China International Trademarks Rankings

Reviewing the firms and lawyers featured in WIPR’s China International Trademarks rankings reveals those firms like Baker McKenzie who have been mainstays in the market like ex-Baker partner Joe Simone of SIPS and Chris Woods at Kilpatrick Townsend. Alternative offerings are to be found at British firm Rouse International and Scandanavian outfit AWA. One theme of the rankings conversations were the firms who have addressed, and those who have yet to address, their generational challenges. Not that we are suggesting subplots of the hit international TV series Succession are relevant to our ranked firms!

Another theme was the increasing trend of international firms to enter into association with wholly owned IP agencies in the international in the China (Shanghai) Free Trade Zone and to avail of rights of audience in the Chinese courts. Another theme was the relative position of Hong Kong based lawyers compared to their mainland or Singapore based peers. Expect these themes to play out in future rankings.

Non-Contentious

Non-Contentious	Firm	Individual
Outstanding	Baker McKenzie Bird & Bird Rouse Hogan Lovells	Ruby Chan, Baker McKenzie Hank Leung, Bird & Bird Helen Xia, Hogan Lovells Hatty Cui, Rouse
Highly Recommended	DLA Piper Mayer Brown Perkins Coie Kilpatrick Townsend Squire Patton Boggs	Grace Guo, Hogan Lovells Joe Simone, SIPS Linda Chang, Rouse Horace Lam, DLA Piper Gabriela Kennedy, Mayer Brown Scott Palmer, Perkins Coie Christopher Woods, Kilpatrick Townsend Ai-Leen Lim, AWA
Recommended	Simmons & Simmons SIPS Deacons AWA	Matthew Laight, Bird & Bird Ashley Zhao, AWA Paolo Beconcini, Squire Patton Boggs Annie Tsoi, Deacons Nick Beckett, CMS
Notable	Ferrante Norton Rose CMS Dentons Gowling WLG	Andrea Fong, Wilkinson & Grist Helen Tang, SIPS Jonathan Chu, CMS Jian Xu, Gowling WLG