Panoramic: Automotive and Mobility 2025
Yu-An Chang (Shanghai IP Agency)
Counsel Intellectual Property
Languages
English, Mandarin, Taiwanese
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Overview
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Experience
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Credentials
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Insights and events
Yu-An is an intellectual property lawyer based in Shanghai, with extensive experience advising both multinational and Chinese companies on a broad spectrum of contentious and non-contentious IP matters. He focuses on delivering practical solutions to help clients protect, manage, and commercialize their IP assets.
Yu-An has extensive experience advising clients on technology-driven commercial transactions, including joint ventures, strategic collaborations, licensing and technology transfers, as well as service, sourcing, distribution, and marketing arrangements, and IP aspects of mergers and acquisitions, IPOs, corporate restructurings, investments, and financing transactions. He supports clients on both inbound and outbound deals and is skilled in conducting IP due diligence, assesing related risks, and adivsng on pre- and post-closing actions.
Yu-An also regularly works with clients across a range of industries on developing and implementing practical IP protection strategies, and managing IP enforcement and litigation matters. Over the years, he has acted for numerous IP owners in sectors including technology, life sciences and healthcare, education, manufacturing, and retail.
Representative experience
Advising a major multinational pharmaceutical company on acquisition and license arranagements with Chinese companies for a novel investigational clinical-stage bispecific antibody.
Advising a major multinational conglomerate on IP and technology license and transfer arrangements with Chinese companies for the manufacture of commercial and industrial energy storage systems.
Advising a major multinational medical device company on its IP and technology collaboration with Chinese partner to develop advanced surgical navigation systems.
Advising a major multinational conglomerate on IP and technology license arrangements with Chinese partner for the production and distribution of high-performance chemicals in the Asia Pacific region.
Advising various multinational pharmaceutical companies on license and collaboration arrangements with Chinese biotech companies.
Advising various multinational companies on IP aspects of technology-driven corporate mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, and investments in China.
Advising a leading international toy company on trademark, copyright and patent protection, enforcement and licensing matters in China.
Advising numerous international brands operating in China on IP protection, enforcement and portfolio management matters.
Credentials
Education
- LL.M., National Taiwan University
- LL.M., University of Warwick
- LL.B., University of Warwick
Bar admissions and qualifications
- New York
Recognition
News
Press releases
09 February 2022
Events
Webinar
07 December 2022 | 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM (JST)
Webinar
28 September 2022 | 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. BST | 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. CET | 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. CST | 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. JST
Webinar
20 January 2022 | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM (JST)