Jolene Chen
Associate Partner
EXPERIENCE
- Shanghai Lee, Tsai& Partners Attorneys-at-Law (April 2016 - )
- Rouse Consultancy (Shanghai) Limited (January 2014 – October 2015)
PREVIOUS PROJECTS AND CASES
- Responsible for handling litigation cases involving trade secrets, patent ownership disputes and patent infringement
- Responsible for handling copyright and trademark infringement litigation cases
- Responsible for handling real estate division litigation cases
- Responsible for handling contract disputes before the CIETAC and SHIAC
- Handled non-compete disputes between a company and a departed employee
- Represented a company in a labor dispute case over a terminated employee
- Represented an employer in reaching settlements with employees injured on the job
- Responsible for the handling of the overall litigation process in intellectual property cases, including evidence collection, webpage notarization and preservation, filing complaints and rights protection on e-commerce platforms such as Alibaba, JD.com, and WeChat; conducting infringement comparisons for patents, trademarks and copyrights, and proposing corresponding protection strategies, such as filing patent invalidation procedures, drafting warning letters, initiating AIC complaints or filing lawsuits, etc.
- Assisted a foreign private equity group in its investment of a Chinese company, including conducting due diligence and providing advice on investment and general corporate law issues
- Advised a well-known company on various legal issues with respect to due diligence in its investments
- Assisted overseas clients to sign real estate transaction contracts and completing the payment and handover processes
- Provided legal opinions with respect to client company's human resources management, including the transfer of the labor relations in a merger, a risk assessment of termination after changing employee's position, the service period for employees after training, etc.
- Provided legal opinions in the field of Anti-Unfair Competition Law and Anti-Monopoly law, including whether it is necessary to make merger filings if an overseas competitor purchased stock from the open market; whether the content of the contracts may constitute a prohibited restriction of transactions in violation of Anti-Monopoly Law
FIELDS OF EXPERTISE
- Corporate Law
- Intellectual Property Law
- Labor Law
- Commercial Arbitration
- General Civil and Criminal Law
- Antitrust law and Unfair Competition Law
QUALIFICATION
- Obtained Attorney's License, 2017,China
- Admitted to the China bar, 2010
EDUCATION
- LL.M., East China University of Political Science and Law (2014)
- LL.M., University of Wisconsin-Madison. (2013)
PUBLICATION
- On the perfection of regulation system of patent and generic drugs in China -- from the perspective of American experience（Thesis，2014）
- The "Plane to Stereo" copyright in China（May,2014）
- Chinese Government Procurement Issues, Getting the Deal Through, November 2018）(Co-Author)
- Intellectual Property Issues for Foreign Enterprises Acquiring Chinese Companies ，Getting the Deal Through, November 2019,2020）(Co-Author)
LANGUAGES
Mandarin and English