Member Profiles

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.

Frank Chen is the partner of AnJie Broad Law Firm. He has over 20 years experience as Chinese lawyer specialized in shipping, insurance, international trade and energy industry. Moreover, Frank Chen has good communication with relevant court, government and arbitration institution. He has acted on behalf of a number of high-profile and significant cases and has rendered legal services for many prominent companies. He was recommended by many distinguished clients and was listed on several international rankings. Chambers & Partners describes him as “Frank Chen is especially strong in handling multi-jurisdictional disputes concerning cargo damage, salvage, bills of lading and insurance.

ZHU Qin holds a bachelor's degree in accounting. She was admitted to the PRC bar in 2010 and received her master degree in law from Tongji University in 2012. She has been working as Senior Tax Advisor in Shanghai office of a German tax consulting firm for five years after finishing her studies. ZHU Qin joined Luther in 2017.