A&O Shearman
Firm overview:
Formed by the merger of Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling in May 2024, A&O Shearman provides a full suite of legal services from offices in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong SAR.
The firm has a joint operation partner, Shanghai Lang Yue Law Firm, to provide legal advice under PRC laws. Lang Yue was established in Shanghai in 2014, and opened a branch office in Beijing in 2020. The firm’s IP capability covers contentious and non-contentious aspects of trademark work, including devising strategies to combat infringement in China and advising on IP-rich transactions.
Team overview:
Operating from Shanghai, legacy Allen & Overy partner Jill Ge covers the full spectrum of IP litigation and transactions relating to China. Ge’s experience comprises contentious trademarks, as well as patents and trade secrets matters, involving multinationals and cross-border disputes.
Ge has a technical background in physics and materials engineering. She studied law and trained in the US and is qualified in the US and China (non-practising). Her international IP perspective and collaboration with the firm’s global IP team is an asset in supporting the Chinese companies involved in overseas disputes.
Key matters:
- Jill Ge represented a Fortune 500 manufacturing company in its defence against trademark infringement and cancellation claims brought by a local PRC company.
- Jill Ge represented TE Connectivity in defending a US$15 million trademark infringement claim brought by a local Chinese company and multiple concurrent trademark invalidation proceedings.
Clients:
TE Connectivity
