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Mr. Lewis Ho leads the intellectual property practice in Asia. Mr. Ho has extensive experience advising on both inbound and outbound IP-driven transactions and has negotiated more than 100 IPO, M&A, collaboration, outsourcing, joint venture and licensing deals. Also he has represented a wide range of companies on major litigations and arbitrations on IP infringement and licensing disputes.

Mr. Ho has been consistently recognized by Chambers Asia and Legal 500 as one of the leading IP lawyers in China. Chambers Asia noted him for “approaching issues in a ‘down-to-earth’ manner” and clients described him as “one of the best lawyers I’ve worked with so far” owing to his sharpness of proactive approach and as producing “a high quality of work.” He has also been recognized by IAM Patent 1000 in China and Hong Kong.

Prior to joining Loeb & Loeb LLP, Mr. Ho served as a resident partner in the Shanghai and Beijing offices of Simmons & Simmons and as a partner of Dechert LLP in Hong Kong.

Prof. Tianxiang He (China P. R. 1984) is Assistant Professor at the School of Law, City University of Hong Kong. Dr. He holds an LL.B. degree (Huaqiao University, China, 2007) and a Master degree in International Law (Jinan University, China, 2009). Dr. He received his degree of Ph.D. in IP law at Maastricht University (the Netherlands, 2016), where he was Researcher at the Department of International and European Law, and Ph.D. Fellow at Institute for Globalization and International Regulation (IGIR), and another Ph.D. degree in Criminal Law at Renmin University of China (2017).

From August 2012 to July 2013, Dr. He worked in the Research Center of for the Legal Systems of Intellectual Property of Waseda University as a visiting researcher. In Europe, the Ius Commune Research School conferred to him an Honorable Mention in the Ius Commune Prize 2014.

As of 1st August 2016, Dr. He is working as Assistant Professor in School of Law, City University of Hong Kong. Dr. He is also acting as an External Fellow in IGIR, Maastricht University. He is also serving as reviewer of Journals such as Asia Pacific Law Review, Hong Kong Law Journal, and Computer Law & Security Review. Dr. He is the author of Copyright and Fan Productivity in China: A Cross-jurisdictional Perspective. Dr. He’s articles appeared in SSCI journals such as American Journal of Comparative Law, Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property, Journal of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A., and Computer Law & Security Review.

Prof. Christopher Gane was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Law in September 2011. Prior to coming to the Chinese University of Hong Kong he held the Chair of Scots Law at the University of Aberdeen where he was Dean of the Faculty of Law from 1995 to 2000. In 2004 he was appointed University Vice-Principal (Pro Vice-Chancellor) and over the next seven years was responsible for a number of strategic portfolios, including Library and Information Services, Culture and Communities and Equality and Diversity. In 2008 he was appointed Head of the College of Arts and Social Sciences (which comprised the Schools of Business; Divinity, History and Philosophy; Education; Language and Literature; Law; Social Sciences). Prior to his appointment at Aberdeen he held academic appointments at the Universities of Reading, Edinburgh, Lancaster and Sussex. Between 1986 and 1989 he was Head of the Department of Law at the University of Lancaster. From 1991-1994 he was Director of the Centre for Legal Studies at the University of Sussex.

His research and teaching interests include domestic Criminal Law and Procedure, International Criminal Law and Human Rights. He is the author, co-author or editor of twelve books / editions and more than fifty scholarly articles and papers.

He has acted as consultant to the Scottish Executive in respect of their Human Rights obligations under the Scotland Act 1998 and the Human Rights Act 1998, as advisor to the Scottish Parliament on a number of criminal law, criminal justice and criminal procedure Bills and as advisor to the Scottish Government on European Union criminal law and procedure. He was a member of the Committee appointed by the Secretary of State for Scotland to review the Law on disposals of serious violent and serious sex offenders (the McLean Committee) and a member of the Sentencing Commission for Scotland throughout its term of appointment. He was the co-founder of the group which produced the Draft Criminal Code for Scotland, published by the Scottish Law Commission. In 1997 he was appointed an Honorary Sheriff of Grampian Highland and Islands at Aberdeen.

Prof. Steven Gallagher teaches Equity and Trusts courses for undergraduate and postgraduate students at the Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 2013, he introduced the Principles of Art, Antiquities, Cultural Heritage and the Law course to the LLM programme. Steven’s research interests include the relationship between policy and law intended to promote and protect intangible cultural heritage and conflict with laws protecting intellectual property.

Dr. Danny Friedmann is Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at the Peking University School of Transitional Law in Shenzhen since 2018. Friedmann received his PhD in Laws degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he was also a research associate and lecturer/tutor. His first monograph is called ‘Trademarks and Social Media, Towards Algorithmic Justice’. He holds a Master of Laws degree (meester in de rechten) of the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. He also studied business at the Nyenrode Business School in Breukelen in the Netherlands and McGill University in Montreal, Canada where he obtained the Bachelor of Business Administration degree.

He was invited as International Guest Speaker of the EU Centre for Global Affairs at the University of Adelaide in October 2016, and Castetter Visiting Scholar at California Western School of Law in San Diego, in July 2016. He is a Principal Commentator and External Examiner at the University of Macau since 2016. In October 2017 he was a visiting scholar at the University of Macau. In May 2019 he gave the Jean Monnet Seminar at the University of Macau.

Dr. Danny Friedmann is an award-winning researcher and lecturer of intellectual property law, especially transnational trademark law, geographical indications, copyright law and patent law and internet intermediate liability.

Lawyer Mr. Dengyao graduated from Wuhan University and University of Aberdeen, obtaining the bachelor’s degree in law and master’s degree in intellectual property rights respectively. He is a practicing partner of Beijing Lifang & Partners Law Firm (Guangzhou), a partner and first-grade lawyer who has been practicing legal work for more than 20 years, with ample experience in the field of intellectual property rights. Several cases represented by him were chosen as typical cases of intellectual property rights in provincial level. Mr. Deng has been providing legal services to well-known companies such as Microsoft Corporation and BSA Software Alliance as well as government departments for a long time. He also published and issued more than 20 monographs and papers.

Mr. Deng is currently a professional legal consultant of Guangzhou People’s Government, professional copyright consultant of Guangzhou, and off-campus master supervisor of the Faculty of Law in South China University of Technology.

As Chairman and C.E.O., Ricky sets the vision and strategic direction of PHASE Scientific, and leads all of its fundraising effort.

As the lead inventor of the company’s core technology, he founded PHASE Scientific with the goal of realizing the potential of the technology, which he developed while completing his Ph.D. in bioengineering at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Recognized by Asian Legal Business as one of the top lawyers under the age of 40 in Asia, Alan Chiu has received close to 30 awards as a leading IP and entertainment lawyer in Hong Kong and China. Under his leadership, ELLALAN has been recognized as a Tier 1 Copyright/ Trademark firm in Hong Kong in 2019 despite its relatively young history.

Since 2002, Alan has been focusing on both contentious and transactional intellectual property matters and covering also data privacy, advertising law, competition law, e-commerce, digital forensic, internet security as well as mediation and arbitration. In particular, Alan has handled a number of headline IP litigation in Hong Kong and is renowned for his sophisticated strategies in handling cross-border and convoluted IP disputes for global fashion brands, technology giants, artists and celebrities. He has a substantial entertainment practice, working closely with A-list artistes, film directors, film production companies, music labels, animation designers as well as music/ movie royalty collecting societies. He is uniquely positioned in understanding and handling artist and entertainment matters in Hong Kong and Mainland China.

Before combining with Ella Cheong to run his own firm ELLALAN, Alan was a partner at two international firms, Mayer Brown JSM and then Hogan Lovells, responsible for managing both their Hong Kong and China IP, Media and Technology practices. Alan was also the Managing Director of Mayer Brown JSM’s Beijing IP Agency and led their Beijing IP team, where he gained substantial experience in managing IP practices and developed close relationships with government officials and IP lawyers/professionals of different levels in the Greater China Region.

With an IT forensic background, Alan advises and speaks extensively on artificial intelligence, blockchain, crypto-currency, e-commerce, social media, online consumer protection, cybersecurity and data privacy matters. He also has extensive experience in assisting clients in handling digital forensic issues in civil proceedings concerning counterfeiting, software copycats, online defamation, misappropriation of trade secrets and message authenticity of instant messaging app. He is currently a member of the InnoTech Committee of the Law Society of Hong Kong and a member of the INTA Enforcement Committee.

He is an accredited mediator, a China-Appointed Attesting Officer appointed by the PRC Ministry of Justice, a Civil Celebrant and an Adjunct Professor of Law appointed by Hong Kong Shue Yan University. 

Mr. Peter Cheung is Hong Kong’s former Director of Intellectual Property. As a World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement Panelist, he settled two international disputes. He was the lead intellectual property negotiator in Hong Kong’s free-trade agreements.

Mr Cheung’s academic qualifications include: BA, LLB, PCLL, LLM LLM Int L and Harvard Kennedy School’s Senior Executive Fellows Program.

Mr Cheung holds positions as Mediator and Arbitrator of WIPO; Panelist of Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre, Arbitrator of the Shenzhen Court of International Arbitration; and Council Member of the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology.

Mr. Grover Cheung is the co-founder of Qi Diagnostics Limited which is developing a revolutionizing non-invasive diagnostic technology of “A breath analyzer to diagnose multiple diseases”. He also co-founded Groken Bioscience Limited, an integrated genomic sequencing and bioinformatics services provider to universities, research institutes and pharmaceutical companies.

Mr. Grover Cheung obtained two master degrees in business management and biomedical science from Imperial College London and The Chinese University of Hong Kong. While he was the Regional Manager in BGI, he established the sales and marketing team for research sequencing service and clinical genomics service. He also leads the Bioinformatics Cloud Laboratory of BGI providing customised bioinformatics analysis to researchers and pharmaceutical companies in Asia. Under his leadership, the market share and sales revenue of BGI has increased significantly.