It is Bird & Bird’s second hire of an Asian IP group head this year, as the firm also brought in Ai-Leen Lim as head of Asian IP and portfolio management in
At Motorola Luo was in charge of IP enforcement and litigation in mainland
He is also vice chairman of an industry-based committee focusing on anti-counterfeiting developments in
Bird & Bird’s Asian enforcement practice previously fell under the remit of Asia IP head Matthew Laight.
Laight told Legal Week: “There are few international firms that have taken on a mainland China-qualified lawyer at such a senior level.
“It is an important step forward. James has so much experience and so many routes within
“Three years ago we set out a strategy to grow to five IP partners, one focusing on enforcement, one on portfolio management and three on IP and litigation. From here on we plan to hire at least one, possibly two, more IP litigation partners.”
A number of major law firms have been strengthening their IP and competition practices in recent months in preparation for
