyers trained in electronics, mechanics, chemistry, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and general laws. 

Lifang & Partners is headquartered in Beijing with regional offices in Guangzhou, Wuhan, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Seoul. Operating mainly in the spaces of IP, antitrust, commercial and dispute resolution, some of Lifang’s most notable IP cases include representing Samsung in patent disputes with Huawei. Partner Guanbin Xie is a key contact.  

Linda Liu & Partners was founded in 2003. The firm provides services including patent and trademark prosecution, IP litigation, anti-counterfeit, evidence gathering of IP infringement, copyright, unfair competition, license contract for technology or trademark, preservation of evidence for prior use right, search of patent documents, analysis of tracing investigation of trademark applications etc. The firm celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2024. 

Liu, Shen & Associates is noted for its work in patent prosecution and litigation. Perry Wu Yang, one of the founders, specializes in patent filing, prosecution, and invalidation proceedings in mechanical engineering. Board chair Michelle Ma was one of the first patent attorneys qualified in China; she has been with the firm since 1993. Ma specializes in patent filing, prosecution and invalidation proceedings in the field of mechanical engineering and design patents, as well as providing legal opinions on patent operation-related matters. 

Llinks Law Offices is a full-service law firm with IP, healthcare and life sciences, sports law and TMT practices. Sports law is one of the firm’s most significant practices. The firm has handled several international cases in the role of CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sport, Lausanne, Switzerland) arbitrator and was appointed as an ad hoc arbitrator at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympic Games. The firm has been providing legal services to many top-tier football clubs in different leagues in China, and has handled more than one hundred cases at CFA, AFC, FIFA, BAT and CAS, many of which have set important precedence in the field of Chinese and international sports law. 

Longshuang Lead IP was established in 2008. It is a member of the All-China Patent Agents Association and a 5A-level patent agency in Beijing. It has strength in patent work, especially in the fields of new patent applications for leading technology companies and overseas companies. The firm has more than 100 patent agents, each with a Master’s degree from top universities in China and abroad. Clients include HISILICON, Rengeneron, Forvia, Witmem, Liangue Technology, Moore Threads, the Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Fudan University, Nanjing University, Nanyan Technological University and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. 

Established in 1994 in Hong Kong, Lung Tin IP Attorneys is one of the first private Chinese IP firms approved to represent international clients in China. Today, it is a prominent full-service IP firm led by founding partner Tai Keung Cheng. The firm has about 500 staff members, including deputy general manager Siyue (Jacob) Zhang, who is experienced in patent cases in areas of computer software and hardware, internet, ecommerce, electronics, telecommunications, semiconductors, image processing, display and lighting, mechanics and automation. He has represented Fortune 500 companies in over 1,000 patent prosecution and litigation cases. The firm won a number of awards at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards, including patent prosecution firm of the year, copyright firm of the year and pharma, biotech and life sciences firm of the year. 

Established in 1987, NTD IP Attorneys has main offices in Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai, and liaison offices in Munich, Silicon Valley and Tokyo. With over 500 staff members, NTD provides IP services to all major industries, from mechanics and electrical engineering to high-growth technologies such as communications, computer networks and biotechnology. Senior partners Christopher Shen and Christopher Shaowei are key contacts. The firm was named trademark prosecution firm of the year, enforcement firm of the year and TMT firm of the year at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

Panawell & Partners is an IP boutique advising on all aspects of intellectual property protection, as well as IP investment, strategy and management. Partner William Yang is a key contact for trademark matters; senior counsel Shute Shu Xu is recommended for patents. 

PC & Associates has offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen, as well as representative offices in Hong Kong and San Francisco. The firm has about 100 staff members, including 36 patent attorneys, 12 trademark attorneys and 24 attorneys-at-law. Managing partner Dong Wei and senior partner Yan Zhao are key contacts. 

Founded in 2003, Peksung IP provides agile and efficient legal solutions for multinational and Fortune 500 companies, boasting clients such as Bayer, BASF, Allergan and Porsche. Founder partner Jiancheng Jiang retired in 2025; managing partner Shouqi Zhong has more than 30 years of experience in IP work and has abundant experience in patent re-examination, invalidation and litigation work. 

Purplevine IP Group is a Shenzhen-based, global-facing IP service with 400 team members in 10 offices worldwide. The firm was established only in 2018, but has grown steadily and has quickly become a firm to watch. David Zhang is the firm’s head of global patent prosecution; he brings more than 30 years of industry experience with cutting-edge R&D experience in the IT sector. Ming Wen is vice president; he handles Chinese litigation and patent transactions, with a high-value global patent portfolio. The firm was named Shenzhen firm of the year at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

QR-IP is an IP law firm in Beijing and Hong Kong that excels in providing customized data protection and private IP services with professional market insights. Grace Gu is a partner with experience in trademark clearance and preparing registrability opinions for global companies. 

R&P China Lawyers is a Shanghai-based, China-licensed boutique law firm that supports international business in the country through a variety of practice areas, including IP. Managing director and founder Maarten Roos leads the firm to represent major European and American companies with business interests in China, and is himself an expert to the China IPR SME Helpdesk and the EU initiative to educate small businesses on IP protection in China.  

Based in Guangzhou, Schinders Law provides intellectual property protection as well as litigation and arbitration services in the fields of copyright, patent and trademark across various industry sectors. Managing partner Henry Liao is a key contact. 

Established in 1986, Scihead Intellectual Property was one of the first patent firms in China and among the first in southern China to obtain foreign-related patent agency qualifications. The firm is headquartered in Guangzhou with branches in more than 30 cities and regions across the country, with a team size of over a thousand people. 

SGLA Law Firm is a Chengdu-based full-service law firm. Senior partner Aaron Zhang in Shanghai specializes in IP disputes ranging from court review of administrative decisions for conferring of patents and trademarks to civil litigations before the courts from district level to the Supreme Court. Partner Iris Liu’s practice covers trademarks, unfair competition, trade secrets, copyrights, patents, domain names, IP contract disputes, and negotiating and drafting various IP-related agreements. 

Shangcheng & Partners is headquartered in Beijing, with branches in Shanghai and Tokyo. The firm focuses on patent prosecution and counseling, trademark and design work, IP litigation, search due diligence and transactional work. Chun Long, the firm’s president, is a key contact. 

Led by Frank Liu, Shanghai Pacific Legal’s IP services cover all aspects of patents, trademarks, copyright, trade secrets and domain names in the fields of telecommunications, electronics, software, semiconductors, integrated circuit design, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, e-business, media as well as other traditional industrial areas.  

Shanghai Patent & Trademark Law Office is one of the oldest and largest IP firms in China. Many of its attorneys are members of INTA, AIPPI, LESI and other organizations. It has offices in Beijing and Hong Kong and is headquartered in Shanghai. It provides full-spectrum IP services including strategic planning, filing, prosecution, enforcement and dispute resolution. The firm employs over 350 professionals, including nearly 250 patent attorneys and trademark specialists. Shanghai YaoWang Law Offices has, in the past year, secured victories in 11 trademark administrative litigations involving invalidations, non-use cancellations, and review of refusals. It has also won three anti-unfair competition cases and successfully secured monetary compensation for its clients. The firm has represented Xiaomi, Point72, Aspect Capital, Barings, West Union and other companies for the enforcement-related work, including domain name dispute resolution, infringing contents take-downs, and other enforcement-related works. We have achieved favourable outcomes for our clients in seven of eight domain name dispute cases brought before DNDRC and ADNDRC and has represented numerous fund companies in combating defamatory articles and infringement online, successfully removing the infringing content. In the past 12 months, the firm has welcomed four new partners with diverse expertise. It is based in the Lujiazui free trade district of Pudong, Shanghai. The firm was named a rising star at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

Partners Jason Sun and Robert Chan established Sun & Chan Intellectual Property in May 2016 to provide domestic and foreign clients with legal services for patents (invention patents, utility models, designs), trademarks, copyright and anti-unfair competition. Industry sectors served include machinery, chemistry, biotechnology, medicine, metallurgy, electronics, communication, semiconductors, computer software and hardware.  

Sunshine Intellectual Property International in Beijing was founded in 2000 and provides the full range of IP services to clients around the world, but is especially noted for its work in drafting, prosecution and litigation matters. The firm has 500 employees, including more than 200 patent attorneys and engineers and 40 lawyers. The firm was founded by Jacky Zhang, who spent more than a decade as an examiner in CNIPA’s Mechanical Invention Patent Examination Department. Jiangang Zhang is a key contact for patent matters. The firm is capable of filing some 20,000 applications annually – and comes close to meeting that number. Sunshine was named patent litigation firm of the year and licensing and franchising firm of the year at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

Tahota Law Firm offers comprehensive legal services from more than 20 offices in China and overseas offices in Washington, Sydney, Kathmandu, Bangkok, Vientiane, Almaty and Islamabad. The firm has established a scientific and comprehensive training mechanism for its lawyers and has more than 3,500 practitioners and more than 4,500 employees, more than 100 of whom hold a Ph.D. As a full-service firm, Tahota has been expanding into emerging fields including internet, artificial intelligence, blockchain, pharmaceutical, healthcare and studio entertainment matters; the firm’s IP and IP-adjacent practices have been boosted by the addition of Charles Feng in Beijing, who brings substantial experience on intellectual property law, data protection law and antitrust law. 

Founded in 1995, Tee & Howe focuses on foreign IP services and offers comprehensive patent, trademark and copyright services. It employs about 225 professionals, including 87 patent attorneys and 34 patent engineers. 

Beijing-based Tiantai Law Firm is made up of nearly 2,000 practicing lawyers, most of whom have worked within the Chinese government, which gives them the contacts needed to influence IP law, whether through the legislative, judiciary or executive government departments. Senior partner Cherry Guo is a key contact. The firm received the “Excellent National Law Firm” award from the All-China Lawyers Association. 

Founded in 1992, Tian Yuan Law Office is headquartered in Beijing with branch offices in across China and Hong Kong. It is a general-service Chinese law firm that provides legal support for many transactions involving complex IP issues. Partner Yan Sun has represented clients in a number of well-known dispute resolution or settlement cases in China. 

Founded in the early 1980s, TransAsia Lawyers boasts a team of 80 professionals, who provide service from offices located in Beijing, Shanghai, an associated office in Hong Kong and an alliance office in Tokyo. It has advised some of the most prominent global and Chinese tech, telecom, media and consumer product companies on IP-related matters, as well as advising global and local publishers on copyright protection, anti-piracy work, license-driven China distribution and partnerships, copyright licensing packages, and contracting with domestic and overseas authors, producers and publishers for publishing and distribution, and TV and film adaptations. 

Yuanhe & Twelve Tables Law Firm was formed through the merger of Yuanhe and Twelve Tables, combining Yuanhe’s strength in dispute resolution, IP, and capital markets with Twelve Tables’ expertise in IP and antitrust litigation. It is recognized for handling complex cross-border IP disputes and parallel litigation across multiple jurisdictions. Partners Hairuo Zhang, Andy Xiang and Bob Jin have collectively handled more than 200 transnational IP cases, including 20 wins before China’s Supreme Court, with six cases listed among the Supreme Court’s Top IP Cases. 

Unitalen is one of China’s largest IP law firms, headquartered in Beijing with 22 other offices in China and overseas offices in Tokyo, Munich and San Francisco. It provides full-spectrum IP services including patent and trademark prosecution, litigation, enforcement and licensing. President Bradley Yu is a key contact. The firm was named trademark prosecution firm of the year, patent prosecution firm of the year, patent litigation firm of the year and Beijing firm of the year at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

Wanhuida is a leading IP firm with 500 professionals across 8 offices in China. It handles trademark and patent issues including litigation, enforcement and portfolio management. Gang Bai is the firm’s founding partner; the veteran IP lawyer handles prosecution, litigation and enforcement matters. The firm was named IP portfolio management firm of the year at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

Watson & Band’s IP team includes lawyers, agents, engineers and scientific researchers. It provides services in chemistry, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, electronics, telecommunications and semiconductors, covering agency, consulting, enforcement and litigation. George Q. Fu is the firm’s senior founding partner; before going into private practice, he served as a judge and presiding judge at the Shanghai High Court for 14 years, specializing in IP and commercial-related civil matters. 

Shichao Guo, the founder of Way Insight, foresaw the need for cross-border intellectual property services during his time with market-leading firm CCPIT. Consequently, the firm, which opened in 2017, still strives to be the single point-of-contact for its clients by connecting intellectual property service providers around the world. The firm has filed more than 9,000 designs, 1,800 patents and 2,500 trademarks in 79 countries or regions around the world. Guo’s clients include Alibaba, China Telecom, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland. Firm co-founder Ellen Han previously served as general counsel at China Post Capital Management Corporation and Vanke Service, a subsidiary of China Vanke Co., a Fortune Global 500 company. Han specializes in identifying legal risks and issues in distribution, finance and human resources. The firm was named a rising star at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

Wuhan WEIPR IP is led by Hao Yu, the firm’s chairman, and general manager Kai Zhang. The firm handles patents, trademarks and copyrights, as well as foreign IP work, enterprise projects and competition law matters. The firm has successfully advised China Information and Communication Technology Group on the re-examination and confirmation of its 中国信科 trademark and a patent administrative litigation case for Wuhan Tianyu Information Industry. It achieved numerous awards accomplishments in 2025, including being named to the Top 13 in SOE Patent Services in China, being ranked first among National Top 100 Agencies in growth rate for January-July invention grants and being named a 5A-rated patent agency in Hubei Province. 

Yingke is a global commercial law firm headquartered in Beijing with a network of affiliated offices in 104 international cities with more than 3000 lawyers. Its IP practice supports multinational clients and Belt and Road initiatives. 

Yuhong is based in Beijing; its president, Dajian Wu, has been named China’s National Outstanding Patent Attorney by the State Council of China. He previously served as president of China Patent Agent (H.K.). With branches in Changsha, Chengdu, Shenzhen and Jinzhou, the firm provides a full range of IP services, including patent drafting and its own translation company. 

Digital law firm Yunjia Law Firm focuses on science and technology with more than 100 professionals across China. Clients include Cisco, Tencent, Xiaomi, China Construction and Dyeing, Xinhua News, JD.com, Oppo and Cat’s Eye Movie. Bo Zhang is director and founder and is noted for his dispute resolution work, including in intellectual property. 

Senior partner Eunice Yan serves as the head of the Cross-border Intellectual Property Center at Zhi Heng Law Firm’s Qianhai Branch in Shenzhen, where she specializes in comprehensive intellectual property services for global enterprises. Focusing on integrated manufacturing-trading enterprises and cross- border ecommerce businesses, Yan delivers tailored legal solutions for cross-border intellectual property disputes, data compliance issues and related litigation or international arbitration arising from these matters. She has established a collaborative ecosystem with multiple overseas law firms, which helps the firm’s clients to efficiently and precisely navigate global legal challenges through her robust international legal network. Yan is notable for representing Chinese cross-border ecommerce sellers in Schedule A Defendants cases in the United States. The firm was named a rising star at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

Headquartered in Beijing, the IP department at Zhong Lun Law Firm has lawyers as well as trademark and patent agents providing a full range of services including litigation, due diligence, licensing, application, strategizing and portfolio management. Equity partner Jihong Chen is a key contact; he is one of the pioneers in the field of data compliance in China, and also specializes in cybersecurity, IP protection and TMT. The firm won a licensing and franchising prize at the 2025 Asia IP China Awards. 

Zhongzi Law Office is a leading full-service firm with over 300 professionals in China. Its IP practice encompasses patent, trademark, copyright, unfair competition, trade secret, franchising, licensing, IP management and transaction; and extend to other IP support services such as advertising, technical document search and translation. The IP group’s primary contacts are partners Bonan Lin, Chengen Duan and Gesheng Huang.  

Founded in 1998, ZY Partners is a leading IP firm with a strong litigation and patent prosecution practice. It handles patents, trademarks, copyright, unfair competition and trade secrets, with cases cited as guiding precedents. The patent team covers electronics, telecoms, semiconductors, biotech and pharmaceuticals, while the trademark team manages global portfolios for MNCs. Partner Xiaolin (Richard) Huang is a key contact.  

International Law Firms  

Swedish law firm Awapatent operates its Asia units out of AWA Asia in Hong Kong and AWA Asia’s wholly owned Chinese IP consultancy, AWA IP (Beijing). Ai-Leen Lim serves as the chief executive officer and principal counsel of AWA Asia, and serves mainland Chinese, Hong Kong and international clients with a focus on brand management and social media matters. AWA IP (Beijing) is a licensed PRC trademark agency that can file and enforce trademarks directly in China before the Trademark Office and the administrative authorities.  

Named Asia IP international trademarks firm of the year for China and patents firm of the year for Asia Pacific in 2025, Baker McKenzie has offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong, and maintains an impressive team of IP specialists backed by an international network. Senior consultant Loke-Khoon Tan has a leading practice for IP law in China, with particular emphasis on the structuring of intellectual property rights and anti-counterfeiting planning. He is currently on the firm’s Steering Committee for the Consumer Goods & Retail (including Luxury and Fashion) Industry Practice. Partner Shih Yann Loo joined the firm’s Hong Kong office in 1993 and has played a key role in implementing its China strategy. The firm has established Baker & McKenzie IP Agency in Beijing and Shanghai to handle China trademark, copyright and enforcement matters. 

Bayramoglu Law Offices is a Las Vegas-based U.S. law firm that focuses on intellectual property law, including patent and trademark prosecution and litigation services, including work at the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The team of 24, which features lawyers, paralegals, project managers and other assistants, is led by Gokalp “Alp” Bayramoglu, who has experience as a design engineer, manager of engineering and director of engineering at companies including Compaq, Hewlett Packard, Tyco and Apple. The firm opened its Xiamen, Fujian Province, office in 2013 and has since experienced “tremendous” growth in China. 

Named winner for China international copyright firm of the year and Asia Pacific copyright firm of the year at the 2025 Asia IP Awards in Kuala Lumpur, Bird & Bird established its Hong Kong office in 1995, followed by Beijing in 2004 and Shanghai in 2008. In late 2023, it opened a Shenzhen branch, which is led by Hank Leung, co-head of the firm’s greater China intellectual property practice. The international firm entered an association with local firm Lawjay Partners in 2009 to increase coverage in contentious IP matters in Chinese courts. The China and Hong Kong team is led by partner Matthew Laight, who has represented some of the world’s leading companies in a broad range of sectors including electronics, pharmaceuticals, communications, information technology, media, broadcasting, and food and beverage. Ted Chwu is head of greater China and co-head of global tech and comms at the firm. 

The intellectual property team at Clyde & Co in advises international clients on contentious and non-contentious intellectual property matters, with a focus on strategic protection, exploitation, and enforcement of patents, trademarks, copyright as well as trade secrets. They provide strategies for optimizing IP portfolios across the Asia Pacific region and cross-border patent, trademark and copyright disputes.  

CMS Cameron McKenna in Beijing provides a wide spectrum of international law advice, including corporate and commercial law, dispute resolution, finance, intellectual property, and technology and digital law. Jonathan Chu is a partner and head of the Beijing office, and is experienced individual in patent, copyright and trademark law. The firm’s Beijing office is a sector-focused hub specializing across many sectors, particularly life sciences; energy; technology, media and communications (TMC); and financial services. 

Deacons combines one of the most established teams in Hong Kong with a solid presence in China. Assisting global brands including 50 of the world’s top 100 brands as identified by Interbrand, the very capable IP practice operates out of the firm’s Hong Kong main office. Key contacts are partners Annie Tsoi, Charmaine Koo and Catherine Zheng. Catherine Zheng, who heads the firm’s IP department and specializes in cross-border IP protection strategy and contentious matters, and Ian Liu are key contacts; Liu is qualified to practice in the Greater Bay Area, and previously worked in the high-tech software industry with a Silicon Valley-based company and was a financial software consultant with Reuters. Deacons was named international patent firm of the year for China at the 2025 Asia IP Awards in Kuala Lumpur. 

Dentons has demerged with Chinese law firm Dacheng, which had joined the Dentons’ Swiss verein business structure in 2015, swelling the global firm to more than 6,600 lawyers. In light of new national security restrictions imposed by the Chinese government in 2023, Dentons and Dacheng split in August 2023. At that time, Dentons released a statement saying the separation was in response to “recent Chinese government mandates on Chinese law firms, including those relating to cybersecurity and data protection.” Dacheng Law Offices is one of the first partnership law firms established in China and is Dentons’ preferred law firm in China. Dentons maintains an office in Hong Kong, but little IP work is undertaken there these days.  

DLA Piper’s intellectual property and technology practice encompasses nearly 500 lawyers in over 24 countries, with DLA Beijing managing partner Horace Lam co-heading IPT to provide greater China coverage across Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. Partner Edward Chatterton is a key contact.  

Long-time Hong Kong lawyer Ella Cheong practices her craft from Hong Kong-based ELLALAN along with managing partner Alan Chiu. The firm, which until June 2020 had been known as Ella Cheong & Alan Chiu, advises on IP enforcement, transactional and commercial IP and internet-related issues, as well as matters concerning entertainment and media, dispute resolution, commercial law and regulatory law.  

The well-respected Cedric Lam runs Eversheds Sutherland’s IP practice in greater China from the firm’s Hong Kong office. Lam, a prominent IP strategist in the region, has more than two decades of experience counselling cross-border, complex, high-stakes intellectual property-related transactions and disputes. Lam is known for his work helping multinational corporations acquire, exploit and enforce their IP rights and trade secrets, as well as implement technology transfer, IP protection, licensing, litigation and anti-counterfeiting strategies. The firm also advises on legal issues affecting advertising, marketing and sponsorship campaigns, including strategy and providing fast copy clearance to ensure advertisements and packaging comply with the relevant advertising codes and regulations, and on data protection laws. It regularly advises on this area of the law, including all data privacy in Hong Kong and Asia, and in relation to cross-border data flows and direct marketing. 

Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner’s foreign representative office in Shanghai handles a wide range of intellectual property assignments for clients with interests in China. Ningling Wang leads the firm’s China efforts from Shanghai as its managing partner, with a special focus in patent prosecution, opinions, due diligence, client counselling, licensing, and patent litigation in the areas of chemicals, chemical engineering, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, semiconductor materials, 3D printing and nanotechnology. 

Hong Kong-based Richard Bird heads Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s intellectual property and commercial practice in Asia. Bird’s experience is wide ranging, extending from R&D collaborations, licensing and distribution/supply arrangements to a special focus in the TMT space, including e-commerce, media data privacy and cyber security, in addition to his core practice in intellectual property. 

Elliot Papageorgiou is the head of IP strategy in China at Gowling WLG, where he works side-by-side with Jian Xu, the firm’s legal director and head of intellectual property prosecution in China since 2008. The firm’s Beijing office is a representative office which provides on-the-ground coordination for Chinese and global companies; the firm’s lawyers have strong relationships with the Chinese government, international trade associations and top-tier Chinese law firms. The firm also has an office in Guangzhou. 

Hogan Lovells operates its China IP practice out of Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing offices. Eugene Low now leads the IP practice from Hong Kong, joined by Beijing partner Helen Xia and Shanghai partner Katie Feng. Feng led the 2016 association with Fujian Fidelity Law Firm in the China (Shanghai) Free Trade Zone that emphasized growing the firm’s IP litigation offering. Fidelity was established in 1989 and is one of the largest law firms in the Fujian province.  

Jones Day’s offices in Beijing and Shanghai work closely with its Hong Kong and other Asian offices. Its mainland IP agency, Jones Day Intellectual Property Agency (Beijing), is licensed to handle a wide range of copyright, trademark, and other non-patent intellectual property matters. Partner Haifeng Huang is the key contact with a broad industry coverage including software and systems, semiconductors, telecommunications, textiles, chemicals, optics, consumer products, heavy machinery, medical devices, and biotechnology.  

Marks & Clerk is noted for its patent work in the mechanical, chemical/life sciences and electrical/software fields. The firm has 15 offices worldwide in seven jurisdictions. The Beijing office has at least 16 attorneys or agents with over 20 years’ experience to handle both patent and trademark filings for a variety of clients. Partner Xuefang Huang is a key contact and head of the firm’s China trademark team. 

Mayer Brown was established in 1863 in Chicago and has since expanded across Asia, including offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing. Partner and head of the firm’s Asia IP & TMT group Gabriela Kennedy has extensive experience in technology and data protection issues in China and beyond. Kennedy is extremely well-regarded for her media and IP work. 

U.S.-based McGuireWoods works in China through a strategic alliance with FuJae Partners, a Shanghai-based corporate and commercial law firm with an in-depth knowledge of Chinese law and practice. Leo Liu is a key contact. 

Full-service global law firm Morgan Lewis established the firm’s sixth Asia office in Shanghai back in 2016. Partner Todd Liao works on a wide array of financial transactions and regulatory matters related to China with clients in a broad range of industries, including financial services, telecommunications, media, technology, life sciences, automotive and general manufacturing.  

Norton Rose Fulbright has offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. The China practice group was established in 2001 and can prosecute patents, trademarks and designs internationally. They also have substantial experience litigating all classes of IP in many different courts and tribunals worldwide. Services offered include international IP protection and portfolio management and advising on the commercialization of IP assets including commercial transactions relating to the acquisition and development of innovative products and services. Partner Justin Davidson in the Hong Kong office is the key contact. 

Xiang Wang, managing partner of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in Beijing, leads Orrick’s China IP and data privacy practices and the firm’s partner-in-charge for Asia; he also spends significant time in the firm’s New York office. Recognized for its success in patent litigation and arbitration involving foreign companies in China, the Orrick China IP team was exclusively featured in the China Central Television’s documentary Patent Wars. The team’s notable clients include Sinopec, Microsoft, Baidu and Haiser. 

Ownership, the Dubai-based firm formerly known as Deans IP (after its founder, Rob Deans), has opened an office in Beijing, which is led by principal and former Spruson & Ferguson lawyer Kristen Fu, who has extensive experience advising on IP-related matters in China, covering all aspects of trademark, copyright and related laws. She has successfully represented many multinational companies and startups entering the Chinese market. 

Global commercial law firm Ropes & Gray has offices in Shanghai and Hong Kong, with Shanghai managing partner Geoffrey Lin being a key lead in its China IP practice. With a focus on helping global companies monetize and protect their IP rights, Lin is experienced in structuring technology transfers and enforcing IP rights in the life sciences and high-tech industries.  

Rouse has been operating in China since 1993, and now has offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen as well as its sister firm Rouse Legal in Hong Kong. The firm handles all activities reserved to PRC-admitted lawyers through its network firm, Lusheng Law Firm, and provides a full range of IP services including patent and trademark agency services. Landy Jiang is managing partner and co-deputy head of dispute resolution at Lusheng Law Firm.  

In 2019, Simmons & Simmons opened a new office in Shenzhen to strengthen its existing presence in greater China. The Shenzhen addition reinforces the firm’s growth and commitment to Asia and follows the Greater Bay Area plan announcement by the Chinese government. Jingyuan Shi, head of TMT for greater China at the firm, focuses on serving the Shenzhen and Hong Kong markets.  

SIPS, also known as Simone Intellectual Property Services, has joined forces with three well-established Chinese firms to form East IP. The first two are Beijing East IP Limited and East IP Law Firm, while the third is a team of six partners from Zhong Lun led by China trademark veteran Jimmy Huang. SIPS was established in 2012 in Hong Kong with a primary focus on trademark prosecution, IP investigations and enforcement. Since then, the team has grown to more than 90 professionals and staff operating in four cities in Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. The new East IP Group is co-chaired by SIPS founder Joe Simone and the head of the firm’s patent practice, Xiaodong Li, while Huang will lead the trademark prosecution team. The firm notes that women comprise half of its partners and 72 percent of its trademark team. The partners of East IP are Joe Simone, Dan Plane and Helen Tang, who were SIPS founding partners, and Joann Chan, Joshua Miller and Mai Lin. 

With a 130-year history of providing IP services, Spruson & Ferguson established a significant presence in Hong Kong and China in 2016 by acquiring Ella Cheong (Hong Kong) and its subsidiary Ella Cheong Intellectual Property Agency (Beijing). Siqi Wang is the head of patents, China, for the firm. Spruson & Ferguson is part of the publicly listed IPH Limited, the holding company for a number of intellectual property professional services and adjacent businesses operating under different brands across the Asia-Pacific region.  

Squire Patton Boggs has had a presence in Beijing since 1980 and was one of the first foreign legal practices to receive a practicing license. Paolo Beconcini heads the firm’s China IP team from Los Angeles. 

Besides its full-service law practice in Hong Kong, Vivien Chan & Co. also has an office in Beijing, which was established in 1993. Founding and senior partner Vivien Chan has expertise in many practice areas, including IP, mergers and acquisitions, China direct investment and corporate services. 

Hong Kong-based Wilkinson & Grist opened its Beijing office in 2000 and became a wholly owned PRC IP agency in 2004. The group now has numerous IP professionals in Hong Kong and China including legal counsel, patent and trademark agents, executives, technical specialists, translators and other support staff.