By King & Wood Mallesons

20 December 2016, King & Wood Mallesons partner Ms. He Wei was selected as one of the 2016 Asian Legal Business (ALB) China Top 15 IP Lawyers for her outstanding practice capability and extensive client recognition. The award recipients are selected on the basis of their career highlights, recent achievements, client wins, client recommendations, apart from market feedback. The rankings showcase 15 outstanding intellectual property lawyers in the country who demonstrate excellent skills in the practice of their craft.

Ms. He Wei specializes in IP litigation and international and domestic arbitration, and has extensive experience in these fields. She has represented clients in over 400 litigious and arbitration cases in trademarks, patents, copyright, trade secrets, domain names, franchising, joint ventures, business mergers and acquisitions, lease financing, technology transfer, international sale of goods, share transfer, and other contractual and infringement disputes. With her outstanding practice capability and high winning rates, she has been highly praised by many clients, including multinational and domestic enterprises, foreign-invested enterprises and large state-owned corporations. Ms. He has represented dozens of IP civil and administrative cases before Chinese courts at various levels and arbitration cases at CIETAC, Beijing Arbitration Commission, ICC Court of Arbitration, Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre and Japan Commercial Arbitration Association.

Ms. He Wei said, “I am honored to be selected as one of the top IP lawyers in China. I appreciate clients’ recognition and support. I’d also like to thank my team and the KWM platform that has reared many excellent lawyers. As a practicing lawyer, I have accumulated experience in my long years of practice, and have continued to learn new laws, regulations and business areas. It allows me to accurately analyze the cases and make sound judgments, set objectives together with our clients, and achieve outcomes to their satisfaction. This is my job, and I enjoy it very much. I will continue to reach for higher goals with unremitting efforts.”