Welcome
Welcome to my website. On this site, you will find details of my professional background, selected lists of my publications and conferences and seminars I have spoken at.
I also provide links to key intellectual property legislation in Mainland China as well as other more general sites related to intellectual property law in China and Hong Kong.
Professional Background
I am currently practising as a barrister in Hong Kong. Before moving back to Hong Kong, I was based in Shanghai for 11 years. My main area of practice is in the intellectual property field, in particular, patents, anti-counterfeiting and copyright law, but also handle some general commercial cases.
I have been practicing intellectual property law in China and Hong Kong since 1993 when I joined Hogan Lovells' (then Lovell White Durrant's) Hong Kong office. I moved to Shanghai in 2000 to establish the Lovells' intellectual property practice in Mainland China and became a partner in the firm in 2001.
I have handled over 2,000 patent, trade mark, copyright and passing off/unfair competition cases. I have handled numerous patent infringement cases relating to pharmaceutical and telecommunications patents. I have also co-ordinated numerous cross border litigation cases across Asia.
My non-contentious experience includes advising on technology transfer and conducting patent and other intellectual property audits as well as freedom to operate analyses.
I am a vice-chair (and was previously co-chair) of the European Chamber of Commerce IPR Working Group in China and member of the Asian Patent Attorney's Association (APAA).
I am a World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and Asia Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre (ADNDRC) domain name panelist.
I was responsible for setting the Shanghai office of Lovells in 2003. From 2003 to 2010, I was managing partner of Lovells' Shanghai office. In that time the office grew in size to have over 40 fee earners and more than 70 staff in total. In 2008 and 2009, I was an elected member of Lovells' partnership council which oversees the internal management of the firm's partnership.
In May 2010 Lovells and Hogan & Hartson merged to form Hogan Lovells. I retired from Hogan Lovells in December 2010 and was admitted as a barrister in Hong Kong in July 2011. I commenced practice as a barrister in Hong Kong in July 2011 and also continue to work on Mainland China IP cases.