As Head of our IPMT Group in Asia, Helen Xia focuses her practice on contentious and non-contentious IP works involving trademarks, copyright, patents, unfair competition, and IP licensing.

She brings extensive experience in IP litigation, portfolio management, obtaining and enforcing intellectual property rights, and commercial licensing in a wide range of industries. Helen has strong experience in IP litigation and has advised clients on administrative, civil, and criminal litigation involving IP infringement in China.

In addition, she has also regularly advised clients on their domestic and global IP portfolio management, developing brand protection strategies and enforcing their intellectual property rights. The clients she represents are from a wide range of industries, including construction, mining, fashion, food, multimedia, telecommunications, computers, and entertainment.

Helen serves as a director of Hogan Lovells (Shanghai) Intellectual Property Agency Service Co., Ltd., an IP service affiliate established under Hogan Lovells International LLP.

Helen is qualified to practice both in the PRC and the state of New York (United States). She has an LLB from Shandong University and an LLM from Peking University. She also has an LLM from the University of Michigan (United States). Prior to joining Hogan Lovells, Helen worked at a boutique IP law firm in New York. Helen speaks native Mandarin and fluent English.