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

 

Contentious

Litigation

Firm

Individual

Outstanding

Baker McKenzie

Bird & Bird

Hogan Lovells

Loke Khoon-Tan, Baker McKenzie

Helen Xia, Hogan Lovells

Highly

Recommended

Allen & Overy

DLA Piper

Gowling WLG

Rouse

Simmons & Simmons

Katie Feng, Hogan Lovells

Horace Lam, DLA Piper

Edward Chatterton, DLA Piper

Elliot Papageorgiou, Gowling WLG

Scott Palmer, Perkins Coie

Christopher Woods, Kilpatrick Townsend

Recommended

Kilpatrick Townsend

Mayer Brown

Perkins Coie

Matthew Laight, Bird & Bird

Gabriella Kennedy, Mayer Brown

Ling Ho, Clifford Chance

Charmaine Koo, Deacons

Eugene Low, Hogan Lovells

George Chan, Simmons & Simmons

Nick Beckett, CMS

Notable

Deacons

Clifford Chance

Finnegan

Reed Smith

 

 

WIPR