CMS has a well-rounded intellectual property and shipping practice in Hong Kong. Its IP team provides comprehensive services, including portfolio management, filing strategy, enforcement, transactional IP, and contentious matters such as disputes, raid actions, and litigation. The shipping team focuses on litigation, including disputes under charterparties, bills of lading, marine casualties, ship sale and purchase, and shipbuilding. Key figures in the intellectual property practice include Jonathan Chu, head of the IP team in Hong Kong. In the shipping practice, Andrew Horton and Steven Wise lead the disputes team. Adrian Elms has also joined the team to strengthen its commercial litigation capabilities. On the IP front, the firm is advising a leading toy manufacturer on comprehensive global intellectual property matters, including trademark prosecution, enforcement strategies, and licensing arrangements with major international content owners.
Client feedback
“CMS is very professional, efficient and value-for money. Its partners and associates are knowledgeable in the law, very commercial minded and easy to work with.” – Commercial and transactions
Kingsley Ong
“Kingsley is a superb lawyer. He is practical and has great commercial awareness. He is knowledgeable in the law, very professional, efficient and user-friendly.”
