Ferrante
Firm overview:
Ferrante Intellectual Property is a boutique full-practice IP firm with established offices in Southeast Asia and a strong footprint in China. The firm provides comprehensive legal services across trademark, design, patent, and copyright prosecution and litigation, as well as anti-counterfeiting strategies, domain name management, and IP portfolio work.
With over a decade of operation in China, Ferrante has developed in-depth knowledge of Chinese market dynamics and regulatory systems. The firm combines its local Mandarin-speaking expertise with European IP perspectives, often helping foreign clients navigate linguistic, legal, and cultural challenges.
Ferrante is particularly noted for its anti-counterfeiting work and litigation strategy, balancing contentious and non-contentious work with a focus on tailoring solutions to each client’s risk profile. It has strong relationships with Chinese regulatory and enforcement bodies, and its team is praised for their detailed orientation, transparency, and careful cost management.
Team overview:
Michele Ferrante—founder & managing partner, based in Hong Kong—is recognised for advising high-profile foreign brands on IP rights enforcement and anti-counterfeiting strategies in China and Asia. He brings a multi-jurisdictional background (including Europe) to bear in guiding foreign brand owners through Chinese IP procedures and enforcement mechanisms.
Felice Meli, based in Shanghai, leads many of Ferrante’s enforcement and litigation mandates in China, and is known to handle anti-counterfeiting cases, invalidations, and non-use cancellation proceedings. Meli is multilingual and praised for balancing strategy with client practicalities.
Mandy Chen, in Beijing, heads up the litigation team in China, and focuses her practice mainly on trademark, copyright and unfair competition law. Chen is noted for assisting clients with both court and administrative enforcement, as well as supplier/counterparty investigations, and other IP matters.
