Member Profiles

RESUME Name: GONG Chu (Oscar) Firm: CHINA LAW FIRM, GUANGDONG Title：Partner, certified Chinese lawyer Age: Born in 1972 Languages: English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Cantonese, Mandarin Education: PhD. in Law, Renmin University of China Awards: Leading foreign legal service lawyer of China, Leading foreign legal service lawyer of Guangdong Province, Leading foreign legal service lawyer of Shenzhen City, Legislation Consultant for Shenzhen City People's Congress, Mediator for Shenzhen Intermediary People's Court, Best criminal defense lawyer nominee in China 2019 by Global Law Experts, Best criminal defense lawyer nominee in China 2018 by Corporate Int’l Global Selected Publications: Article,“On Foreign Criminal Suspects Defense”, April, 2020 Article,“Comment on Leading Lawyers in Foreign Legal Services”, October, 2018 Article,“Guidance of Extraterritorial Service”, June, 2017 Article,“On Escrow System in Foreign-related Legal Services”, June, 2011 Book,“Study on Transnational Commercial Presence of Chinese Law Firms”, April 2015 Contact: CHINA LAW FIRM, GUANGDONG, Unit 6-7, Floor 9, Liantou Mansion, No. 46, Dongfang Boulevard, Bao An District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China P.R. Postcode: 518105 Postcode: 518026 Tel.: +86 755 2771 5119 Fax: +86 755 2771 5119 Mobile: +86 18682463518 Email: director@lawyerchina.org

QIN Anqi has a bachelor and a master degree in law of Nanjing University and passed PRC national judicial examination in 2011. She joined a law firm in Shanghai in 2013 and has then been focusing on labor law related consultancy. QIN Anqi joined Luther in 2017.

Rainy has worked in the IP field for over 14 years, and she has worked for a number of big brands, such as Nestle, Coca Cola, Disney as well as NOKIA. Rainy has extensive trademark prosecution experience as well as copyright, domain names, customs and enforcement of trademark rights and domain name disputes. Besides working as an attorney, Rainy is also in charge of management and training of the China Office. Rainy’s working languages are English, Mandarin and Spanish. Professional Qualifications LLB Law LLM Intellectual Property Law, UK Professional Members INTA

Jiang Jiang Esq. is a senior partner of Hylands Law Firm. He started his legal practice in 1997, and has provided high quality legal services to hundreds of multi-national companies doing business in China over the last 20 years. He is widely recognized as a top international business law expert and has been named a “Leading Asian Lawyer” by Asialaw continuously since 2004. Mr. Jiang is an Oxford graduate and splits his time between Beijing and Shanghai Mr. Jiang specializes in international business and investment. He has extensive experience in FDI, M&A, anti-trust, competition, IP protection, real estate, labour and employment, disposition of non-performing assets, and commercial litigation and arbitration. His client-base ranges from traditional industrial corporations to modern service providers and hi-tech enterprises. Hylands is a top full service law firm with 20 offices throughout China. As a member of TerraLex, it works closely with over 150 law firms in more than 100 countries and regions.

Elliot Papageorgiou is Gowling WLG's Head of IP Strategy in China. With over 25 years of experience, Elliot has practised intellectual property (IP) law across several continents, including Oceania, Europe and Asia. Based in Gowling WLG's Shanghai office, Elliot counsels international clients on contentious and non-contentious IP matters, with a special focus on IP value-growth and value-extraction, strategic portfolio development, and cross-border IP enforcement and infringement litigation in China and across the APAC region. Elliot supports a number of embassies in China with current IP developments and issues and is regularly consulted by the European Delegation and European Intellectual Property Office in China. He is the former National Chair of the European Chamber in China (EUCCC)'s Intellectual Property Rights Working Group (IPR WG) and has held various positions within the IPR WG since 2006. Elliot has represented a number of Fortune 500 companies and other multinationals in patent litigation. Other recent client briefs include developing IP strategies for a number of Europe's leading venture capitalist funds; strategically advising a global leader in cutting-edge semiconductor fabrication, a global leader in quantum computing technology, global engineering and manufacturing conglomerates, as well as some of Europe's best-known engineering firms. As part of his disputes and litigation practice, Elliot has guided a range of complex patent litigation, as well as trademark and copyright litigation cases, by way of petition for re-hearing (certiorari) before China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) on a number of occasions. One notable such case was ranked number one in the SPC's "Top 50 IP Cases of the Year." Throughout his legal career, Elliot has consistently been recognized as a leading practitioner in his field by IAM Patent 1000, IAM Strategy 300, World Trademark Review 1000, Managing Intellectual Property, Chambers and Partners, Legal 500, Who's Who Legal, and WIPR, just to name a few. In addition to his practice, Elliot regularly teaches IP courses at various universities and has given seminars for various industry and professional organisations in China and internationally.