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China > Intellectual property: foreign firms Tier 1

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.

Leading individuals

Anthony Chen – Jones Day

Next Generation Partners

Guoping Da – Juniv LLP

Practice head(s):

Anthony Chen; Haifeng Huang

Other key lawyers:

Jiahui Sheng

Key clients

Tineco Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.

Wybotics Co., Ltd.

Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd.

East Penn Manufacturing Co.

Wikimedia Foundation

LUKOIL

Incyte Corporation

GAW Capital Partners

Work highlights

Represented Tineco in an investigation filed by Bissell Inc. and Bissell Homecare Inc. relating to five asserted patents of wet-dry surface cleaning devices.
Represented Wybotics in a patent infringement investigation before the U.S. ITC.
Defended Hangzhou and its affiliates in several patent infringement lawsuits in the US.

China > Antitrust and competition: foreign firms Tier 2

Jones Day utilises its global approach to aid in antitrust investigations and litigations both inside and outside of China. Domestic and international clients regularly seek out the practice for antitrust advice and merger reviews. Hong Kong-based Peter Wang leads on the antitrust and litigation practices, establishing himself as a go-to for M&A and non-merger investigations for US and Chinese clients. Yizhe Zhang and Qiang Xue (who is valued for his 'profound knowledge of government regulation and anti-monopoly law') are well qualified to advise on Chinese enforcement agencies’ investigations and decision-making practices. In Beijing, Yichen Wu handles merger filing reviews and private litigation, while Lawrence Wang focuses on pre-merger notifications and antitrust government investigations.

Rising stars

Yichen Wu - Jones Day

Next Generation Partners

Qiang Xue - Jones Day

Practice head(s):

Peter Wang

Other key lawyers:

Yizhe Zhang; Qiang Xue; Yichen Wu; Lawrence Wan

Testimonials

‘ The team led by Qiang Xue has helped us handle some of our most significant and complex legal matters. Their feedback is timely, can fully consider the actual business situation, and the legal opinions given are easy to implement. Jones Day has a strong overseas litigation, government supervision, and antimonopoly business team.’

‘Qiang Xue has profound knowledge of government regulation and anti-monopoly law. Due to his experience working in a domestic regulatory agency he has a more accurate understanding of the needs and problems of domestic clients.’

‘The lawyers of the Jones Day antimonopoly team corporate well, have high professionalism and rich business experience. They can provide customers with the best service in the fastest time.’

Key clients

Marubeni Corporation

Evoqua Water Technologies

Shanghai Energy New Materials Technology Co.

NVIDIA

ENI

Roper Technologies

China Eastern Airlines

Work highlights

Advised Marubeni Corporation on the sale of the global grain business of Gavilon Agriculture Investment to Viterra following a reorganization of Gavilon’s structure.
Advised Evoqua Water Technologies on its $7.5 billion stock-for-stock merger with Xylem.
Advised SEMCORP on its merger filing for a joint venture with CATL to manufacture cutting-edge Li-ion battery separators.

China > Dispute resolution: Litigation: foreign firms Tier 3

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.

Practice head(s):

Peter Wang; Lillian He; Haifeng Huang; Qiang Xue

Other key lawyers:

Liya He; Wilson Sung; Po-Chien Chen; Samuel Ngo

Testimonials

‘Samuel Ngo is an exceptionally experienced practitioner in this field.’

‘Samuel Ngo brings lots of verve and new ideas to complex disputes. With his vast experience, he also has extraordinary insights into clients’ (and equally usefully the opponents’) real commercial needs.’

Key clients

Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co

Moody’s Corporation

Samson Paper Holdings

The firm: Jones Day is a global law firm with more than 2,400 lawyers in 40 offices across five continents. The firm is distinguished by: a singular tradition of client service; the mutual commitment to, and the seamless collaboration of, a true partnership; formidable legal talent across multiple disciplines and jurisdictions; and shared professional values that focus on client needs.

Jones Day is an institutional partner for clients who seek counsel that seeks to understand them and their needs; that communicates with clients about their needs and the different tactics available for addressing those needs; that works seamlessly and impressively across offices and practices and with the client; that provides talent and expertise across subject areas and geographies; and that brings commitment and courage to the relationship and its engagements. We are formidable because every partner and every client has the entire global institution at their command and is a high priority of the firm as a whole. We are true partners, with each other and, even more importantly, with our clients.

Regions of practice
Asia-Pacific: Jones Day has committed substantial resources and capacity to serve each of Asia’s distinct markets, including China, Japan, Singapore and Southeast Asia, as well as Australia. Spread throughout ten offices in the region, the firm’s more than 180 lawyers represent clients in practice areas including antitrust, banking and finance, capital markets, corporate and commercial, energy, global disputes, intellectual property, labor and employment, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, real estate, and several others.

The majority of Jones Day’s Asia-based lawyers are admitted to practice local law in their home jurisdictions. Most have practiced in more than one country, enabling Jones Day’s Asia team to render multijurisdictional legal services. Jones Day has been granted a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice license (QFLP) in Singapore.

United States: Surveys repeatedly list Jones Day as one of the most frequently engaged law firms by US corporations for both transactional and disputes matters, and among the leaders in client service. Jones Day’s more than 1,500 lawyers across its 18 US offices collaborate to serve clients across practices and geographies on all major matters that span time-honored practices (antitrust, mergers and acquisitions, litigation, and government regulation) to more recently established and expanded areas (cybersecurity, life sciences, energy, and technology) that specifically address the contemporary challenges of an increasingly complex global business and legal environment.

Europe and Middle East: Jones Day provides a significant presence in Europe that offers clients more than 575 lawyers from its European offices in Amsterdam, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, and Paris. The firm’s lawyers counsel clients in administrative and public law, banking and finance, capital markets, competition law and regulatory, derivatives, market infrastructures, dispute resolution, and investigations.

In the Middle East, the firm’s Dubai-based lawyers have accumulated significant experience in most of the region’s key industries and jurisdictions, advising on mergers and acquisitions and corporate transactions, projects and infrastructure, commercial transactions, real estate and construction matters, regulatory compliance, and dispute resolution.

Latin America: Jones Day is one of the leading global law firms serving the Latin American region through its offices in Mexico City and São Paulo, along with attorneys based in key business and legal centers such as New York, Houston, Dallas, Miami, and Madrid. Jones Day’s Latin American experience extends to mergers and acquisitions, investigations and anti-corruption, projects and infrastructure, banking and finance, energy, dispute resolution, business restructuring, private equity and capital markets.

Managing partner: Gregory M. Shumaker
Asia-Pacific offices: Beijing, Brisbane, Hong Kong, Melbourne, Perth, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei, Tokyo
US offices: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Irvine, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Washington, D.C.
Europe and Middle East offices: Amsterdam, Brussels, Dubai, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, Paris
Latin America offices: Mexico City, São Paulo

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