Lin Ya, Shirley

Ms. Shirley Lin has been adaptive and fast-growing since she started to involve herself in the IP industry with passion. With a multi-lingual background (Mandarin, Cantonese, English, Japanese), she is aware of language and cultural subtleties as well as sensitive about legal developments at home and abroad, which enables her to provide accessible and informative legal advice.

She offers her expertise in dispute resolution, trademark, and copyright acquisition as well as project management for clients. Equipped with skills honed in investigation, enforcement, and litigation which involve trademark, copyright, and unfair competition disputes, she follows through procedures with strength and creativity to press ahead. In addition, she also advises on brand development and risk assessment from establishing IP portfolios to contractual matters, buy-out negotiations, etc.

In these years’ practice, she has helped a number of established brand owners to protect their IP as well as small and medium new-comers to grow their brands in China.