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Haifeng Huang
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Haifeng Huang is regularly called on to lead teams and advise clients on their complex disputes and intellectual property matters. He has a broad practice covering disputes and transactions involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair competition, antitrust, and technology licenses. Haifeng has advised clients on cases in many courts and agencies throughout China and elsewhere, as well as before multiple arbitration tribunals. These cases have involved a diverse range of industries, including software and systems, semiconductors, microelectronics, telecommunications, textiles, chemicals, optics, consumer products, heavy machinery, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and biotechnology.
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China > Dispute resolution: Litigation: foreign firms
Jones Day‘s China-based disputes team routinely acts in litigation before Mainland China’s courts (through local counsel), while Chinese clients additionally benefit from the firm’s enviable US and cross-border litigation experience. In Hong Kong, Peter Wang‘s broad practice covers complex commercial disputes, and Samuel Ngo is ‘an exceptionally experienced practitioner‘. IP disputes specialist Haifeng Huang and antitrust expert Qiang Xue both split their time between Hong Kong and Beijing, while in Shanghai, of counsel Lillian He focuses on dispute resolution and internal investigations. At associate level, Liya He assists multinational companies with global disputes.
China > Intellectual property: foreign firms
Areas of strength for Jones Day‘s renowned IP China practice range from multinational companies’ inbound disputes, IP transactions and China portfolio strategies, to acting for Chinese companies in outbound litigation; it can also boast its own IP agency in China. The department’s combined sectoral experience encompasses the tech and life sciences sectors in particular. The Shanghai-based Anthony Chen, former co-chair of the IP subcommittee of the American Chamber of Commerce, advises pharmaceutical and biotech companies on navigating China’s pharmaceutical patent linkage system for protecting new drugs. Chen co-heads the team with Haifeng Huang (who splits his time between Beijing and Hong Kong), who has a broad practice covering disputes and transactions involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, unfair competition, antitrust, and tech licensing issues. Guoping Da left the firm for Juniv LLP in October 2022.
Hong Kong > Intellectual property
(Leading individuals)Led by the ‘proactive, experienced and knowledgeable’ Haifeng Huang, Jones Day’s Hong Kong IP team is ‘exceptionally good at engaging and interacting with clients’, including multinationals and local entities within the tech and life sciences sectors seeking to commercialise, protect and enforce their IPR. As well as advising local and international corporates on Hong Kong and Asia-based matters, Huang also regularly liaises with the firm’s US offices to advise Chinese corporates on outbound litigation, including as respondents in Section 337 ITC investigations.