Awapatent expands to Asia

Intellectual property consultancy firm Awapatent Group has opened new offices in Beijing and Hong Kong.

The offices will be known as AWA Asia and will be managed by Ai-Leen Lim, a former partner at law firm Bird & Bird.

Awapatent now has 16 offices in Sweden, Denmark, Germany and China.

Magnus Hallin, chief executive of Awapatent, said: “The vision for AWA Asia is to be the Asian arm of Awapatent, a leading pan European-Asian IP firm.”