What we say about the firm's legal practice in China
Corporate & M&A
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Intellectual property
Within Foreign firms, Bird & Bird is a first tier firm,
Managing partner Matthew Laight heads the team at Bird & Bird, which is split between China and Hong Kong. The group has recently been growing, increasing the number of trade mark agent fee-earners in Beijing from one to three in the past twelve months. In Shanghai, it recruited Weishi Li from O’Melveny & Myers LLP, whose strong pharmaceutical background added weight to the firm’s already strong expertise in this sector. Additionally, Clifford Borg-Marks joined as special counsel in Beijing. Recent work examples include an instruction by a global pharmaceuticals company relating to a patent infringement case involving a Chinese pharmaceutical manufacturer. It is also advising Konami Digital Entertainment on a design patent infringement matter relating to an arcade game, and advised an importer of Goji berries when a supplier in China breached contract terms. The firm also acts for JCB and various food and beverage clients.
TMT
Within Foreign firms, Bird & Bird is a first tier firm,
Bird & Bird’s standalone TMT practice is headed by Marcus Vass in Hong Kong, and includes Grace Chen in Beijing. The ‘excellent’ Weishi Li in Shanghai recently joined from O’Melveny & Myers LLP; she has ‘excellent subject matter expertise and the ability to understand the business driving decisions on technology-related agreements’. The team was recently instructed by Octopus Group on high-profile data protection issues, and the firm advised Citibank Hong Kong on the use of digital signatures of its customers. The firm is advising T-Systems International on various telecoms regulatory issues, and it is a trusted advisor on commercial and media matters throughout Mainland China for long-standing client Ferrari. Other clients include Condé Nast, which instructs the firm on matters relating to publishing, advertising and distribution for some of its China editions.
What we say worldwide
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Belgium
Offices in Brussels
- Aviation : Aviation
- Banking, finance and capital markets : Banking, finance and capital markets
- Competition : Competition
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- EU regulatory : EU regulatory: Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
- EU regulatory : EU regulatory: Privacy and data protection
- EU regulatory : EU regulatory: Transport
- Information technology : Information technology
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Media and entertainment : Media and entertainment
- Tax : Tax
China
Offices in Beijing and Shanghai
Czech Republic
Offices in Prague
Germany
Offices in Munich, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, and Hamberg
- Antitrust : Antitrust
- Corporate and M&A: Mid-sized deals : Corporate and M&A: Mid-sized deals
- Information technology and outsourcing : Information technology and outsourcing
- IP: patents: Litigation : IP: patents: Litigation
- IP: trade marks : IP: trade marks
- Private equity : Private equity
- Public sector : Public sector
- Telecoms : Telecoms
Spain
Offices in Madrid
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU and competition : EU and competition
- Employment : Employment
- Insurance : Insurance
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Projects and energy : Projects and energy
- TMT : TMT
- Tax : Tax
Finland
Offices in Helsinki
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU and competition : EU and competition
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Real estate and construction : Real estate and construction
- TMT : TMT
France
- Administrative and public law : Administrative and public law
- Aviation : Aviation
- Dispute resolution: Commercial litigation : Dispute resolution Commercial litigation
- EU competition and distribution : EU competition and distribution
- Employment : Employment
- Health and life sciences : Health and life sciences
- IT, telecoms and the internet : IT, telecoms and the internet
- Intellectual property: Full-service firms : Intellectual property: Full-service firms
- Real estate : Real estate
Hong Kong
Offices in Hong Kong
- Corporate (including M&A) : Corporate (including M&A)
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- TMT : TMT
Hungary
Offices in Budapest
- Legal market overview : Legal market overview
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Employment : Employment
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Mergers and acquisitions : Mergers and acquisitions
- TMT : TMT
Italy
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Corporate and M&A: Milan and Rome : Corporate and M&A Milan and Rome
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU, regulatory and competition law : EU, regulatory and competition law
- Employment : Employment
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Real estate : Real estate
- TMT : TMT
London
Offices in London
- Corporate and commercial : Commercial contracts
- Corporate and commercial : EU and competition
- Corporate and commercial : Flotations: small and mid-cap
- Corporate and commercial : M&A: lower mid-market, £50m-£250m
- Corporate and commercial : Venture capital
- Crime, fraud and licensing : Fraud: civil
- Dispute resolution : Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution : Commercial litigation
- Dispute resolution : International arbitration
- Finance : Asset finance and leasing
- Finance : Bank lending: investment grade debt and syndicated loans
- Human resources : Employee share schemes
- Human resources : Employment
- Human resources : Immigration
- Insurance : Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Insurance : Professional negligence
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Oil and gas
- Projects, energy and natural resources : Private finance initiative (PFI)
- Public sector : Education: schools
- Public sector : Healthcare
- Real estate : Commercial property
- Real estate : Construction
- Real estate : Property finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Overview
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Brand management
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : IT and telecoms
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Media and entertainment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Pharmaceuticals and biotechnology
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) : Sport
- Transport : Aviation
Netherlands
Offices in The Hague
- Arbitration : Arbitration
- Commercial litigation : Commercial litigation
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- EU and competition : EU and competition
- Energy : Energy
- Information technology : Information technology
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- Media and entertainment : Media and entertainment
- Tax : Tax
- Telecoms : Telecoms
Poland
Offices in Warsaw
- Corporate and M&A : Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- Intellectual property : Intellectual property
- TMT : TMT
Sweden
Offices in Stockholm
- Banking and finance : Banking and finance
- Capital markets : Capital markets
- Corporate and commercial : Corporate and commercial
- Dispute resolution : Dispute resolution
- EU and competition : EU and competition
- Employment : Employment
- Energy : Energy
- IT and telecoms : IT and telecoms
- Intellectual property and media : Intellectual property and media
- Mergers and acquisitions : Mergers and acquisitions
- Real estate : Real estate
- Tax : Tax
Singapore
Offices in Singapore