CPA Beijing, Shenzhen and Shanghai Offices Honoured as Recommended IP Dispute Resolution Firms & Three CPA Senior Attorneys as Litigation Stars in Benchmark Litigation China 2025
Recently, Benchmark Litigation revealed the winners of its 2025 China rankings, recognising the most distinguished dispute resolution firms and lawyers in China. We are pleased to share that China Patent Agent (H.K.) Ltd. (CPA)'s three offices in China, namely, its Beijing Office, Shenzhen Office, and Shanghai Office, were all on the list of Benchmark Litigation's recommended firms in intellectual property (IP) dispute resolution. And CPA deputy general manager Mr. Xiong Yanfeng, Legal Affairs Department deputy manager Mr. Ke Ke, and litigator Mr. Tong Chunlong were named Litigation Stars in IP dispute resolution.
The ranking lists were determined on the basis of nine months' research during which extensive interviews were made with dispute resolution specialists, litigators, and clients, taking into account the candidate firms' recent casework handled, client feedback, and opinions of legal practitioners of relevant jurisdiction or practice area. As noted by Benchmark Litigation, all winners were judged on innovation, complexity and impact.
Benchmark Litigation China rankings focus on eight localities in China, namely, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong province, Jiangsu province, Zhejiang province, Northwestern China, Southwestern China, and other regions, with separate lists of rankings for the practice areas of IP, commercial disputes, international arbitration, government and regulatory, bankruptcy and reorganisation, and construction and real estate respectively.
China Patent Agent (H.K.) Ltd. (CPA) is one of the three earliest-established IP agencies in China. With 550 staff members, including 230 patent attorneys, 40 trademark attorneys and 20 litigators, our firm provides both domestic and foreign clients with high-quality, efficient, and one-stop IP legal services. Over the years, CPA has been maintaining a leading position in China in terms of service quality as well as volume of cases handled, and a number of winning IP cases handled by our firm have been named typical cases of the Supreme People's Court of China, Beijing Higher People's Court, Beijing Intellectual Property Court, and China National Intellectual Property Administration for their reference and guidance value. Thanks to world recognition of our service quality by clients and peers across the globe, our firm has been consistently conferred accolades, among them top-tier patent and trademark firm and IP firm of the year, by world-renowned IP ranking providers including Managing IP, IAM, Benchmark Litigation, The Legal 500, Chambers and Partners, Asia Legal Business, World Trademark Review, and asialaw.