ZHANG Chunyao

Main Practice areas
Mr. Zhang specializes in Intellectual Property Law and Company Law. He was engaged in many famous IP cases, representing Guangzhou Lantai Co., Ltd. against google.cn in an unfair competition dispute case, representing Guangzhou MYEAIR Ltd. against Alibaba.com in an appropriation of name and unfair competition case, and representing Guangzhou Blue Moon Co., Ltd. against P&G China in an advertisement infringement and unfair competition case.  He also did several special legal projects such as Guangzhou Highway ETC System Patent Strategy Study and Due Diligence Investigation for a pulp and paper group’s oversea financing. He was once legal counsel for big size corporations such as Microsoft’s South China Region and Guangzhou Publishing Group.

Working Experience
Mr. Zhang was an engineer with Taiyuan Paper Factory before he started to practice law in 1990. He worked subsequently for the Bureau of Legislative Affairs under the Shanxi Provincial Government, Legal Service Center of the Department of Land and Resources, Guangdong Province, Guangdong Kunlun Law Firm, and H.J.M. International Law Offices. He is now a partner of Lifang & Partners and works at Lifang’s Guangzhou Office.

Education

Graduate Program of Economic Law, Southwest University of Political Science & Law              

Bachelor of Engineering, Tianjin University of Science & Technology   

Qualifications

- China licensed attorney (1988)

- China licensed technology contract arbitrator (1991)
- China licensed patent attorney (2002)

- China licensed independent director in listed firms (2009)

Concurrent Posts

Commissioner of IP Commission of All China Lawyers Association

Commissioner of IP Committee of Lawyers Association of Guangdong Province

Commissioner of IP Committee of Lawyers Association of Guangzhou Municipality