Ai-Leen Lim
Ai-Leen Lim is CEO of AWA Asia, managing its headquarters in Hong Kong and its Chinese IP consultancy in Beijing. She is admitted…
- CEO and principal
- AWA Asia
- China
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Ai-Leen Lim is CEO of AWA Asia, managing its headquarters in Hong Kong and its Chinese IP consultancy in Beijing. She is admitted…
Ana Castañeda is an attorney-at-law with a technical background as an electronic engineer and founder of C&L Attorneys. She has…
Ana Isabel Messina is a partner at Pellerano Messina and has more than 35 years of experience in all areas of IP law. She is former…
Anita Varma is a partner at White & Case who, earlier in her career, worked as a patent examiner at the US Patent and Trademark…
Ann Nam-Yeon Kwon is a senior trademark attorney in the firm’s IP practice. For over 25 years, she has advised on and managed…
Ann-Charlotte Söderlund Björk has almost 30 years of experience in intellectual property law and works as a partner at Gozzo.…
Anna Stopinska-Slefarska has worked at Polservice since 1977, as manager of the trademark department since 1992, and as president…
Annabelle Gauberti is a solicitor of England and Wales, as well as a French qualified lawyer with the Paris bar, with more than…
As a senior partner in Lydian’s commercial and litigation practice and head of the firm’s IP team, Annick Mottet Haugaard…
Annie Tsoi has been a partner at Deacons since 2001. She is the co-head of the intellectual property department and head of China…
Annsley Merelle Ward is counsel at WilmerHale specialising in complex cross-border patent and trade secrets litigation. With a…
Arty Rajendra became a qualified lawyer in 1997 and was promoted to partner at Rouse in 2004 where she later headed the firm’s…
Axel Nordemann is a partner at Nordemann Czychowski & Partner in Berlin and studied law at the Universities of Göttingen and…
Bartosz Krakowiak joined Polservice in 2002 and from 2018, he has been on the firm’s management board. He is a registered Polish…
Ben Natter is a partner at Haug Partners, based in the firm’s New York office. He focuses his practice on all aspects of global…
Bill Lister joined Appleyard Lees IP as a partner in January 2018. In his practice, he advises and acts for clients in particular…
Notable cases that Bruce Horowitz and his team have handled include the first sound mark registration in South America (‘Intel’…
Byron Robayo has been a partner with Paz Horowitz since 2011 and is a member of a number of professional affiliations including…
Camilla Vislie is a partner at Thommessen and heads the firm’s intellectual property and technology practice. She focuses on…
Charles Webster is chairperson of the partnership. He has 31 years’ experience in all areas of intellectual property law. Webster…
Charmayne Ong is a partner and head of IP at Skrine. She is registered as a patent agent, design agent and trademark agent in…
Crystal Chen is a partner at Tsai, Lee & Chen and her practice focuses on patents, trademarks, copyright, trade dress, IP enforcement,…
Dale Cendali is a partner at Kirkland & Ellis and the head of its copyright, trademark, internet and advertising group. During…
Darani Vachanavuttivong is a co-managing partner and managing director of the intellectual property group at Tilleke & Gibbins.…
David Aylen is managing partner at Gowling WLG where he focuses on intellectual property litigation, patent and trademark prosecution…
Dilek Zeybel is one of the managing partners at Orbis IP & Law responsible for all areas of obtaining and enforcing IP rights…
Djura Mijatovic is a managing partner at Živko Mijatovic & Partners and his practice focuses on all areas of intellectual property…
Eben Van Wyk has a BProc LLM (IP) (cum laude) and 20 years’ experience in intellectual property law. His experience includes…
Editha Hechanova is the president and CEO of Hechanova & Co and focuses her practice on trademark, copyright, and patent prosecution…
Ella Cheong is the senior partner of ELLALAN, where she focuses on all issues related to IP rights. Aside from founding the firm,…
Ella Mikkola works as a partner at Bird & Bird and has experience in all areas of intellectual property law. She achieved her…
Elzbieta Traple is a partner at Traple Konarski Podrecki i Wspólnicy and has experience in all areas of intellectual property…
Eva-Maria Strobel is a partner in the Baker McKenzie’s European IP practice group. She is admitted to the bars in Switzerland…
Fernando Becerril joined the firm in 1990, became director of intellectual property management in 2000, and went on to become…
With more than 20 years of experience in IP matters, Flor Bermúdez leads BGAL Asociados’s national and foreign trademarks department.…
Gabriela Kennedy is a partner of Mayer Brown, head of the Asia IP and TMT group and co-leader of Mayer Brown’s global intellectual…
Gabriella Modiano is a managing partner at Modiano & Partners and her practice includes patent, trademark, design, copyright,…
Guan Huat Khoo joined Skrine in 1993 and chairs the intellectual property dispute resolution practice group. He has represented…
Gunars Gaikis is a pre-eminent and pioneering leader in life sciences IP. He has particularly focused on patent, regulatory and…
Guylène Kiesel Le Cosquer is a managing partner at Plasseraud IP, where she leads the trademarks and designs practice. She became…
Heidi Lindner is a founding partner and head of the patent litigation department at Arochi & Lindner. She has experience in patent…
Heinz Goddar is a European and German patent and trademark attorney at Boehmert & Boehmert. He teaches intellectual property law…
Ida Gjessing earned her law degree at the University of Oslo and holds a lawyer’s practising certificate. She has experience…
Imogen Fowler is a partner at Hogan Lovells and has more than ten years’ experience working with brand owners. Fowler advises…
Iris Quadrio has been practising intellectual property law since 1988 with a focus on trademark and trade dress issues. Her particular…
Işık Özdoğan is a partner at Moroğlu Arseven and leads the firm’s IP team, serving a portfolio of long-standing, high-profile…
Izabella Dudek-Urbanowicz focuses her practice on trademarks, industrial designs and domain names, and represents Polish and international…
Janice Bereskin's practice focuses on Canadian and international trademarks. She has in-depth experience in search analysis, filing…
For more than 25 years Jo-Ann See has represented a number of businesses in intellectual property disputes. She is a director…
Jorge Leon is the head of the copyright and IP litigation and enforcement department at C&L Attorneys. His practice focuses on…
Karen Abraham is a partner at Shearn Delamore & Co and has more than 25 years’ experience in intellectual property law. She…
Karin Cederlund specialises in intellectual property and advertising law. She focuses her experience on litigation and the drafting…
Kfir Luzzatto was born in Italy and moved to Israel in 1971. He is the president at Luzzatto & Luzzatto and has experience in…
Kherk Ying Chew is a registered trademark, patent and design agent in Malaysia, and heads the intellectual property and dispute…
A partner at Herbert Smith Freehills in Sydney, Kristin Stammer specialises in commercial transactions including acquisitions,…
Krystyna Szczepanowska-Kozlowska heads Allen & Overy’s IP practice in Poland, advising on patents, trademarks and copyrights,…
Laëtitia Bénard leads Allen & Overy’s Paris office’s IP practice and co-heads the firm’s life sciences group worldwide.…
Lara Dorigo represents and advises clients in contentious and non-contentious IP matters. She has particularly vast experience…
Laura Collada has more than 30 years’ experience in intellectual property and is a managing partner at Dumont, where she has…
Laura de Achaval has experience in consumer protection and unfair competition, and also advises clients on the legal implications…
Lech Bury is a partner at Bury & Bury. He founded the firm with his son and has been listed as a European patent attorney since…
In 1995 Linda Chang was one of the first trademark agents to qualify under China’s emerging intellectual property regulatory…
Lorna Mbatia is a trademark and patent agent and works as head of the commercial and corporate law and IP law departments at CFL…
Lorraine Tay is joint managing partner at Bird & Bird Singapore and heads the firm’s IP and technology group in Singapore. Tay…
Mahua Roy Chowdhury has almost 25 years of experience as a lawyer specialising in intellectual property. She is a founding and…
Maksym Bocharov is deputy director at Gorodissky & Partners Ukraine and has been with the firm since 2005. His practice is focused…
Marek Bury is chairman of Bury & Bury, having founded the firm with his father in 2015. He specializes in patents, especially…
Maria Fernanda Castellanos is a partner at Brigard Castro and has experience in copyright, domain names and strategic consulting.…
Maria Zamkova, CEO of Fenix Legal, works with patents, designs and trademarks, and focuses her practice on patent prosecution…
Mariacristina Rapisardi is the founder of Rapisardi Intellectual Property and has been managing the intellectual property group…
Marina Smirnova has worked at Papula-Nevinpat since 1996 and has experience in all areas of intellectual property. She has worked…
Mario Augusto Soerensen Garcia is the founder and managing partner of Soerensen Garcia Advogados Associados. He focuses his practice…
MaryAnne Armstrong is a partner at Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, and focuses her practice on prosecuting patent applications…
Having practised IP law for more than 17 years, Melisa Litvin has gained experience in all areas of IP including patents, trademarks,…
Michiru Takahashi has experience in intellectual property and focuses primarily on trademarks, unfair competition litigation,…
Mitsuko (Mimi) Miyagawa is an attorney-at-law admitted both in Japan (1986) and in New York (1994). She has more than 30 years…
Natalia Gulyaeva joined Hogan Lovells in 2000 and since 2004 has headed the firm’s intellectual property, media and technology…
Natalia Nikolaeva joined Gorodissky & Partners in 1999 and in 2010 became a partner. She is a lead lawyer at the firm and a Russian…
Oliver Scherenberg founded Scherenberg Legal & Licensing in 2017. His key competencies are in the field of monetisation of IP…
Pascal Lefort is a partner at Duclos, Thorne, Mollet-Viéville & Associés and has worked there for 26 years. He has experience…
Patricia McGovern is chairman and head of the intellectual property department at DFMG Solicitors. She obtained an honours degree…
Specialising in domestic and international intellectual property matters, Peggy Wu is the executive manager and a member of the…
Petter Rindforth's practice focuses on international business based on intellectual property protection. Rindforth represents…
Rahul Chaudhry is managing partner of Rahul Chaudhry & Partner (previously known as Lall Lahiri & Salhotra), which he joined in…
Ronit Barzik-Soffer graduated from Tel Aviv University with her LLB in 1992, was admitted as a lawyer in 1994 and became a licensed…
Sara Holder co-heads Rouse’s global patent and technology practice. She has degrees in law and biochemistry, and qualified and…
Say Sujintaya is a partner at Baker McKenzie Bangkok where she co-heads the recently merged IPTech team and leads the Media &…
Selma Ünlü graduated from Istanbul University in the faculty of law in 1989. She then obtained her diploma in private international…
Spring Chang is a founding partner at Chang Tsi & Partners, and is based in the firm’s Beijing office. She has more than two…
Sue Gilchrist is Herbert Smith Freehills’ regional managing partner in Asia and Australia. She has extensive experience in trademark,…
Susan Natland has earned a reputation as a professional yet fierce advocate for her clients. For almost 20 years, she has represented…
Tatiana Shpakovich is a senior partner at Doubinsky & Osharova and serves as the head of the patent and trademark department.…
Tingxi Huo studied law at China University of Political Science and Law from 2004 to 2006 and passed the Trademark Attorney Bar…
Uche Nwokocha is a partner at Aluko & Oyebode. She has been at the firm since 2006 and worked as a partner since 2008. She has…
Vadim Mikhailyuk is a partner and head of the patent department at Mikhailyuk, Sorokolat & Partners. He is a registered Ukrainian…
Verena von Bomhard established Bomhard IP in 2015. With over 20 years of experience dealing with EU trademarks she has been involved…
Véronique Durand-Rettally is a counsel and chair of Baker Mckenzie Mexico’s diversity and inclusion committee. She has been…
Virginia Cervieri is a co-founder of Cervieri Monsuárez and has nearly 20 years’ experience in IP law. She often represents…
Vivien Chan is the founding and managing partner of Vivien Chan & Co, a Greater China law firm in Hong Kong and Beijing. She has…
Vladimir Marenovic is a patent and trademark attorney in Zivko Mijatovic & Partners’ Serbia office. He obtained his LLM from…
Volker Schmitz-Fohrmann has worked at Boehmert & Boehmert since 1998. He has represented clients in the entertainment, computing,…
Y.J. Trivedi has developed a niche practice in IP, and also established an academy at AMA to spread IP awareness. He has obtained…
A partner at Basham, Ringe y Correa since 2008, Adolfo Athié concentrates his practice on IP litigation, audits on IP litigation…
Adonna Alkema focuses her practice on copyright, database rights, trademarks, domain names, unfair competition, advertising, product…
Afamefuna Nwokedi has worked in IP for over 27 years. He is the founder and principal partner of Stillwaters Law Firm, prior to…
Agustín Velázquez is an experienced litigator and IP and strategy attorney. He has often represented clients in the telecommunications,…
Ai Ming Lee is a consultant at Singapore-based Rodyk & Davidson and works in the firm’s intellectual property and technology…
Alan Potter is the co-founder of Potter IP and has experience in all areas of intellectual property law. He previously worked…
Alan Ringwood is a partner at Bell Gully and has experience in areas of intellectual property law such as trademarks, patents,…
Alasdair Poore is a partner at Mills & Reeve in the firm’s technology and commerce team. He has experience in patents, brand…
Alban Kang is a partner at Bird & Bird ATMD, Singapore. He is with the firm’s IP group and leads the ASEAN and Japan focus of…
Albert Kimball is a partner at Bracewell and has experience in all areas of intellectual property. He has represented clients…