PATENT LEADERS
HONG KONG
Name: Steven Birt Position: Partner Law firm: MinterEllison
Name: Ella Cheong Position: Senior Partner Law firm: ELLALAN
Name: Ted Chwu Position: Intellectual Property Partner Law firm: Bird & Bird
Name: Justin Davidson Position: Partner / Head of Intellectual Property Asia Law firm: Norton Rose Fulbright
Name: Haifeng Huang Position: Partner Law firm: Jones Day
Name: Maria Joannides Smith Position: Head of Trademarks Team Law firm: Baker McKenzie Name: Gabriela Kennedy Position: Partner / Head of Asia IP & TMT Practice Law firm: Mayer Brown
Vivien Chan
Position: Senior Partner
Law firm: Vivien Chan & Co
Phone: +852 2522 9183
Email: vivchan@vcclawservices.com
Website: www.vcclawservices.com
Vivien Chan is the founding and senior partner of Vivien Chan & Co, a Greater China law firm with offices in Hong Kong and Beijing. She has more than 40 years of experience in M&A, China direct investment, corporate services, employment, information technology, IP and related tax issues.
Chan was honoured with the Bronze Bauhinia Star in 2008 and Silver Bauhinia Star in 2014 by the HKSAR Government for her outstanding contributions to Hong Kong.
She is a Justice of the Peace and a past president of the IPBA. She is a notary public, a notarial attesting officer in PRC, and an arbitrator at the CIETAC, the SHIAC and the SAC.
Chan received her law degree from King’s College, University of London, and is admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales, Hong Kong, Australia, and Singapore. She is fluent in English, Mandarin, French and Cantonese.
Ai-Leen Lim
Position: Chief Executive Officer / Principal Counsel
Law firm: AWA Asia Ltd
Phone: +852 3702 5550
Email: ai-leen.lim@awa.com
Website: www.awa.com
Ai-Leen Lim leads AWA Asia’s offices as chief executive officer and principal counsel, managing its headquarters in Hong Kong and its wholly-owned Chinese IP consultancy in Beijing.
She is an advocate and solicitor in Singapore and is qualified to practise in Hong Kong and the UK. For more than 23 years, she has advised clients on IP portfolio management in China, Hong Kong and internationally, with a special focus on brand management and IP strategy.
She is experienced in contentious and non-contentious trademark, design and patent registration, protection and enforcement matters.
Her areas of expertise include anti-counterfeiting, food and beverage, patents, retail, trademark, trademark infringement.
Name: Matthew Laight Position: Partner / Head of Intellectual Property Practice Law firm: Bird & Bird
Name: Anita Leung Position: Consultant Law firm: David Lo & Partners
Name: Rebecca Lo Position: Owner Law firm: Rebecca Lo & Co
Name: Loke-Khoon Tan Position: Partner Law firm: Baker McKenzie
Name: Henry Wheare Position: Partner Law firm: Nixon Peabody
Name: Alison Wong Position: Partner / Head of Life Sciences & Healthcare Law firm: Bird & Bird
Name: Deanna Wong Position: Intellectual Property Practice Partner Law firm: DeLab Consulting
Name: Shih Yann Loo Position: Partner Law firm: Baker McKenzie
