Shanghai

Merits & Tree Law Offices’ dispute resolution practice is active in insolvency and intellectual property. Its assets and bankruptcy restructuring team has extensive experience in representing asset management companies, financial institutions and social investors in a large number of litigations and execution business related to non-performing assets disposal. Its IP practice, on the other hand, has a track record of handling dispute settlement in the TMT, manufacturing, pharmaceutical, medical devices, artificial intelligence, chemicals and materials fields. Key partners include Zunsi Liu, Leiming Li, Sheng Jiang and Wenliang Zhang. IP experts Lihui Zhao, Wei Deng, Jing He and Karen Hu are also notable partners of the firm. 

In a high-stakes intellectual property dispute, Beijing partner Jing He is defending Zhongnanhong Culture Group in a copyright infringement and unfair competition claim brought by The Pokémon Company. 

During the research period, the firm welcomed several new partners, including Li Hengxue (Shanghai, M&A and private equity), Li Jianjun (Beijing), and Wang Wenjun (Shanghai, equity partner, capital markets dispute resolution).