On October 31, 2024, renowned legal directory LEGALBAND announced its "2024 Power List: Top 15 IP Lawyers". The ranking spotlights 15 exceptional IP lawyers in mainland China. Han Kun partner Jian Zhang was named to the list.
Reasons for selection: In her 17 years of legal practice, Ms. Zhang has represented many domestic and overseas leading companies in handling a large number of complicated intellectual property litigations, especially the litigation and administrative procedures involving patents and technical secrets of cutting-edge technology. She has provided systematic and comprehensive legal advice to clients with respect to patent analysis, enterprise intellectual property layout and strategy consulting, and intellectual property due diligence investigations, accumulating profound experience in the field of intellectual property protection. Ms. Zhang has been engaged for years in the cutting-edge technology fields of telecommunications, computers, semiconductor, AI, new energy, and medical devices, and is very good at patent application and dispute resolution in these industries. She has led the team to seek proper and practical legal solutions in patent infringement disputes which has attracted wide attention in the legal industry, assisted clients to resolve the disputes efficiently by providing sufficient reasoning and evidence, and promoted the parties to reach global settlements. Meanwhile, she is consistently able to provide advice and solutions for knotty intellectual property issues many Chinese companies encounter when they venture overseas, and has been praised by her clients for her outstanding professional skills and service capabilities.
"With superb professional skills and rich experience, Ms. Zhang can precisely understand the needs of our company, skillfully coordinate multiple concurrent procedures on complicated cases, and assist our company to resolve disputes efficiently. Ms. Zhang has a high sense of responsibility for the entrusted affairs, we can always get immediate response and support. Ms. Zhang is our trustworthy strategic partner. "
Lawyer's profile: Ms. Zhang has been focused on IP-related legal services for more than 17 years. She has extensive experience in patent invalidation, IP infringement litigation, administrative litigation, and licensing. She also provides legal opinions for a variety of matters including patent analysis, IP due diligence, and IP strategy design. She specializes in patent prosecution and dispute resolution in technical fields such as telecommunications, computers, artificial intelligence, semiconductors, and signal processing.
Ms. Zhang has represented many high-tech multinationals in complex patent disputes. She has the expertise to design practical strategies based on specific cases and to help clients to resolve disputes efficiently and has handled a number of influential cases in the field. Ms. Zhang has also advised many Chinese companies on intellectual property right-related problems encountered when they ventured overseas and played an important role in facilitating the successful overseas-venturing of Chinese companies, receiving favorable comments from her clients.
