Helen Xia (Shanghai IP Agency) | Beijing | Hogan Lovells

Helen Xia (Shanghai IP Agency)

Partner Intellectual Property

Languages

English, Chinese, Mandarin

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Helen Xia (Shanghai IP Agency)
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“Helen has taken the time to learn my business, strategies, priorities and communication preferences and, as a result, provides practical advice and achieves excellent results.”

Chambers Greater China Region 2025

As Head of our IP 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 in sophisticated hijacking and infrinement cases. 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.

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“Helen Xia is very efficient and very professional. She is able to consider her client's best interest, is good at communicating and is very well versed in the law.”

Chambers Greater China Region 2025

Representative experience

Managing Caterpillar's Chinese IP portfolio, and handling its IP prosecution and litigation matters in China.
Advising a famous US-based movie studio in complex trademark litigation against a series of infringing entertainment complexes.
Advising a US health-centric real estate development service provider on portfolio management (including strategic advice regarding certification marks) and cross-border commercial IP.

Acting for one of the largest U.S. film and entertainment companies to successfully defend a copyright infringement claim raised by a Chinese writer.

Acted for a major U.S. hardware manufacturer and software developer on a copyright infringement litigation in China.

Acting for a Sweden-based power tool manufacturer on various IP-related matters, including trademark infringements, misuse of company name, etc.

Advising several world leading institutions on branding protection and commercial IP advice.
Acting for different clients on trademark filings, oppositions, cancellations, customs-related IP protections and enforcing trademark rights at trade fairs and exhibitions in China.

Credentials

Education
  • LL.M., University of Michigan, 2005
  • LL.M., Peking University, 2002
  • LL.B., Shandong University, 1998
Bar admissions and qualifications
  • New York
  • People's Republic of China
Memberships
  • International Trademark Association (INTA)

Recognition

Leading Partner for Intellectual Property in China

The Legal 500 Asia-Pacific

2025
Leading Individual for Intellectual Property in China

Chambers Greater China Region

2025
Top 250 Women in IP

Managing IP Rankings

2025
Gold Individual for Prosecution and Strategy in China

World Trademark Review 1000

2025
Leading Individual for Enforcement and Litigation in China

World Trademark Review 1000

2025
Trade Mark Star

Managing Intellectual Property IP STARS

2025
Innovative Practitioners

Financial Times Asia-Pacific Innovative Lawyers for 2020

2020-2021