GEN Law Firm

About GEN Law Firm

GEN Law Firm is a natural result of unconditional commitment to partnership and leadership, supported by years of expertise and winning track records for our clients. We are proud of what legal profession is meant to accomplish, while we have true listening for what are important to our clients and relentlessly look for new and multi-dimensional solutions. We ongoingly generate trust and produce impact for our clients.

Our attorneys have been serving leading industry players in and outside China for more than 20 years. The industry sectors we have deep expertise nearly include all the essential fields, including automobile, wireless communication, semiconductor, computing, pharmaceutical, retail, publication, software, sports, chemical, social media, advertisement etc.

Our primary practice focuses on dispute resolution, intellectual property, and regulatory affairs (antitrust, data privacy, environment, product quality compliance etc). We uniquely apply legal methodology in managing public affairs and achieve great effectiveness in handling some most complex and challenging issues for our clients.

Top global firms routinely entrust our members with their highest-stakes courtroom briefs, which should give some measure of the quality its practitioners are known to possess.

Our team members are well recognized by Chamber’s Asia Pacific, Legal 500, Who’s Who, Asian Legal Business, Benchmark Litigation, World Trademark 1000, Managing Intellectual Property IP Stars, IAM Patent 1000, IAM Strategy 300 etc. We represent leading technology companies in wireless, pharmaceutical, automobile, lighting, medical device and semiconductor area in patent litigation, IP licensing, trade secret and IP prosecution matters.

Practice Areas

I.IP Practice

GEN law firm has a powerhouse in China intellectual property matters. We are picked for complex IP litigation and transactional matters. We litigate over semiconductor, wireless, biopharmaceutical and medical device patents, difficult bad faith trademarks, cross-border trade secret issues, around China. We have won uphill battles in patent invalidation matters and secured victories for ground-breaking technologies.

Our attorneys come with decade experience of major MNC chief IP counsel position, judiciary insights in IP, and our attorneys are awarded as both world leading strategist and top litigators. We also advice on major TMT licensing deals, and we master the art of negotiation and communication in China.

The IP Team has captured nearly all the industry awards, on team-basis or individual basis. But what is more important is to go beyond the recognition and look for next level of effectiveness.

The IP practice is proud for its commitment to protecting innovation, branding and creativity. The lawyers research on best practice and policychanges around the world.We advise major international industry associations and take the lead in policy advocacy in maturing the IP system in China.

II.Corporate Practice

China’s corporate practice is entering in a new phase as the stock market welcomes a big stream of incoming listed companies while the regulatory framework is maturing and supportive of the market-oriented approach.

Our attorneys handle FDI, M&A transaction and capital market work regularly. We often represent venture capital and private equity firms in high tech deals. We look for every opportunity in securingtransactions for our clients in some of the most exciting fields such asbiopharmaceutical,AI, wireless and even sectors related to food security!

III.Dispute Resolution

Our vibrant dispute resolution features experts litigating years in some most complicated financing tools, real estate, international transactions as well as bankruptcy proceedings. Our recent victories include securing big victories for some of largest state owned companies on cross border arbitration cases.

Our attorneys are hand-holding leading companies in resolving disputes around the globe, in Africa, ASEAN countries, North America and many more. We are passionate to work with and have deep respect for colleagues around the world in order to find satisfactory solutions for clients.

IV.Regulatory affairs

Companies around the world pay closer attention to regulatory compliance more than ever. Sound judgment, strategic thinking, and bold leadership to act are being demanded from all service providers.

Our team approaches regulatory affairs through legal and leading industry compliance measures. We advise industry leaders on various issues related to antitrust investigation, advertisement violations, online platform liability, environmental protection, product quality, administrative licensing, corporate registration and various other crisis management issues.

Our competition law experts have effectively combined years of experience in antitrust, IP and data privacy. We have handled some of most complicated antitrust investigation and merger review cases in China. Patent and data related antitrust matters are at the core of our practice, while we are committed to providing guidance for our clients to go through challenging antitrust issues.

Our offices

Beijing

Suite 1001,China World Office2, China World Trade Centre 1 Jianguomenwai Avenue, Beijing 100004

Shanghai

Suite 4901B, Wheelock Square, 1717 West Nanjing Road, Jing'an District, Shanghai 200040

Shenzhen

Suite 1806, Excellence Century Center Building 1 Jintian Avenue, Futian District, Shenzhen 518000

Chengdu

Tianchuang Glory, No. 188, Xinchuanan 5th Road, Gaoxin District, Chengdu, Sichuan 610041

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